4. A Few Figures

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%)