Faculté polytechnique de Mons


The Faculty of Engineering of UMons is a faculty of engineering at the University of Mons in the Wallonia region in Belgium.
Before the 2009 merger of the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons and the University of Mons-Hainaut, the FPMs was the oldest university of the city of Mons and the first civil Engineering school in Belgium. Its first name was École des Mines. It is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network, an association of 50 leading engineering schools and faculties in Europe. On January 1, 2009, the Engineering Faculty of Mons and the University of Mons-Hainaut merged into a new university called the University of Mons.
The Faculty organizes a five-year course and delivers the Engineering and Master of Science degree. An Applied Sciences Doctoral degree is also available at the FPMs.

Teaching

As of 2005 there were 1200 students at the faculty, with 170 diplomas issued per year. Diplomas offered at the faculty include:
Research teams at the faculty work in 25 laboratories over four research centres: Multitel, Materia Nova, Inisma, and CETIC.

International partnerships

The faculty has 50 Erasmus partners, and 25 direct partnerships with foreign universities. It is a member of the TIME network, and offers double degrees with institutes including: