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UCLouvain FUCaM Mons

Sedes Sapientiae
Former names	Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons
Motto	Sedes Sapientiae (Latin)
Motto in English	Seat of Wisdom, Seat of Knowledge
Type	Free university (state funded)
Established	1896 (128 years ago) (1896)
Parent institution	Université catholique de Louvain
Rector	Vincent Blondel
Academic staff	238
Students	1,573 (2021)
Location	Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
Colors	Blue and white
Nickname	Wolves
Affiliations	The Guild CEMS CESAER CLUSTER Coimbra Group IMCC TIME
Mascot	Woulfy
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). Its official language is French.

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.

Academic programs

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

• The Louvain School of Management with bachelor's and master's degrees 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 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, CLUSTER, Coimbra Group, IMCC and TIME.

See also

• Initialis Science Park
• Science and technology in Wallonia

References

1. ^ "Catholic University of Mons (FUCaM)". Univerzities.
2. "Historique" (in French). Alifucam.
3. "Catholic university of Mons". RouteYou.
4. ^ "Introduction - FUCAM Catholic University of Mons". Saatchi Gallery.
5. "FUCaM". Internship UK.
6. "Académie Louvain Membres". Academie Louvain. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

Sources

• Catholic University of Mons (in English)

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