The University of Mons, abbreviated to “UMONS”, is a French-speaking university in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, near the French-Belgian border. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Brussels, the capital of Europe.
UMONS was created in 2009 following the merger between the University of Mons-Hainaut and the Faculty of Engineering of Mons, the university’s oldest faculty which was founded in 1837.
The University of Mons belongs to the top 300 universities in Europe.
| Ranking | Year | Rank (in the world) |
Rank (in Europe) |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS World University Rankings | 2020 | 591 | 254 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities | 2019 | 901 | 350 |