Faculty of Engineering of UMONS -
Master Degrees in English  

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Mons delivers different Master degrees in Engineering Science. Some of them are organized in English. These are the following degrees: 

Master of Science in Chemical and Materials Engineering, focus in Material Engineering

This programme is organized as a 1-year curriculum composed of 60 ECTS credits, provided students already have a Master degree in Chemical Engineering/Materials Science. All courses are taught in English. Students can also choose optional courses in French (including a special French course for beginners) to improve French while studying in English. 

It focuses mainly on three main topics in Materials Science :

• Surfaces and interfaces (corrosion and surface treatments, adsoprtion, thin film engineering, physical chemistry of plasma...);
• Advanced metallic and inorganic materials (fracture mechanisms, functional ceramics and bio-ceramics, fabrication and use of advanced ceramics, special steels and alloys, semiconductors and applications...);
• Polymers polymeric nanocomposite material, soft matter, chemistry of novel organic materials...).

The programme is intended to cover all aspects of materials science, from the ab initio design of the materials to their application and recycling, via their synthesis and characterisation.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, focus in Biosystems Engineering

This programme is organized as a 1-year curriculum composed of 60 ECTS credits, provided students already have a Master degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. All courses are taught in English. Students can also choose optional courses in French (including a special French course for beginners) to improve French while studying in English.

It mostly consists in applied courses, such as Biomedical Signal Processing, Biomed and Biotech Instrumentation, Optimal Estimation and Control, Advanced Control, Dynamic Simulation of Biosystems, Population Models & Bioprocess modeling, Bioinformatics, Medical Image Processing, and Statistical Pattern Recognition. It also implies the fulfilment of a research project (fall semester) and of a Master thesis, both under the supervision of an expert. 

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, focus in Multimedia and Telecommunications

This programmes is also organized as a 1-year curriculum composed of 60 ECTS credits, provided students already have a Master degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. All courses are taught in English. Students can also choose optional courses in French (including a special French course for beginners) to improve French while studying in English. 

It mostly consists in applied courses, such as Applied Signal Processing, Statistical Pattern Recognition, Embedded Systems Design, Image and Video Processing, Advanced Communication Systems, Optical Communication Systems, Advanced Fibre Optics, and Access Networks. It also implies the fulfilment of a project (fall semester) and of a Master thesis, both under the supervision of an expert, and offers a series of industrial seminars. 

Applicants should fill in an admission form and send it by regular mail to the Admissions office, together with a copy of available diplomas, score reports and a cover letter in English. Applications will be examined by a faculty committee before approval, based on the student's educational background, motivation, and knowledge of English (e.g., scores for TOEIC or TOEFL).

If the student's educational background is not sufficient, an additional year can be proposed. But this additional year of studies is taught in French.