UCLouvain FUCaM Mons is a satellite campus of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in

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founded in 1896. Until 2011, it was an independent institution known as the Catholic university of Mons (

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: ''Facultés universitaires catholique de Mons'',

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: ''FUCaM''). Its official language is French. UCLouvain FUCaM Mons is one of the two universities in the city

, the other being the

University of Mons The University of Mons (, ) is a Belgian university located in the city of Mons, founded in 2009 by merging the Engineering Faculty of Mons (FPMs) and the University of Mons-Hainaut. The merging of the institutions was achieved following a g ...

, and the main implementation of the UCLouvain in the province of Hainaut, along with

UCLouvain Charleroi UCLouvain Charleroi is a campus of the Université catholique de Louvain, University of Louvain in Charleroi, Belgium. Consisting of 3 faculties and a series of research centers and institutes, UCLouvain Charleroi consists of the Maison Georges Le ...

and UCLouvain

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. Before the merger of 2011, the FUCaM were one of the 9 Belgian French-speaking universities^,.

Academic programs

The UCLouvain FUCaM Mons hosts two faculties of the University of Louvain: * The

Louvain School of Management The Louvain School of Management (LSM, formerly IAG) is the international business school of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium, founded in 1897. The faculty offers courses on the campuses of Louvain-la-Neuve, UCLouvain FUCaM Mons an ...

with

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and

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s in management and economics. * The Faculty of Economic, Social, Political and Communication Sciences with degrees in political sciences, public administration, sociology, anthropology, and information-communication.

Accreditations

UCLouvain is accredited by the "direction générale de l'Enseignement non obligatoire et de la recherche scientifique". The diplomas issued at UCLouvain FUCaM Mons are diplomas of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), issued ed by the French-speaking Community of Belgium.

Affiliations & partnerships

Until 2011, the FUCaM were part of the

Académie Louvain Académie Louvain () was a network of French-speaking catholic universities in Belgium active between 2004 and 2015. It was formed following the Bologna process to reform higher-level education, creating a larger university structure. Universitie ...

network of French-speaking catholic universities of Belgium, with the intention to merge into a single institution. As part of UCLouvain since 2011, the university is part of The Guild, CEMS,

CESAER CESAER is a non-profit association of universities of science and technology in Europe. CESAER was founded on 10 May 1990, seated in the Castle of Arenberg in Leuven, Belgium. The association has 58 universities of science and technology in 28 co ...

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, IMCC and

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Catholic University of Mons
Universities in Belgium Buildings and structures in Hainaut (province) Mons, Belgium Université catholique de Louvain Universities and colleges established in 1896 1896 establishments in Belgium {{Belgium-university-stub

Academic programs

Accreditations

Affiliations & partnerships

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