The University of Mons-Hainaut (french: Université de Mons-Hainaut) (UMH), in

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, was a

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in the

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. Its official language was French. From January 1, 2009, the University of Mons-Hainaut and the Engineering Faculty of Mons Faculté polytechnique de Mons fused in a new university simply called the

University of Mons The University of Mons (french: Université de 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 wa ...

History

The University of Mons-Hainaut was established in 1965 from the ''Institut commercial des industriels du Hainaut'', which had been founded in 1899 by

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. In the university library, which was established in 1797, there were more than 715,000 items, including 450 manuscripts, one of which was from the 10th century, and 140

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s, of which one was a

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.Marie-Thérèse Isaac (éd.),''La Bibliothèque de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut 1797-1997'', University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, 1997 (catalogue d'exposition) .

Notable alumni

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, and former

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of Belgium.

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