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Faculty of Medicine

Organized since 1929, medical education, initially limited to the first year, was completed in 1962 with the opening of the 2nd and 3rd years. Since 1962, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Namur has trained thousands of doctors who can be found in every region of the country and internationally. Research is also an essential pillar of the Faculty and its departments. Finally, service to society touches on several important aspects.
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Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law is committed to helping students achieve excellence and autonomy. It conducts cutting-edge, interdisciplinary scientific research in key areas, notably through its research centers, CRIDS and Vulnérabilités et Sociétés. It organizes various services for society, such as continuing education for legal professionals.
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Help to succeed in Law

Do you have what it takes? Test and improve your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".Understanding text and expressing yourself correctly are essential skills for lawyers. Right from the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" enable you to compare your skills with those expected by your teachers.You can assess:your language skills: reading and understanding a text, writing a text on a legal theme;your general culture.Following these tests, the Faculty offers you sessions and workshops to reinforce:your reading strategies;your written expression.Individualized follow-up is also offered. Right from the start of the year, you'll be able to fill in any gaps and boost your success. Results are not taken into account in your end-of-year assessment. Are your methods appropriate? Develop effective strategies to promote your success.Working methods sessions are organized to familiarize you with university learning techniques, such as: taking clear and comprehensive notes; summarizing and synthesizing subjects; understanding subjects in depth; memorizing large amounts of information; managing your time during class periods and blockades; organizing your work; anticipating teachers' requirements. In addition, if you encounter difficulties in your study method, the cellule interfacultaire d'appui pédagogique offers you individual follow-up. Throughout the year, an advisor is on hand to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them. In addition, if you are recognized as students with special needs, you can be supported throughout your course and benefit from reasonable accommodations tailored to your particular situation. How to overcome difficulties? The Faculty offers you individualized help from a tutor, monitorats and individual follow-up by a specialized pedagogue.The tutorYou can benefit from personalized help from a second or third year block student who has received specific coaching training and acts under the supervision of the Faculty's pedagogical coordinator.These tutors guide you through your studies. They listen to you, advise you, help you understand your subjects and interpret your results. If necessary, they'll refer you to the appropriate resource people.MonitoratsMonitorats are sessions organized for around 100 students at a rate of two to three sessions for more specialized subjects. They aim to re-explain and synthesize material seen in lectures, as well as to prepare you for tests and exams with the help of questions and answers, diagrams, document commentaries...And for students who have to present a second session, revision sessions are organized during the summer vacations.Individual supportThe Faculty of Law also organizes specific educational support in the form of preparatory sessions for the blockade and written exams, and individual interviews for methodological advice. You can be accompanied by a pedagogue specialized in the difficulties specific to law studies through individual appointments, email advice and/or group "coaching" sessions. Furthermore, the teaching staff, assistants and administrative staff are committed to being available for every student, particularly during lectures or at the stand-by sessions organized several times a week. What resources are available to you? Library, computer rooms, e-learning tools and videos accessible online: invaluable resources.The library, for a lawyer, proves as important as the laboratory for a chemist.To be a good lawyer is above all to be able to find the relevant information for resolving a dispute, drafting a contract or advising an investor; it means being able to identify the applicable regulations, the appropriate case law, the relevant doctrine.The Faculty of Law library provides free access to legal collections and works. Electronic legal documentation is also available. The use of this particular source of documentation is specifically taught to you. Computer rooms are open to students, and the library is also equipped with WIFI access.The Faculty of Law is also equipped with state-of-the-art tools to support different learning methods (e-learning platform "WebCampus", videoconferencing tool, course recording system...). For example, some class sessions are filmed and made available on the "WebCampus" platform, which also features exercises. Pedagogical videos (how to use the law code, etc.) and in-depth videos (interviews with experts, etc.) are also available online. This allows you to review, at your leisure and at your own pace, the presentation made in the audience.Educational videosVideo vignettes produced by teachers give you a better understanding of legal concepts and know-how. More information How can you prepare for writing an academic paper? At the start of the second term, several writing workshops are organized. The aim of these workshops is to support you in writing your first academic paper, and to be able to lay the necessary foundations in preparation for the methodology (in the second year) and end-of-cycle (in the third year) papers. Each session is given in small groups. How can you prepare for the exams? Study regularly, acquire good methods, but also get to know the teachers' requirements and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized at the beginning of November in certain subjects. Teachers correct your papers, comment on them and organize group or individual correction sessions with assistants. These tests do not play a part in the marks awarded at the end of the year. They are merely a training tool, enabling you to appreciate the high standards set by your teachers, and to judge the effectiveness of your work and your ability to handle an examination situation.As soon as you start your studies, you will also benefit from specific preparation for oral examinations.After the first year, you will adapt your effort more effectively to the nature and importance of each subject on the syllabus. As a result, you no longer benefit from regular questioning, other than as part of the exercises. Exam organization January, June and, if necessary, August... three sessions to prove your mastery of the subjects.In January, you sit the exams on the 1st term courses. If you fail, you can retake the relevant exam in June and/or August-September. Three chances to succeed, but only in the first bachelor's year. From the second annual block onwards, any exam failed in the January or June session is automatically carried over to the August-September session.According to the choice of teachers, exams may be assessed in writing and/or orally. Assessment procedures are detailed on the university website and specified during the first class. Image Studying at law school See content Image Studying at UNamur See content Image Campus life See content
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Helping you succeed in medical school

Succeeding in a year of study at university involves many challenges.To help you meet them, we support you in developing your disciplinary, methodological and human skills... with the support of numerous professionals.
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Helping you succeed in medicine

Preparatory courses From the beginning of November, the University of Namur is offering preparatory courses for the medical entrance exam.These courses are devoted to the revision of the four scientific subjects (mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology), and a preparation for the "Communication and critical analysis of information" section. These courses are also designed to teach you to master the specific techniques of this type of MCQ (multiple-choice questionnaire)-based test. Practically, in each discipline, the program offers many opportunities to practice this type of question, and a module is devoted to how to prepare for and answer MCQs. This is a non-obligatory aid that also requires a personal investment to prepare you for the competition. Two sessions are offered throughout the year. Read more Contact Academic Advisor Florine Oldenhove +32 (0)81 72 43 61 conseiller.medecine@unamur.be Pedagogical advisors Catherine Goffin and Amélie Bouton +32 (0)81 72 57 27 et +32 (0)81 72 43 39 methodo.medecine@unamur.be Pedagogical coordinator Caroline Canon +32 (0)72 42 31 caroline.canon@unamur.be Image Les études en Faculté de médecine See content Image Etudier à l'UNamur See content Image Vie du campus See content
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Aids to success in Biomedical Sciences

Preparatory courses Discover university education and life at UNamur while revising the subjects essential for your future training.To get your first year of study off to a good start, UNamur is offering a program of preparatory courses in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and university work methodology during the last two weeks of August.Among these subjects, physics and chemistry are compulsory. You select 2 other subjects from mathematics, biology or university work methodology.These courses enable you to: revise knowledge acquired in high school; perfect your working methods thanks to advice from teachers and specific study methods courses; meet assistants and professors on a more informal basis before the start of the academic year; discover the university (its infrastructure and services); create your first links with other students. Discover the preparatory course program Contact Academic Advisor Florine Oldenhove +32 (0)81 72 43 61 conseiller.medecine@unamur.be Pedagogical advisors Catherine Goffin and Amélie Bouton +32 (0)81 72 57 27 et +32 (0)81 72 43 39 methodo.medecine@unamur.be Pedagogical coordinator Manon Chatillon +32 (0)72 43 22 manon.chatillon@unamur.be Image Les études en Faculté de médecine See content Image Etudier à l'UNamur See content Image Vie du campus See content
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Aids to success in Pharmacy

Preparatory courses Discover university education and life at UNamur while revising the subjects essential for your future training.To get your first year of study off to a good start, UNamur is offering a program of preparatory courses in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and university work methodology during the last two weeks of August.Among these subjects, physics and chemistry are compulsory. You select 2 other subjects from mathematics, biology or university work methodology.These courses enable you to: revise knowledge acquired in high school; perfect your working methods thanks to advice from teachers and specific study methods courses; meet assistants and professors on a more informal basis before the start of the academic year; discover the university (its infrastructure and services); create your first links with other students. Discover the preparatory course program Contact Academic Advisor Florine Oldenhove +32 (0)81 72 43 61 conseiller.medecine@unamur.be Pedagogical advisors Catherine Goffin and Amélie Bouton +32 (0)81 72 57 27 et +32 (0)81 72 43 39 methodo.medecine@unamur.be Educational coordinator Romain Siriez +32 (0)72 43 25 romain.siriez@unamur.be Image Les études en Faculté de médecine See content Image Etudier à l'UNamur See content Image Vie du campus See content
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The Molecular Physiology Research Unit (URPhyM)

The Molecular Physiology Research Unit (URPhyM) addresses several fundamental research topics in normal and pathological molecular physiology in the Departments of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Biomedical Sciences.
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Service to society

You will find details of the various community service activities on the pages of the departments, laboratories and research units, but here are the major service orientations of the Faculty of Medicine.
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Organization

The Faculty of Medicine comprises 4 departments. It is managed by various advisory and decision-making bodies. It has services common to the entire faculty.
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Organization

The Faculty of Law is steered by various consultative and decision-making bodies. It has services common to the entire faculty organization.
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