Spring open courses
In practice
Who are open courses for?Open courses are open to all, although they are primarily aimed at secondary school students to help them take that first step in exploring higher education.What is the schedule for open courses?Courses are open from February 27 to Wednesday, March 5, 2025, from 08:30 to 16:30.To find out the precise timetable and location of each course, please visit the Info études service (Rue de Bruxelles, 85 5000 Namur), 15 minutes before the start of the course.The provisional program is available 15 days before the start of open courses.How to meet a guidance counselorYou have the opportunity to meet a guidance counselor at the guidance workshop scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 1:30 to 4:00 pm.The aim of this workshop is to help you think about the guidance process, gain a better understanding of the higher education landscape and define the main markers in the process of clarifying your project (educational and professional).Our advisor is also available by appointment for a one-to-one meeting throughout the week of open courses and outside of it.Do you have to register to take part?Access to open courses is without prior registration.To participate in the orientation workshop, however, online registration is mandatory and will be available some ten days before the start of the open courses.Who organizes the open courses?Open courses are organized by Info études, the service that provides information on all matters relating to choice of studies, prerequisites, reorientation, gateways, course curricula, job opportunities, additional training, recognition of prior learning... or any general questions about university life in Namur.
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Spring Open House
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The next UNamur Open House will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 1pm to 5pm.Save this date in your diary already!!On the programInspiring encounters: chat with our professors, assistants and students.Immersive tours: explore our auditoriums, classrooms and laboratories.Valuable information: get answers to all your questions about our programs and the specifics of studying in Namur.Practical resources: discover all the services available to support you before, during and after your studies.Stay tuned!The detailed afternoon program will be available some ten days before the event.Can't join us? No worries! A second open house is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 1pm to 5pm.
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Practical information
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.
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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.
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Map of the Faculty of Computer Science
Ground Floor2nd Floor2nd floor FSESG3rd floor4th floor
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Master in Computer Science - Admission test
Admission test 2025 (registration 2025-2026)
For the attention of candidates from a country outside the European Union (HUE) who do not reside in BelgiumWhen : Thursday, June 12, 2025. 8.50 am (Belgian time, UTC +2). The test is scheduled from 9am to 1pm. Where : onlineConfirmation of participation : CONFIRMATION OBLIGATORY via secretariat.info@unamur.be. Without this confirmation, the candidate will not have access to the online admission test!Candidates who have passed the test may be invited to an oral interview on Teams (at a date to be defined) to confirm the results obtained.Practical details will be announced shortly.For the attention of VAE candidates and candidates from outside the European Union (HUE) who reside in BelgiumWhen:Thursday, August 21, 2025Where: UNamur, Faculté d'Informatique, Rue Grandgagnage, 21, B - 5000 NamurAccessing the campusLocal: local 202 (Minsky room on the 2nd floor)Campus mapConfirmation of attendance: MANDATORY confirmation via secretariat.info@unamur.beInformation admission test 2024The admission test, which takes place only once a year, is in French and is written. The test will consist of a few questions designed to test the skills required to enter the Master's degree course in Computer Science. The two-year course for a master 60 or three-year course for a master 120 is made up, on the one hand, of the Unités d'Enseignement Supplémentaires au master (one-year bridging course) and, on the other hand, of the master program (master 60 or master 120).You must pass the admission test to continue your registration. If you fail, no registration will be possible.To help you prepare for this test, you will find references below for each skill tested.Skill :Map the operation of a computer from both a hardware and software perspective.References:https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/modern-operating-systems/P200000003311/9780137538638https://edutechlearners.com/download/Introduction_to_algorithms-3rd Edition.pdfR. Backhouse, Program Construction: Calculating Implementations from Specifications; John Wiley and Sons, 2003, ISBN 978-0470848821.S.G. Kochan, Programming in C, 3rd edition, Sams Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-0672326660.Skill:Understanding and exploiting databases: modeling and technologies.Reference:Jean-Luc Hainaut, Bases de données - Concepts, utilisation et développement (Dunod, 2022). The book page is available here.Skills:Raising and using mathematical language in a formal way.Constructing and writing a synthetic and rigorous mathematical demonstration.Reference:https://www.dunod.com/sciences-techniques/methodes-mathematiques-pour-informatique-cours-et-exercices-corriges and in particular
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With AI, it's all about putting the user in control
For Bruno Dumas, computer science fits in with the principles of applied psychology Artificial intelligence (AI) is interfering in our professional as well as our private lives. It both seduces and worries us. On a global scale, it is at the heart of major strategic, societal or economic issues, still being debated in mid-February 2025, at the AI World Summit in Paris. But how can we, as users, avoid being subjected to it? How can we gain access to the necessary transparency of its workings? By placing his research prism on the user's side, Bruno Dumas is something of a "computer psychologist". An expert in human-computer interaction, co-president of the NaDI Institute (Namur Digital Institute), he defends the idea of a reasoned and enlightened use of emerging technologies.
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UNamur at the sixth edition of SETT
On January 23 and 24, 2025, UNamur experts were present at the SETT (School Education Transformation Technology) trade show for its sixth edition. A must-attend event for digital education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, dedicated to principals, teachers and technical-pedagogical advisors.
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Public thesis defense - Manel Barkallah
Synopsis
The spreading of internet-based technologies since the mid-90s has led to a paradigm shift from monolithic centralized information systems to distributed information systems based upon the composition of software components, interacting with each other and of heterogeneous natures. The popularity of these systems is nowadays such that our everyday life is touched by them.Classically concurrent and distributed systems are coded by using the message passing paradigm-according to which components exchange information by sending and receiving messages. In the aim of clearly separating computational and interactional aspects of computations, Gelernter and Carriero have proposed an alternative framework in which components interact through the availability of information placed on a shared space. Their framework has been concretized in a language called Linda. A series of languages, referred to nowadays as coordination languages, have been developed afterwards. In addition to providing a more declarative framework, such languages nicely fit applications like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, in which users share information by adding it or consulting it in a common place. Such systems are in fact particular cases of so-called socio-technical systems in which humans interact with machines and their environments through complex dependencies. As coordination languages nicely meet social networks, the question naturally arises whether they can also nicely code socio-technical systems. However, answering this question first requires to see how well programs written in coordination languages can reflect what they are assumed to model.This thesis aims at addressing these two questions. To that end, we shall use the Bach coordination language developed at the University of Namur as a representative of Linda-like languages. We shall extend it in a language named Multi-Bach to be able to code and reason on socio-technical systems. We will also introduce a workbench Anemone to support the modelling of such systems. Finally, we will evidence the interest of our approach through the coding of several social-technical systems.
The Jury
Prof. Wim Vanhoof - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Jean-Marie Jacquet - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Katrien Beuls - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Pierre-Yves Schobbens - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Laura Bocchi - University of Kent, United KingdomProf. Stefano Mariani - UNIMORE University, Italy
Participation upon registration.
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Academic year 2024-2025
15 septembre 2025
Au programme pour tous et toutes09h30 | Cérémonie d'accueil.11h00 | Célébration de la rentrée à la Cathédrale Saint-Aubain (Place Saint-Aubain - 5000 Namur) puis accueil des étudiants par les Cercles.Plus d'infos disponibles ici bientôt !
Master's specialization in IT and innovation: business analysis and it governance
For students affected by prerequisite coursesFriday, September 13, 2024 at 9:00 am, seminar I32 on the 3rd floor of the Faculty.For all new studentsCourse start on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Academic Hall (4th floor of the Faculty of Computer Science) from 8:30 am.
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The studies
Join a community of innovators, explore cutting-edge technologies and get ready to shape tomorrow's digital world!Ready to code your success? Welcome to UNamur's Faculty of Computer Science, a pioneer in university computer science education in Europe.
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Help to succeed in 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).
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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.
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