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Press release from the Rectors’ Council of French-speaking universities in Belgium, 17 March 2025.

From March 10 to 14, 2025, the Faculty of Law at the University of Namur hosted an academic event of international stature: the European Moot Court Competition. Supervised by Jean-Marc Van Gyseghem, lecturer at UNamur and deputy director of the Centre de recherches Information, Droit et Société (CRIDS), the initiative was organized as part of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP).

They are future veterinarians, doctors, lawyers, historians, geographers, or even computer scientists, and they share this common point: the concern to train themselves, voluntarily, in the challenges of sustainable development and transition. Since October 2024, 25 mainly 3rd-year students from various UNamur faculties have been taking part in a pilot experiment: the Journées de l'Education au Développement Durable et à la Transition (JEDDT). This Monday, March 17, they presented in a creative form, the fruit of their reflection after 6 months of training.

The first edition of Dignity Week is in full swing at UNamur this week! This unique event is designed to raise awareness and engage students and staff members around the essential theme of human dignity.

For the past ten years, Professor Guilhem Cassan has been working on the question of the link between the media and political life in collaboration with Professor Julia Cagé, who has just been awarded the highly prestigious Yrjö Jahnsson Prize, which recognizes the best European economist under the age of 45. The UNamur Department of Economics (EMCP Faculty) and the DeFiPP Institute (CRED Centre) have a network and recognized international expertise in development economics and environmental economics.

From March 31 to April 4, 2025, a Belgian delegation, including UNamur Rector Annick Castiaux, took part in a royal mission to Vietnam aimed at strengthening economic, academic and scientific ties between the two countries. The mission was punctuated by several milestone events highlighting UNamur's fruitful collaborations with Vietnamese institutions.

Omalius is the magazine of the University of Namur. A quarterly that highlights UNamur's research, its experts, educational innovations and topical issues. Discover the March 2024 issue.

On the occasion of its next open afternoon, scheduled for March 29, 2025 from 1pm to 5pm, UNamur is putting the spotlight on sport and its benefits for students.

Nathalie Burnay, professor in the EMCP Faculty and member of the TRANSITIONS Institute, has just been awarded PDR funding from the F.R.S-FNRS for her BRIDGE-EXT project. In collaboration with the Haute Ecole de Travail Social de Lausanne, she will focus on the situations and reasons that contribute to the continuation of professional activity after the legal retirement age.

Since October 2023, the University of Namur has suspended its activities on X (formerly Twitter). Today, we have taken the decision to permanently close this account in order to refocus our communication on spaces more in line with our values.

The election campaign is officially underway at UNamur. On February 28, the General Assembly, the institution's sovereign power, validated and unveiled the sole candidate submitted for the rectoral post to be filled from the start of the next academic year. The candidate is Annick Castiaux, the current Rector..

"I'm a news junkie"A familiar face at RTBF, Laurent Mathieu has been presenting the RTBF news for almost eight years, first on weekends and more recently on the 7:30pm news. After a master's degree in management science at the University of Namur, he decided to switch to journalism. Interview.