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ECOBAT is an EOS project (FNRS/FWO) that brings together four universities: UCLouvain, KULeuven, the University of Bonn (Germany), and the University of Namur. This consortium currently mobilizes some twenty researchers at all levels (Masters, PhD students, post-docs, promoters), including Dr. Pierre Beaujean, under the supervision of Professor Benoît Champagne..

Since 2013, the University of Namur has launched an ambitious initiative to make its campus more sustainable through CaNDLE projects. Among these, the "Good school, bat's cool" project intends to set up resting and breeding sites for bats in urban environments. The project, spearheaded by Laura De Wandeleer and Jérémy Berthe, two passionate biologists from UNamur, focuses on two main areas: protecting bats and raising public awareness of their importance in the ecosystem..

In 2016, the University of Namur launched its very first UNamur - Southern Countries Scholarship. A program that offers students from partner universities in the South the opportunity to complete a master's degree or specialized master's of their choice in Namur for one year. A real springboard for participants, this scholarship enables them to strengthen their expertise in fields sometimes little taught in their home country, while benefiting from an enriching international experience..

The CRef shares concerns about student precariousness and would like to see a flexible welfare system.

Thomas Balligand, now a lecturer at UNamur, combines his passion for basic research with teaching in histology and cytology. After a diverse background in internal medicine and research, notably at Harvard, he is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists while pursuing his work on nanobodies and their potential in immunotherapy. His desire to awaken scientific curiosity in his students illuminates his new role at the university..

The universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation concerned and in solidarity in the face of attacks on science in the United States.

Professor Elio Tuci has just been awarded Research Credit funding from the FNRS. The naXys institute specializes in the analysis of complex systems, whether in astronomy and dynamic cosmology, mathematical biology, optimization in optics, economic complexity or the study of the stability and robustness of these systems. The institute is structured around 6 research axes: Space, Bio, Optics, Eco, Robust and Robotics.

In September 1961, a few professors and fifteen students inaugurated the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Namur. Later renamed the Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion, or FSESG, in over 60 years of existence, it has trained thousands of students who have become experts and decision-makers in key fields: economics, management, communication and political science. In September 2024, it changed its name to EMCP or Faculté Économie Management Communication sciencesPo. A change of name, symbol of a visionary mutation.

The Vodoun School of Economics (VoSE) in January 2025 was another success, bringing together participants from four institutions: the University of Namur, the University of Abomey-Calavi, the University of Antwerp and the African School of Economics.

On the occasion of its next open afternoon, scheduled for March 29, 2025 from 1pm to 5pm, UNamur is putting the spotlight on sport and its benefits for students.

Since September 2023, Marc Hennequart, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at UNamur, has been conducting groundbreaking research into pancreatic cancer. His team, based at the Faculty of Medicine and the Institut Narilis, studies the early stages of oncogenesis (the process of transforming a normal cell into a cancerous one) to better understand the metabolic changes behind this particularly aggressive cancer.

The CRef stresses the crucial importance of federal scientific research.