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The Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut – HELHa is a University College (or University of Applied Sciences) in the French speaking part of Belgium, providing more than 65 different Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, with the following 4 faculties.
From January 26 to 30, 2026, HELHa continued its activities centred on the theme of international openness. This initiative invited staff members to take part in a week dedicated to languages, knowledge exchange and the discovery of other cultures. Various activities were organised to allow everyone to practise another language at their own pace, in a friendly…
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The success of certain projects sometimes depends on just a few elements: an international week in Mechelen, a moment of conviviality, and a touch of spontaneity during an informal exchange. Without these ingredients, the exchange between Thomas More and HELHa’s Charleroi campus would probably never have come to life. “We realised that we had relatively similar fields…
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From October 26 to 31, 2025, a Belgian delegation travelled to Montreal as part of an international mission organised by SynHERA, in partnership with Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) and the CCTT Network (College Centres for Technology Transfer and Social Innovation in Quebec). This initiative aimed to promote applied research, strengthen collaborations between University Colleges…
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From October 22 to 24, a HELHa delegation attended the G3-Quality Conference in Montreal. The event brought together experts from Switzerland, Canada, and Belgium to discuss shared challenges related to governance and quality culture. Organized by the G3 consortium, which brings together the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Université de Montréal, and the Université de Genève, the conference…
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From 20 to 22 October 2025, Mons hosted the 27th edition of the International Conference on Bioencapsulation (BIC 2025). Organized by the Bioencapsulation Research Group (BRG), in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences (Haute École Louvain en Hainaut – HELHa) and CeREF (its Research and Continuing Training Centre), the event brought together researchers,…
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From 29 September to 2 October 2025, HELHa represented its Research Centre, CeREF, took part in the “Smart & Green Solutions for Energy” economic and technological mission held in Finland and Denmark. Jean-Baptiste Coulaud, representing CeREF, travelled there to explore the creation of a joint European project with Scandinavian partners. …
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On October 9 2025, a delegation from the Department of Sciences and Life Technologies welcomed Mr. Pierre Vieyres, Director, and Mr. Olivier Pennetier, Deputy Director of the University Institute of Technology (IUT) of Bourges, part of the University of Orléans, to the HELHa campus in Mons. This visit was part…
They are called Aelia, Ambre, Macéo, Nicolas, Robin, Lucie, Sacha, or Kilian. They study Communication, Health, Social Work, Advertising, and more—whether in Tournai, Louvain-la-Neuve, Mons, or Montignies-sur-Sambre, as Bachelor’s or Master’s students. And they all share two things in common: they are part of HELHa, and this year they chose…
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On Friday September 12, the higher education institutions of the Pôle hainuyer came together to welcome incoming Erasmus students for the new academic year. The event was hosted at UMons and brought together participants from around the world. The day began with a warm welcome from Mr. Denis Dufrane, Co-President…
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