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An inclusive campus for deaf people

From the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, public events and institutional communications will be translated into sign languages. This initiative is made possible thanks to the ASBL Preduna, which supports UNamur in the inclusion of its staff and students.
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Language courses that prepare for the professional world

Language learning is essential nowadays. In a professional context, mastery of one or more languages is a serious asset on a CV. This is why the language courses organised by the Department of modern languages (ELV) at UNamur aim to prepare students for the world of work. Explanations.
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NHNAI project: when democracy meets artificial intelligence

Increasingly sophisticated technologies are invading our spheres of activity without our prior consultation as citizens. Shouldn't the new digital tools, artificial intelligence or technologies resulting from progress in neuroscience, which are transforming our identity and social relationships, be the subject of broad and sufficiently informed democratic debates? This question is at the heart of the international "research-action" project "A new humanism in the age of neuroscience and artificial intelligence" in which UNamur is participating.
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An innovative and multifunctional coating developed at the UNamur

This is a technical and scientific feat that has just been patented at the UNamur. Researchers from the Laboratory of Analysis by Nuclear Reactions (LARN), the Department of Physics of UNamur (NISM Institute) and the spin-off Innovative Coating Solutions (ICS) have succeeded in developing a carbon-based coating with innovative properties that can be used in a wide range of fields, including fuel cells, decoration, and mechanical parts for automobiles.
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A new "newsroom" to follow the UNamur news

Welcome to our new newsroom! From now on, you can find all the news about the University of Namur on your smartphone, your tablet or your computer!
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Student Reviews 2023: ask for the programme!

It's a long-standing tradition in the faculties. Each year, a group of students organises a show honouring their most emblematic professors. Humour, second degree and caricature will be the order of the day, all in a benevolent manner.
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MOOC registrations are open!

Become a super student! Register now and start your journey on March 20, 2023. UNamur is offering a new session of this FREE MOOC (online course) to prepare you for higher education and perfect your study methods.
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Fluorescence: A Closer Look at Insects’ Transparent Wings

In a new study published in February 2023 in the Journal of Luminescence, an international team of scientists led by Sébastien Mouchet of UNamur has revealed previously unknown fluorescent properties of the transparent wings of certain insects. This research demonstrates that valuable information can be obtained using state-of-the-art optical characterization techniques. Here’s how it works.
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Open doors at the UNamur: an atypical and cultural 1 April 2023

Preparing the “Open Doors” day at the UNamur. To discover the campus and its training offer, future students are expected for a morning on April 1st. And this year two new features enrich the event: guided tours and a focus on the cultural offer at UNamur and Namur!
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Thomas Gunzig: "Novels enable us to browse through imagination”

Writer, scriptwriter, and teacher at La Cambre and the Saint-Luc School of Arts, Thomas Gunzig never ceases to communicate his passion for the power of the imagination, his faith in fiction as a place of freedom. In his radio columns on La Première as well as in his novels (from “Mort d'un parfait bilingue”, Prix Rossel 2001, to “Sang des bêtes”, 2022), he infuses his pen with a dark, often cynical humour, but never completely devoid of playfulness. We met him on the occasion of his appearance at the Grandes Conférences Namuroises, on 21 February 2023 at the UNamur.
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Medical students take action to raise awareness of alcohol consumption

From 13 to 17 March 2023, the Cercle Médecine is organising a week to raise awareness of addiction and alcohol consumption. Various activities are proposed. The organisers want to make some students aware of their consumption.
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Specialization in general medicine: the UNamur, supported by professionals in the sector, claims its necessity

On Thursday March 16, 2023, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation debated the file of authorization requests for higher education. The UNamur reveals elements supporting the merits of its request to organize specialization in medicine general. Six questions to better understand.
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