University of Mons-Hainaut

The University of Mons-Hainaut (French: Université de Mons-Hainaut) (UMH), in Mons, Wallonia, Belgium, was a university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language was French.

From January 1, 2009, the University of Mons-Hainaut and the Engineering Faculty of Mons Faculté polytechnique de Mons fused in a new university simply called the University of Mons.

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History

The University of Mons-Hainaut was established in 1965 from the Institut commercial des industriels du Hainaut, which had been founded in 1899 by Raoul Warocqué. In the university library, which was established in 1797, there were more than 715,000 items, including 450 manuscripts, one of which was from the 10th century, and 140 incunables, of which one was a Gutenberg Bible.[1]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ^ Marie-Thérèse Isaac (éd.),La Bibliothèque de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut 1797-1997, University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, 1997 (catalogue d'exposition) ISBN 2-87325-007-0.

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Dutch-speaking: Universiteit Antwerpen • Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel • Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Universiteit Gent • Universiteit Hasselt • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven + Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk

French-speaking: Faculté polytechnique de Mons • Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons • Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix • Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis • Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux • Université catholique de Louvain • Université Libre de Bruxelles • University of Liège • University of Mons-Hainaut

Other recognised academic establishments: ICHEC Brussels Management School • Brussels Faculty for Protestant Theology • Evangelical Theological Faculty

Postgraduate: College of Europe (Bruges) • Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp • Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

Military: Royal Military Academy

Transgressing universities: transnational University Limburg