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The Faculty of Computer Science is active and internationally renowned in various disciplines, including theoretical computer science, software engineering and artificial intelligence. It conducts research in these disciplines, from their theoretical foundations to practical applications, in collaboration with industry. It also promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the societal impact of computer science, notably through collaboration with several research institutes.

Informatics is one of the pillars of our society. The Faculty of Computer Science therefore has a particular duty to provide services to society.Concretely, these services materialize in particular through the creation of synergies between researchers and industry, through involvement in a partnership with the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, and through the provision of knowledge and know-how.

The University of Namur created the e-Government Chair in order to offer, mainly to the public sector, independent expertise concerning digital governance. The Chair ensures a technological and scientific watch in the various aspects of digital governance (technical, legal, managerial and strategic) and pursues consultancy, training and scientific research missions.

The Digital Education Chair aims to support research related to the issues of digitizing our society and educating citizens and workers in digital media and technologies. As a grouping of interdisciplinary expertise in the field of digital education, it enables innovative and complex approaches to these issues. The Chair is in line with UNamur's strategic development axes and supports a network of collaborations between its members and between disciplines.

Members mainly come from two research institutes within the University of Namur:the Namur Digital Institute (NaDI) whose research is devoted to the various issues of digital technologies, in their technical, societal, educational, ethical, media, regulatory and management aspects;the Institut de Recherche en Didactiques et Éducation de l'Université de Namur (IRDENa) whose mission is to foster the emergence of new research objects and methodologies in the field of education, stemming from a variety of disciplinary anchors.The twenty or so members, academics and researchers, active within the Chair currently fall into seven disciplinary fields: computer science, computer didactics, media and digital literacy, information literacy, educational science, science and technology studies and gender studies. In order to enrich the issues addressed, the Chair will of course be open to all researchers and academics interested in the theme of digital education within the university. Co-chairing the Chair Anne-Sophie Collard, Professor Guillaume Mele, Technopedagogue Composition of the Chair Fanny BarnabéFanny BoraitaKathleen De GroveCarole DelforgeSara Dethise MartinezXavier DevroeyBruno DumasBenoît FrénayEsther HaineauxJulie HenryAlyson HernalsteenBenoît VanderoseCharlotte SineCamille TilleulThe members of the Chair have already developed several research projects and activities related to digital education. One of the recent projects is by Guillaume Mele and Charlotte Sine: "MOOC: aim for success, become a super student!"Funding: UNAMURBased on 20 years' experience of methodological support for students, this project aims to develop personalized, automated online courses on FUN-MOOC, a platform designed primarily to transmit content. The success of the MOOC testifies to the researchers' experience in implementing online courses and creating complex pedagogical architectures.Duration: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2024

Projects and support SETT supportSince 2019, the salon SETT "School, Education, Transformation, Technology" has welcomed Belgian and international experts to train teachers and nurture their reflections on issues surrounding digital in education. It is the largest French-speaking Belgian fair on this theme, bringing together teachers from all levels of education and all disciplines.The University of Namur participates in the fair's scientific committee, selecting quality speakers and contributing with its most cutting-edge research.Find here the members of the Chair who participate in the SETT scientific committeeThe PRE-SETT 2025 workshopBreaking the code(s): Beyond injunctions and paradoxes on digital in educationPre-SETT date: January 22, 2025Since 2019, the SETT trade show - "School, Education, Transformation, Technology" has welcomed Belgian and international experts to train teachers and nurture their thoughts on issues surrounding digital in education. It is the largest French-language event of its kind in Belgium, bringing together teachers from all levels of education and all disciplines. The University of Namur participates in the show's scientific committee, selecting top-quality speakers and contributing its own research to the themes addressed.To strengthen this link between research and the field of education, the University of Namur's Chaire Educ0Num has also been organizing an annual scientific event since 2024, taking place the day before the show: the Pré-SETT. This takes the form of a study day and brings together researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds to collectively advance scientific questioning, the results of which are then communicated more widely at the show.This year, the Pré-SETT study day will focus on the theme: "Breaking the code(s): Beyond injunctions and paradoxes on digital in education".Would you like to take part? Find the call for papers below. Call for papers The activity book for technical and critical digital educationThe site lists digital education activities linked to the "Formation Manuelle, Technique, Technologique et le Numérique" (FMTTN) repository, built as part of the "Pacte pour un enseignement d'Excellence" education reform.School-ITThe School-IT project aims to develop an original "digital kit" for teachers wishing to try their hand at teaching IT in nursery, primary and secondary education. This kit is organized around "turnkey" activities, short in duration and mostly independent of each other, which teachers can easily set up within their classrooms.Learn more... Production of educational activities Activities and teaching sequences created as part of the School-IT project - changing the vision of computing:"Digital education" - introductory sequence to the operation of the computer"Discovering a tangible system" - activities to educate about the operation of the computer, its peripherals and programming education"Emotion synthesis" - artificial intelligence education activity"Programming concepts" - introductory programming sequence"Smart-city" - activities to discover the concept of "Smart-city""Concurrent programming" - concurrent programming education activity"Programming concepts" - introductory programming sequence"Smart-city" - activities to discover the concept of "Smart-city""Concurrent programming" - programming education activity concurrent programming education activity"Robot programming" - introductory sequence to computers and programming"In the skin of an algorithm" - recommendation algorithm education activityActivities created as part of the Pacte Excellence Numérique project:"Who is it? " - artificial intelligence education"Playing with Playmobil to learn about cybersecurity" - cybersecurity education"De Avonturen von Hergé" - Treasure hunt in the Hergé museum - Digital education for language learningActivities created as part of the various PUNCH calls:Call 2019: CodEmplify - Benoit FrenayCall 2019: Gestural interaction - from concepts to longitudinal implementation - Bruno DumasCall 2017: Micro:Punch - Benoit Frénay, Julie HenryCall 2013: Opening to the world - Anne-Sophie Collard (et al.)MOOC: Aim for success, become a super studentPALEF: Online French language learning platform for jobseekersREMEDIATIC: Remedial platform in math and French language for students aged 9 to 14 Image EduCoNum Chair See content

The Faculty of Computer Science, via its teachers and researchers, is very active internationally: internationally recognized research groups, organization of research seminars to which scientists from other universities are invited in order to promote new research horizons, mobility of our researchers which starts right from the start of their thesis when they travel abroad to take part in international congresses.

The Faculty of Computer Science has organized itself to manage its missions in the best possible way. It has around a hundred members at the service of teaching, research and service to society.

A series of events and players revolve around the Faculty of Computer Science.

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 Studying in the Faculty of Computer Science See content Image Studying at UNamur See content Image Campus life See content

Useful links RegulationsRèglement des études et évaluations (REE)PhD regulationsCode of good conductInternal Regulations of the Faculty of Computer Science (ROI)Everyday lifeSpecial needs students - EBSLGBTQI Circle of NamurThe LGBTQIA+ youth guideCommunication awareness sheetLa Protection Harcèlement Etudiant - PHARECultural workshopsBrochure SI (licenses and software) Corporate Relations Companies, administrations and organizations wishing to obtain information or consider collaborating with the faculty are invited to contact us via the address entreprise.info@unamur.be. UNamur, like other French-speaking universities, has equipped itself with a tool to help its students and graduates develop their professional careers. The UNamur Career Center platform lets you refine your professional project, prepare for interviews and find the ideal internship or job. More about Namur Career Center Prize list for "memoirs Each year, the Faculty of Computer Science awards a prize for a dissertation that particularly stands out for its quality, originality, rigor and the scope of the results obtained. Created in 2013 as a tribute to Professor Emeritus Jean Fichefet, who played a leading role in the founding and consolidation of the Faculty of Computer Science, this prize salutes the spirit of innovation, enterprise, investing in new fields and new avenues. Since 2023, the prize has been renamed and divided into two categories:Computing dissertation prize, societal impact: a prize that tends to promote dissertations distinguished by their societal character. The themes focus on a technology or development that improves the quality of life together, or on an ethical reflection based on a technology or development studied.Computer Science dissertation prize, general impact: prize that tends to promote dissertations in all themes studied within the Faculty of Computer Science, including societal themes. Read more Map of the Faculty of Computer Science Ground Floor2nd Floor2nd floor FSESG3rd floor4th floor