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Université de Namur

December 15, 2023

The University of Namur or Université de Namur (UNamur) is a Jesuit private university in Namur, in the French Community of Belgium. Both teaching and research in the university are carried out by six faculties.[1]

University of Namur
Université de Namur
Former seal of the University of Namur
TypeCatholic
Established1831; 192 years ago (1831)
RectorAnnick Castiaux
Students6,623 (in 2015)
Location
Namur
,
Belgium
Websitewww.unamur.be
Data as of 2015

Location edit

 

The University of Namur is located in Namur, Belgium. The main campus is located at the heart of the city of Namur, capital of Wallonia. The main university campus includes the university building, the six main faculties and the university libraries.

History edit

Foundation 1831-1846 edit

In the spring of 1831, the Society of Jesus reopened a high school in what was earlier the Our-Lady of Peace Benedictine abbey, in Namur. The school immediately developed into a college with the support of prominent Namurian families. They put some conditions in order to finance the new project, the most important is teaching other sciences such as philosophy with the liberty of education as proclaimed by the new Belgian Constitution.

First expansions (1846-1928) edit

Many expansions took place in this period, the number of students increased gradually, new sciences and study programmes were introduced.

Sensible progress (1929-1947) edit

A New Belgian law excluded the institution from getting financial support from the government. This pushed the ambitious university to rely on its own sources and funds. Despite this, in 1934, many projects were launched: new building specific to physical and chemical studies, the expansion of Belles-Lettres library, modernization of some laboratories, many new titles were added to the seminars library.

Resuming the expansion (1948-1970) edit

On February 18, 1948, the institution, formerly a college, changed its status to that of a university. This new status resulted in having some (limited and irregular) financial aid from the government.

Starting in 1960, after the introduction of new national financing laws, government aid increased and became regular. Many new projects and programmes came into being, improving the university's national and European visibility.

The big expansion (1971-1991) edit

The university launched many important projects:

  • 1971: Institute of Computer Science (now Faculty of Computer Science): the first of its kind in Belgium and one of the leading institutions in Europe.
  • 1972: Faculty of Law.
  • 1974: Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Medicine.
  • 1979: New university library Moretus Plantin (more than 800,000 title at the time).
  • 1990: Construction of Pedro Arrupe new amphitheater.
  • 2015 : New amphitheater Vauban
  • 2014-2017 : New Faculty of Sciences

Prospects edit

 
Arsenal de Namur, the restaurant of the university

On June 29, 2003, the University of Namur joined with three other French-speaking Catholic universities to form the Académie Louvain. These are the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), located in Louvain-La-Neuve; Saint-Louis University, Brussels (now UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Bruxelles), located in Brussels and Ixelles; and the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons, (FUCaM, now UCLouvain FUCaM Mons) located in Mons and Charleroi (now UCLouvain Charleroi).

Explorations developed in 2007 for combining all four institutions into a single university, and an agreement was reached to create a new university to be called Université catholique de Louvain (Académie Louvain Project).[2] Campuses might be identified as UCL/Brussels (today UCLouvain Bruxelles), UCL/Namur (today UCLouvain Namur), UCL/Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL/Mons (today UCLouvain FUCaM Mons) and UCL/Charleroi (today UCLouvain Charleroi). However, in December 2010 negotiations for a full merger were aborted by an insufficient vote by the general assembly of Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP).[3]

The "Academie Louvain" ceased to exist in 2014 due to the entry in force of the new law organising the universities.

Education edit

 
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Faculty of Philosophy and Letters edit

Bachelors degree (Three years) edit

  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Art History and Archeology
  • French and Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures

Doctoral studies edit

  • Philosophy
  • History, Art History and Archaeology
  • Languages and Literatures (Romance, Germanic and Greek classics)

Faculty of Law edit

Bachelor degree (Three years) edit

  • law

Doctoral studies edit

  • Legal Sciences

Faculty of Medicine edit

Bachelor degree (Three Years) edit

  • Medicine
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Pharmacy

Master degree (Two Years) edit

  • Biomedical Sciences

Doctoral studies edit

Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management edit

 

Bachelor degree (Three years) edit

  • Economics and Management
  • Business Engineering
  • Political Science
  • Information and Communication

Master degree (Two years) edit

  • Economics
  • Management
  • Business Engineering
  • Business Engineering, with focus on "Information systems management"
  • Business Engineering, with focus on "Data Science"

Doctoral studies edit

  • Economics
  • Finance & Markets
  • Accounting and Control
  • Marketing
  • Business Law and Tax Management
  • Management (Business Administration & Entrepreneurship-Intrapreneurship / Strategic Management & Corporate Governance / Human Resource Management)
  • Management Science (Operation Research / Supply Chain Management)
  • Information Systems Management (Business IT)
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Social Sciences
  • Information and Communication

Faculty of Computer Science edit

Bachelor degree (Three years) edit

  • Computer Science

Master degree (Two years) edit

Master degree (One year) edit

  • Computer Science

Specialization master degree (One year) edit

  • Informatics and innovation (business analysis and IT governance)

Doctoral studies edit

  • Computer Science

Faculty of Sciences edit

Bachelor degree (Three years) edit

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Geology
  • Geography
  • Veterinary Medicine

Master degree edit

  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics, with focus on "Data Science"
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry and molecular and cell biology
  • Biology of organisms and ecology

Advanced master in edit

  • Aquaculture (organized with the Université de Liège)
  • Transportation Management (organized mainly with the Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Doctoral studies edit

  • Science
  • Veterinary Sciences

Rankings edit

University rankings
Global – Overall
CWUR World[4]1367 (2022–23)
THE World[5]801–1000 (2023)
USNWR Global[6]=1494 (2022)

The university is included in some major world university rankings: the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking of 2021 lists University of Namur as 1436th in the world,[7] and the Center for World University Rankings of 2020-2021 lists the university as 1201st in the world.[8]

Notable alumni edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ New name since September 2012, formerly Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP): Le Vif.be - Les Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix deviennent l'Université de Namur
  2. ^ Consulter, pour plus de détails, le communiqué de presse Accord historique au sein de l'Académie Louvain sur le site de l'université catholique de Louvain.
  3. ^ « L’UCLouvain tombe à l’eau : Namur dit « non » à la fusion », Le Soir, 17 décembre 2010.
  4. ^ "CWUR – World University Rankings 2022–2023". Center for World University Rankings. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Best Global Universities Rankings (2022)". U.S. News Education. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ "U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2021". U.S. News & World Report – Education. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ "World University Rankings 2020-21". Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). Retrieved 21 December 2020.

See also edit

External links edit

 
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The University of Namur or Universite de Namur UNamur is a Jesuit private university in Namur in the French Community of Belgium Both teaching and research in the university are carried out by six faculties 1 University of NamurUniversite de NamurFormer seal of the University of NamurTypeCatholicEstablished1831 192 years ago 1831 RectorAnnick CastiauxStudents6 623 in 2015 LocationNamur BelgiumWebsitewww wbr unamur wbr beData as of 2015 update Contents 1 Location 2 History 2 1 Foundation 1831 1846 2 2 First expansions 1846 1928 2 3 Sensible progress 1929 1947 2 4 Resuming the expansion 1948 1970 2 5 The big expansion 1971 1991 3 Prospects 4 Education 4 1 Faculty of Philosophy and Letters 4 1 1 Bachelors degree Three years 4 1 2 Doctoral studies 4 2 Faculty of Law 4 2 1 Bachelor degree Three years 4 2 2 Doctoral studies 4 3 Faculty of Medicine 4 3 1 Bachelor degree Three Years 4 3 2 Master degree Two Years 4 3 3 Doctoral studies 4 4 Faculty of Economics Social Sciences and Management 4 4 1 Bachelor degree Three years 4 4 2 Master degree Two years 4 4 3 Doctoral studies 4 5 Faculty of Computer Science 4 5 1 Bachelor degree Three years 4 5 2 Master degree Two years 4 5 3 Master degree One year 4 5 4 Specialization master degree One year 4 5 5 Doctoral studies 4 6 Faculty of Sciences 4 6 1 Bachelor degree Three years 4 6 2 Master degree 4 6 3 Advanced master in 4 6 4 Doctoral studies 5 Rankings 6 Notable alumni 7 Notes and references 8 See also 9 External linksLocation edit nbsp The University of Namur is located in Namur Belgium The main campus is located at the heart of the city of Namur capital of Wallonia The main university campus includes the university building the six main faculties and the university libraries History editFoundation 1831 1846 edit In the spring of 1831 the Society of Jesus reopened a high school in what was earlier the Our Lady of Peace Benedictine abbey in Namur The school immediately developed into a college with the support of prominent Namurian families They put some conditions in order to finance the new project the most important is teaching other sciences such as philosophy with the liberty of education as proclaimed by the new Belgian Constitution First expansions 1846 1928 edit Many expansions took place in this period the number of students increased gradually new sciences and study programmes were introduced Sensible progress 1929 1947 edit A New Belgian law excluded the institution from getting financial support from the government This pushed the ambitious university to rely on its own sources and funds Despite this in 1934 many projects were launched new building specific to physical and chemical studies the expansion of Belles Lettres library modernization of some laboratories many new titles were added to the seminars library Resuming the expansion 1948 1970 edit On February 18 1948 the institution formerly a college changed its status to that of a university This new status resulted in having some limited and irregular financial aid from the government Starting in 1960 after the introduction of new national financing laws government aid increased and became regular Many new projects and programmes came into being improving the university s national and European visibility The big expansion 1971 1991 edit The university launched many important projects 1971 Institute of Computer Science now Faculty of Computer Science the first of its kind in Belgium and one of the leading institutions in Europe 1972 Faculty of Law 1974 Faculty of Sciences Faculty of Medicine 1979 New university library Moretus Plantin more than 800 000 title at the time 1990 Construction of Pedro Arrupe new amphitheater 2015 New amphitheater Vauban 2014 2017 New Faculty of SciencesProspects edit nbsp Arsenal de Namur the restaurant of the universityOn June 29 2003 the University of Namur joined with three other French speaking Catholic universities to form the Academie Louvain These are the University of Louvain UCLouvain located in Louvain La Neuve Saint Louis University Brussels now UCLouvain Saint Louis Bruxelles located in Brussels and Ixelles and the Facultes universitaires catholiques de Mons FUCaM now UCLouvain FUCaM Mons located in Mons and Charleroi now UCLouvain Charleroi Explorations developed in 2007 for combining all four institutions into a single university and an agreement was reached to create a new university to be called Universite catholique de Louvain Academie Louvain Project 2 Campuses might be identified as UCL Brussels today UCLouvain Bruxelles UCL Namur today UCLouvain Namur UCL Louvain la Neuve UCL Mons today UCLouvain FUCaM Mons and UCL Charleroi today UCLouvain Charleroi However in December 2010 negotiations for a full merger were aborted by an insufficient vote by the general assembly of Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix FUNDP 3 The Academie Louvain ceased to exist in 2014 due to the entry in force of the new law organising the universities Education edit nbsp Bump bibliotheque universitaire moretus plantin namur universiteFaculty of Philosophy and Letters edit Bachelors degree Three years edit Philosophy History Art History and Archeology French and Romance Languages and Literatures Germanic Languages and LiteraturesDoctoral studies edit Philosophy History Art History and Archaeology Languages and Literatures Romance Germanic and Greek classics Faculty of Law edit Bachelor degree Three years edit lawDoctoral studies edit Legal SciencesFaculty of Medicine edit Bachelor degree Three Years edit Medicine Biomedical Sciences PharmacyMaster degree Two Years edit Biomedical SciencesDoctoral studies edit Faculty of Economics Social Sciences and Management edit nbsp Bachelor degree Three years edit Economics and Management Business Engineering Political Science Information and CommunicationMaster degree Two years edit Economics Management Business Engineering Business Engineering with focus on Information systems management Business Engineering with focus on Data Science Doctoral studies edit Economics Finance amp Markets Accounting and Control Marketing Business Law and Tax Management Management Business Administration amp Entrepreneurship Intrapreneurship Strategic Management amp Corporate Governance Human Resource Management Management Science Operation Research Supply Chain Management Information Systems Management Business IT Political Science amp International Relations Social Sciences Information and CommunicationFaculty of Computer Science edit Bachelor degree Three years edit Computer ScienceMaster degree Two years edit Computer Science with a specialization in Software Engineering Computer Science with a specialization in Data scienceMaster degree One year edit Computer ScienceSpecialization master degree One year edit Informatics and innovation business analysis and IT governance Doctoral studies edit Computer ScienceFaculty of Sciences edit Bachelor degree Three years edit Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Geology Geography Veterinary MedicineMaster degree edit Mathematics Mathematics with focus on Data Science Physics Chemistry Biochemistry and molecular and cell biology Biology of organisms and ecologyAdvanced master in edit Aquaculture organized with the Universite de Liege Transportation Management organized mainly with the Universite Libre de Bruxelles Doctoral studies edit Science Veterinary SciencesRankings editUniversity rankingsGlobal OverallCWUR World 4 1367 2022 23 THE World 5 801 1000 2023 USNWR Global 6 1494 2022 The university is included in some major world university rankings the U S News amp World Report Best Global University Ranking of 2021 lists University of Namur as 1436th in the world 7 and the Center for World University Rankings of 2020 2021 lists the university as 1201st in the world 8 Notable alumni editAndre Antoine Belgian politician and French Community of Belgium Minister for finance Mathias Cormann politician and Australia s Minister for finance Jean Luc Dehaene Prime Minister Catherine Fonck Belgian politician and former French Community of Belgium Health Minister Georges Jacobs businessman Chairman of the Board of Directors of UCB Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group Honorary Chairman of UNICE Oly Ilunga Kalenga Minister of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Koen Lenaerts Professor of Law and Judge at the European Court of Justice Philippe Maystadt former Belgian minister and 2000 2011 President of the European Investment Bank Petra Rudolf solid state physicist and Past President of the European Physical Society Jean Francois van Boxmeer CEO of Heineken International Andries Van den Abeele historian historical preservationist politician and entrepreneur Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou literature private secretary of the King of BelgiumNotes and references edit New name since September 2012 formerly Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix FUNDP Le Vif be Les Facultes universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix deviennent l Universite de Namur Consulter pour plus de details le communique de presse Accord historique au sein de l Academie Louvain sur le site de l universite catholique de Louvain L UCLouvain tombe a l eau Namur dit non a la fusion Le Soir 17 decembre 2010 CWUR World University Rankings 2022 2023 Center for World University Rankings Retrieved 14 October 2022 World University Rankings 2023 Times Higher Education THE Retrieved 14 October 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings 2022 U S News Education Retrieved 14 October 2022 U S News Education Best Global Universities 2021 U S News amp World Report Education Retrieved 21 December 2020 World University Rankings 2020 21 Center for World University Rankings CWUR Retrieved 21 December 2020 See also editAcademie Louvain CeReFiM Center for Research in Finance and Management Crealys Science Park Education in Belgium List of Jesuit sites List of universities in Belgium PReCISE Research Center in Information Systems Engineering Tocqueville Chair in Security Policies Science and technology in Wallonia Science Parks of WalloniaExternal links editThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Universite de Namur Official website 50 27 58 80 N 4 51 37 36 E 50 4663333 N 4 8603778 E 50 4663333 4 8603778 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Universite de Namur amp oldid 1173584304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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