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In addition to the Learning by doing pedagogy, the Faculty of Economic, Social and Management Sciences offers various pedagogical devices with the aim of modernizing teaching through concrete approaches.

Baccalaureate and Master's degrees Image Economics Understand the fundamental dimension of how businesses and our society work, to advise and act as a responsible expert and decision-maker. Image Economics and management - staggered hours A diploma identical to daytime studies, but with a course schedule adapted to working life. Image Teaching economics and management Train young people to learn and pass on your knowledge of economics, management, law, management techniques and business IT. Specialized Masters Image International and development economics (SMIDE) Design realistic and innovative solutions, based on sound economic analysis and adapted to a country's social and political context to contribute to its development and the reduction of poverty and inequality. Image Management and economics of sustainable development - staggered timetable Rethinking our development model and adapting it to environmental, digital, social and economic transitions to help create a sustainable world. Other training courses Image PhD Develop recognized expertise within your discipline and gain access to a career as a researcher or university professor. Image Continuing education To continue training, specialize, boost or redirect your career.

Baccalaureate and Master's degrees Image Management Take into account the company's competitive environment, target the activities to be carried out, the investments to be made, the staff to be trained, the innovations to be stimulated. Image Management engineer Align science and the technological environment with management skills to develop and manage projects, integrate the challenges of competitiveness and increasing globalization. Image Economics and management - staggered hours A diploma identical to daytime studies, but with a course schedule adapted to working life. Image Teaching economics and management Train young people to learn and pass on your knowledge of economics, management, law, management techniques and business IT. Specialized Masters and other courses Image Management and economics of sustainable development - staggered timetable Rethinking our development model and adapting it to environmental, digital, social and economic transitions to help create a sustainable world. Image PhD Develop recognized expertise within your discipline and gain access to a career as a researcher or university professor. Image Continuing education To continue training, specialize, boost or redirect your career.

In January 2023, Professor Romain Houssa of UNamur led a Belgian delegation to formulate a new ARES Institutional Support (IS) programme at the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) in Benin. This multidisciplinary research and innovation support programme aims to strengthen scientific collaboration between FWB researchers and Benin as well as other countries in the West African region, notably Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso.

For 10 years, IBM, an international company at the forefront of technological development, has been collaborating with UNamur, and more particularly with Professor Wafa Hammedi. This year, IBM came to challenge the students of the master’s in management & engineering sciences.

The health crisis has proven to be a tremendous catalyst for the use by the academic world of distance learning devices. A forced march that forced teachers and students to acquire sometimes unmastered techniques. In the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management, a think tank led by Jean-Yves Gnabo, Director of the Economics and Management department with shift hours, and Denise Van Dam, educational coordinator, investigated the opportunity of open the field of possibilities in technical and educational matters. Objective? Offer learners more flexible Bachelor's or master’s training courses designed specifically for adults returning to study, by providing them with an environment that allows them to live a memorable, impactful experience that serves as a springboard.

The Summer School in International Finance takes place every summer at UNamur. About fifteen students from the Michigan State University spend a month in Namur, accompanied by two professors. At the initiative of this summer school, Antoinette Tessmer, a former doctoral student from UNamur, now professor of Finance in the USA. An experience which combines finance and French lessons, service to society and the discovery of Belgium in all its aspects.

In the summer of 2022, we set out to discover the UNamur Qualified researchers who were awarded funding by the FNRS in 2022. We met Vincent Jacquet, a member of the Department of Political Science and the Transitions Institute. His research focuses on citizen participation and its impact on solving the crisis of democracy.

François Briard graduated in Law and Management of Information Technology (DGTIC) in 1994 after obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1993. He works at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. During his schooling, which was 100% at UNamur, he was vice-president of the Namur Region and student delegate during his application years in economic and social sciences, computer science option. Thanks to the multidisciplinary training provided at UNamur, he was able to seize several opportunities to reorient his career within CERN.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.

The Namurians of the Year for 2022 are known! Organised by the ASBL "Namurois de l'année" in partnership with the magazine AlluMeuse, the "Namurois de l'année" ceremony has just unveiled the Namur personalities who have distinguished themselves over the past year. And among them, in the science category, we find Anthony Cleve, professor in the Faculty of Computer Science.

From 17 April 2023, UNamur will host two prestigious international Francqui Chairs. Professor Timoteo Carletti (Department of Mathematics - naXys Institute) will host Professor Ginestra Bianconi, one of the leading experts on networks and high-order structures. Professor Romain Houssa (Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management - DeFiPP Institute) will welcome Professor Karel Mertens, an expert in macroeconomics.