University of Namur

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University of Namur
Université de Namur
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founding 1831
Sponsorship ecclesiastical
place Namur , Belgium
country BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Rector Naji Habra
Students 6,200 (as of 2016)
Networks FIUC
Website www.unamur.be
Law Faculty

Université de Namur (Université de Namur; UNamur) has been the name of a French-speaking Catholic university in Namur / Belgium since 2012 . Until it was renamed in September 2012, it was called Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), (roughly translated as University Faculties of Our Lady of Peace ).

More than 6,000 students study at UNamur, which was founded in 1831 by the Society of Jesus . The disciplines of medicine, computer science, natural sciences, economics and law are both researched and taught. The university is a founding member of the Académie Louvain , the association of French-speaking Catholic universities in Belgium.

The university consists of six faculties :

  • of the Philosophical and Philological Faculty
  • of the Faculty of Law
  • of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • the computer science institute
  • of the Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • of the medical faculty

Web links

Commons : University of Namur  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. UNamur / Institution / Historique , website unamur.be, last accessed on November 13, 2016 (French)
  2. Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  3. Renaming in September 2012: levif.be


Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '58.8 "  N , 4 ° 51' 37.4"  E