The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Mons (, ) is a faculty of engineering at 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 ...

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

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and the first civil Engineering school in

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(1836). Its first name was ''École des Mines'' (Mining School). It is a member of the

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(TIME) network, an association of 50 leading engineering schools and faculties in Europe. On 1 January 2009 the Engineering Faculty of Mons and the University of Mons-Hainaut merged into a new university called the University of Mons (UMons). The Faculty organizes a five-year course and delivers the Engineering (Ir.) and Master of Science (MSc.) degree. An Applied Sciences Doctoral degree (Dr.) 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: *BSc. in engineering *MSc. in engineering (Architecture, Chemistry, Electricity, Computer Science and Management, Mechanics, Mining and Geology). *Dr. in Applied Sciences

Research

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

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partners, and 25 direct partnerships with foreign universities. It is a member of the TIME network, and offers double degrees with institutes including: * Technische Universität Wien * Ecole Centrale de Lille * Ecole Centrale de Lyon * Ecole Centrale de Marseille * Ecole Centrale de Nantes *

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* Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Notes and references

External links

Official web site

TCTS Lab, FPMs
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Teaching

Research

International partnerships

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