Faculté polytechnique de Mons

Ancient buildings of the FPMs (Faculté polytechnique de Mons) and statue of the founder, rue de Houdain.

Buildings of the FPMs, Boulevard Dolez.

The Faculty of Engineering of UMONS (French: Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (FPMs)) is a faculty of engineering at the University of Mons in the Wallonia region in Belgium.^[1]

Before the merger between the "Faculté Polytechnique de Mons" and the University of Mons-Hainaut which took place in 2009, the FPMs used to be the oldest university of the city of Mons and the first Engineering school in Belgium (1837). Its first name was «École des Mines» (Mining School). It is a member of the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe), an association of 50 leading Engineering Schools and Faculties in Europe. On January 1, 2009, the Engineering Faculty of Mons and the University of Mons-Hainaut merged into a new university simply called the University of Mons (UMONS).

The Faculty organizes a 5 years course and delivers the Engineering (Ir.) and Master of Science (MSc.) degree. One can also get the Applied Sciences Doctor degree (Dr.) at the FPMs.

Teaching

Diplomas:

• BSc. in engineering
• MSc. in engineering (Architecture, Chemistry, Electricity, Computer and Management, Mechanics, Mining and Geology).
• Dr. in Applied Sciences

1200 students (2004–2005). Diplomas per year: 170.

Research

Research teams :

• 25 laboratories
• 4 research centres (Multitel, Materia Nova, Inisma, CETIC). All these web sites have English versions.
• Spin-offs : 4.
• Start-ups founded by young FPMs engineers: 20.
• Patents : 5 patent families.

International dimension

• 50 ERASMUS partners; 25 direct partnerships with foreign universities.
• Member of the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) and double degrees with the following institutes :
  • Technische Universität Wien
  • Ecole Centrale de Lille
  • Ecole Centrale de Lyon
  • Ecole Centrale de Marseille
  • Ecole Centrale de Nantes
  • École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
  • École supérieure d'électricité
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Notes and references

See also

• Science and technology in Wallonia
• University Foundation
• Initialis Science Park
• Science Parks of Wallonia

External links

• (English) (French) Official web site
• (French) Polytech News web site, the Faculty Newspaper
• (French) Site de la Fédération des Etudiants FPMs
• (French) Online courses
• TCTS Lab, FPMs
• (French) Master in Innovation Management

Universities in Belgium
Dutch-speaking	University of Antwerp (UA) University College of Brussels (HUB) Free University of Brussels (VUB) Ghent University (UGent) University of Hasselt (UHasselt) KU Leuven (KULeuven)
French-speaking	Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Saint-Louis University, Brussels (USLB) University of Liège (ULg) Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) University of Mons (UMons) University of Namur (UNamur)
Others	ICHEC Management School [Brussels] Faculty for Protestant Theology [Brussels] transnational University Limburg [Hasselt, Belgium and Maastricht, Netherlands] Evangelical Theological Faculty [Leuven]
Postgraduate	Institute of Tropical Medicine [Antwerp] College of Europe [Bruges] Vlerick Business School [Ghent and Leuven]
Military	Royal Military Academy [Brussels]

Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 3°57′09″E / 50.45194°N 3.95250°E / 50.45194; 3.95250