A Few Figures

UMONS was founded in 2009 as a result of the merger between the University of Mons Hainaut and the Engineering Faculty of Mons, whose origins date back to 1837.

2 sites:

Mons
Charleroi (since 1978)

7 Faculties and 3 Schools

Almost 10,000 students, including:

66.5% Bachelor students
26% Master students
6% PhD students
1.5% students with another status
55% female students / 45% male students
25% international students
73 nationalities

Courses

More than 150 courses from Bachelor to PhD, accounting for 40% of what is offered in the French Community of Belgium
22 transitional Bachelor’s, 64 Master’s, 15 Advanced Master’s, 12 AESS and 12 CAPAES teaching certificate courses, and 48 other courses

Rankings

In the 2019 U-Multirank, UMONS ranks among the TOP 100 WORLDWIDE for 2 of the 5 criteria: international orientation and research. For UMONS, 75% of the indicators are good or excellent (good/very good: 20/29) and 90% are at or above average (26/29).
In the QS World University Ranking 2020, UMONS ranks among the top 150 in the world, specifically in 130th position for the number of citations.

Research

10 thematic research institutes
102 research units
Almost 1000 researchers, 41.5% of them women
More than 500 PhD students
2,627 publications in 2016, of which nearly 700 were referenced
Almost 400 research projects accepted (2016)
More than one thesis defended per week on average

Source of Research Funding:

87.65% from public sources
6.80% from third parties
3.71% from private agreements
1.84% from donations

Employer

UMONS is one of the biggest employers in Mons with 1,500 employees, which includes:

600 scientific staff (40%)
300 academic staff (20%)
600 administrative, technical and manual staff (40%)

Alumni

Since its creation in 2009, UMONS has produced 5,300 graduates
Almost 9 out of 10 of our graduates have found a job within 9 months of graduating (results of the Professional Insertion Survey 2017 conducted on the 2015-2016 graduates)

International

73 nationalities represented
300 international partnerships with more than 50 countries across the globe

Finance

UMONS invests almost 100 million euros annually in the following areas:

Teaching (53.15%)
Research (44.68%)