Is it true that everyone speaks English? Yes and no. Certainly, English is everywhere and inescapable, with at least two billion speakers worldwide, the majority of whom do not have it as their mother tongue. As the international lingua franca par excellence, English no longer belongs particularly to the English, but serves as a tool for intercultural communication on a global scale.

However, when you decide to study English at university, it's because you want to go beyond the simple tool of communication - useful, ubiquitous, but not necessarily loved - to discover the historical, linguistic and cultural nuances that arouse the passion of Anglophiles. Studying English at the University of Namur also means listening to accents from all over the world, immersing yourself in the history of cultures and language, opening up to other worlds imagined through literary productions, learning to appreciate and analyze films, sketches, Internet memes and many other artistic productions... all the while working to make progress in mastering the language in both written and spoken form.

The teachers and researchers in the English Unit who accompany you in your studies have, in their day-to-day work, a wealth of international experience in the world of English studies. In this way, your teachers enrich their courses and exercises with new perspectives, methods and ideas emerging from the vast world of scientific research. And some of you will take the step into the international arena yourselves in the third year of undergraduate study, by going away for a semester on an Erasmus trip to Canterbury or Cork, for example!

If this appeals to you, come and discover our programs and our team, and take your place in the driver's seat of your apprenticeship! See you soon?