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Preparatory courses Discover university teaching and life at UNamur while revising the subjects essential to your future course.To get your first year of study off to a good start, UNamur is offering a program of preparatory courses adapted to the university course of your choice during the last two weeks of August.Several modules are on offer: methodology of academic work; producing and managing information in communication and politics; Dutch; English.These preparatory courses enable you to:revisit the knowledge acquired in high school; perfect your working methods; meet assistants and professors in a more informal way before the start of the school year; create your first links with other students. Discover the preparatory course program Do you have what it takes? Test your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".At the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" allow you to compare your achievements with the expectations of your teachers. Depending on your results, the Faculty will offer you reinforcement sessions. In this way, you can fill in any gaps in your knowledge and help yourself succeed. The results of these tests are not taken into account in your end-of-year assessment. Are your methods appropriate? To succeed in your first year, you need effective strategies.University work methodology sessions are organized to familiarize you with 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 and blockade periods;organizing your work;anticipating teachers' requirements.In addition, the cellule interfacultaire d'appui pédagogique offers individual follow-up. Throughout the year, an advisor is on hand to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them. And if you run into difficulties? The Faculty offers remediation sessions, duty hours and other services between exam sessions.RemediationRemediation sessions are organized in small groups; they enable you to review the subjects taught in depth and prepare effectively for exams. The modalities of these sessions are specific to each course and are specified by the teachers.PermanencesTeachers or assistants regularly organize group question-and-answer sessions. Outside these sessions, they can also welcome you by appointment.Between exam sessionsAfter the January and June assessments, you have the opportunity to consult your exam papers, attend a correction, obtain further explanations, correct exercises done at home, etc. All these activities are coordinated by the Faculty's didactic cell, which acts as an interface between students and teachers. How can you prepare for the exams? Studying regularly, acquiring good methods, but also knowing the requirements of teachers and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized at the end of October in certain subjects. Copies, corrected and commented, are given to you. These tests are not included in the grades awarded at the end of the year. They are a tool to help you assess the level of your teachers' requirements and the effectiveness of your methodology.You can discuss your results with the teachers or the head of the Didactic Unit and, if necessary, contact the Cellule Interfacultaire d'Appui Pédagogique to improve your working methods.Beyond the first year, you should adapt your efforts more effectively to the nature and importance of each subject in the program. Exam organization January, June and, if necessary, August... three sessions to prove your mastery of the subjects.In January, you sit the exams covering the 1st term courses. If you fail, you can retake the exam in June and/or August. Three chances to pass, but only in the first bachelor year.From the second bachelor year onwards, any exam failed in the January or June session is automatically carried over to the August session. Image The studies See content Image Studying at UNamur See content Image Campus life See content

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 preparatory courses in IT, mathematics, languages and university work methodology during the last two weeks of August.Two programs are on offer:in the morning: computer science, mathematics and university work methodology;in the afternoon: languages (English and/or Dutch). Discover the preparatory course program Do you have what it takes? Test your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".At the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" allow you to compare what you've learned with what your teachers expect. Reinforcement and remediation sessions are offered by the Faculty. In this way, you can fill in any gaps in your knowledge and help yourself to succeed. The results are not taken into account in your end-of-year assessment. Are your methods appropriate? To succeed in your first year, you need effective strategies.Working methods sessions are organized to familiarize you with university learning techniques:taking clear, comprehensive notes;summarizing and synthesizing material;understanding material in depth;memorizing large amounts of information;managing your time during class and blockade periods;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. The Faculty's pedagogical coordinator can also meet with you throughout the year to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them. And if you run into difficulties? UNamur offers you remediation sessions.The exercise sessions organized in small groups make it easier for you to assimilate the subjects. You are regularly quizzed during these sessions, enabling you to assess the quality of your study and remedy any weaknesses in good time through remediation sessions.Remediation takes the form of different activities: question-and-answer sessions, test or exam corrections, group work corrections...Thanks to the tutoring scheme, you can be sponsored by a student enrolled in a higher year. At "Info-Meet" sessions, sponsors share their experiences, tips and tricks, and answer your questions to ensure that your first year of study goes as smoothly as possible. How can you prepare for the exams? Studying regularly, acquiring good methods, but also knowing the requirements of teachers and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized at the end of October in 3 or 4 subjects. These are known as "mid-semester tests". You will be given the papers, corrected and commented on.These tests do not play a part in the marks awarded at the end of the year. They are merely a training tool to help you appreciate the level of your teachers' requirements and judge the effectiveness of your work.Furthermore, for first-year students, the Faculty organizes two "Info-Methodo" sessions in the middle of the term to help you unpack your teachers' requirements and expectations for the exams.Beyond the first year, you 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. 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. Three chances to succeed, but only in your first year as a bachelor. The Faculty organizes specific remediation sessions for the exams on offer.From the second year onwards, any exam failed in the January or June session is automatically carried over to the August session. Image Studies in the Faculty of Computer Science See content Image Studying at UNamur See content Image Campus life See content

François Briard graduated in Law and Management of Information Technology (DGTIC) in 1994 after obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1993. He works at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. During his schooling, which was 100% at UNamur, he was vice-president of the Namur Region and student delegate during his application years in economic and social sciences, computer science option. Thanks to the multidisciplinary training provided at UNamur, he was able to seize several opportunities to reorient his career within CERN.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.

September 1961. A few professors and about fifteen students are entering the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management at UNamur for the very first time. It was 60 years ago, in the house of Marmol, Rampart of the Virgin. Today, the classrooms are no longer the same, the professors have succeeded one another, the course programs have continued to evolve... but it is always with the same passion that the faculty supports its students.

Faced with the ecological crisis and soaring energy prices, the energy transition has become an undeniable emergency. Every day, at UNamur, researchers from a wide range of fields - geology, chemistry, physics, computer science - are thinking about innovative ways of dealing with this perilous future.

The two UNamur professors were appointed for a four-year term. The academic members of the Central Economic Council (CEC) are chosen in order to inform the debates of the social partners (employers and trade unions) present at the council with their expertise.

How to recruit new young talents? This challenge is that of many companies, but it is now also that of the students of the master in management sciences of the Faculty of economics, social sciences and management of UNamur. IBM, an international company at the forefront of technological development, comes to ask them to find a solution to the problem of the “war for talents”.

In the course of 2021, 42% of Belgian companies suffered a cyber attack. Those targeting citizens are no less numerous: more than 4.5 million suspicious messages have been sent to Safeonweb, the government body responsible for informing Belgian citizens about computer security. More than ever, at a time when the geopolitical context reinforces the threat of a cyberwar, how can we cope? Jean-Noël Colin, cybersecurity expert, professor at the Faculty of Computer Science of UNamur and member of the NaDI Institute, gives us an explanation.

Carried out in collaboration with the NADI research institute of the University of Namur, the Pôle Académique de Namur, the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and the Royal Association of Engineers of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech ULg and 200 associations internationally (117 countries), the sixth edition of the Gender Scan survey measures the evolution of feminisation in the technology and digital sector. The survey was conducted for the first time in Belgium among female students (higher education) to measure the level of satisfaction of female students in these fields.

At the beginning of the academic year 2023, the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management will change its dean. Pietro Zidda will succeed Alain de Crombrugghe. This is an opportunity for this professor of marketing and management to talk about the projects and priorities of his next mandate. Interview.

From 17 to 19 February 2023, the CSLabs, a student association based at the Faculty of Computer Science at UNamur, organised its annual hackathon. What was on the agenda? A real computer marathon during which several teams met to think about an innovative project on a particular theme. This year, it was about disability.