UCLouvain FUCaM Mons | |
Motto: | Sedes Sapientiae (Latin) |
Motto Lang: | lat |
Mottoeng: | Seat of Wisdom, Seat of Knowledge |
Established: | [1] |
Type: | Free university (state funded) |
Parent: | Université catholique de Louvain |
Rector: | Vincent Blondel |
Academic Staff: | 238 |
Students: | 1,573 (2021) |
City: | Mons |
Province: | Hainaut |
Country: | Belgium |
Former Names: | Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons |
Colors: | Blue and white |
Nickname: | Wolves |
Mascot: | Woulfy |
Affiliations: | The Guild CEMS CESAER CLUSTER Coimbra Group IMCC TIME |
Website: | http://uclouvain.be/mons |
UCLouvain FUCaM Mons is a satellite campus of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Mons, Wallonia, Belgium founded in 1896. Until 2011, it was an independent institution known as the Catholic university of Mons (French name: Facultés universitaires catholique de Mons, abbreviation: FUCaM).[2] Its official language is French.[3]
UCLouvain FUCaM Mons is one of the two universities in the city Mons, the other being the University of Mons, and the main implementation of the UCLouvain in the province of Hainaut, along with UCLouvain Charleroi and UCLouvain Tournai. Before the merger of 2011, the FUCaM were one of the 9 Belgian French-speaking universities[4] ,.[5]
The UCLouvain FUCaM Mons hosts two faculties of the University of Louvain:
UCLouvain is accredited by the "direction générale de l'Enseignement non obligatoire et de la recherche scientifique".[1] The diplomas issued at UCLouvain FUCaM Mons are diplomas of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), issued ed by the French-speaking Community of Belgium.
Until 2011, the FUCaM were part of the Académie Louvain network of French-speaking catholic universities of Belgium, with the intention to merge into a single institution.[6]
As part of UCLouvain since 2011, the university is part of The Guild, CEMS, CESAER, CLUSTER, Coimbra Group, IMCC and TIME.