The overview of all Wallone HEI's

Universities

University establishments are specifically designed to offer three cycles of study and to carry out scientific research. Teaching and research go hand in hand at university level. The universities are recognised and subsidised by the French Community of Belgium. They are grouped together in the form of university academies or associations:

1. l’Académie universitaire Louvain
   1. Université Catholique de Louvain (ULC), Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels, 21,000 students
   2. Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix à Namur (FUNDP), Namur, 4,900 students
   3. Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL), Brussels, 2,300 students
   4. Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCaM), Mons or Charleroi, 1,300 students
2. l’Académie universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles
   1. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, 20,241 students (2006-07)
      1. Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM)], Brussels, 2,700 students
      2. Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, 300 students
   2. Université de Mons-Hainaut (UMH), Mons, 3,500 students
   3. Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (FPMs), Mons, 1,200 students
3. l’Académie universitaire Wallonie-Europe or AUWE.eu
   1. Université de Liège (ULg), Liège, 7,000 students
   2. Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux (FUGAGx)/ Gembloux Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Gembloux, 1,000 students

Colleges / Hautes Ecoles

These colleges are the equivalents to the “Hogescholen” in the Flemish Community.

A. Long-term programmes:

1. Haute Ecole catholique Blaise Pascal (HEPAS)
2. Haute Ecole catholique Charleroi-Europe (HECE)
3. Haute Ecole Charlemagne (HE Charlemagne)
4. Haute Ecole de Bruxelles (HEB)
5. Haute Ecole de la Communauté française du Hainaut (HECFH)
6. Haute Ecole de la Communauté française du Luxembourg Schuman (HESCH)
7. Haute Ecole de la Communauté française Paul-Henri Spaak (HESpa)
8. Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège
9. Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer de la Ville de Bruxelles (HEFF)
10. Haute Ecole Galilée (HEGal)
11. Haute Ecole «Groupe ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFC» (HE Groupe ICHEC)
12. Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci (HELdV)
13. Haute Ecole libre de Bruxelles - Ilya Prigogine (HELB-IP)
14. Haute Ecole Lucia de Brouckère (HELdB)
15. Haute Ecole mosane d’Enseignement supérieur (HEMES)
16. Haute Ecole provinciale de Charleroi - Université du Travail (HEPCUT)
17. Haute Ecole provinciale du Hainaut occidental (HEPHO)
18. Haute Ecole Roi Baudouin (HERB)

B. Short-Term programmes / courses:

1. Haute Ecole de la Communauté française de Namur Albert Jacquard
2. Haute Ecole de la province de Namur
3. Haute Ecole de la Ville de Liège
4. Haute Ecole de Namur
5. Haute Ecole EPHEC
6. Haute Ecole Institut supérieur d’Enseignement libre liégeois
7. Haute Ecole libre du Hainaut occidental
8. Haute Ecole provinciale Mons - Borinage - Centre

The Institutes of Higher Education and the Art Academies organise short–term or long-term higher education courses. The Higher Institutes of Architecture only offer long-term higher education courses.

Short-term higher education courses that lead to vocational qualifications are organised in one single cycle that leads to the academic grade of Bachelor (180 to 240 credits). The programme contains both practical and theoretical elements. Some institutes of higher education also offer a year of specialisation at the end of the 1st cycle.

Colleges of Arts

They provide artistic education in visual arts, music, theater and the arts of speech, performing arts ... and are governed according to the Decree of 17 May 1999 and the Decree of 20 December 2001 established specific rules regarding organisation, financing, management, personnel status, rights and duties of students.

Source: Enseignement.be - Les écoles supérieurs des arts

1. Académie des Beaux-Arts et des Arts décoratifs de Tournai
2. Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
3. Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Liège
4. Conservatoire royal de Musique de Bruxelles
5. Conservatoire royal de Musique de Liège
6. Conservatoire royal de Musique de Mons
7. Ecole de Recherche Graphique - E.R.G.
8. Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts visuels de la Cambre
9. L’Ecole Supérieure communale des Arts de l’image «Le 75»
10. Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque
11. L’Ecole Supérieure des Arts Institut Saint-Luc à Tournai
12. Ecole supérieure des Arts plastiques et visuels
13. I.A.D. – Institut des Arts de diffusion
14. I.N.S.A.S. – Institut national supérieur des Arts du spectacle et des Techniques de diffusion
15. Institut Saint-Luc
16. Institut Saint-Luc de Liège
17. I.M.E.P – Institut supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie

Institutes of architecture

This HEI type is referenced in the law of 18 February 1977 which contained provisions relating to organic education architectural Higher Education (long type).

Source: http://www.enseignement.be/index.php?page=23726&navi=2500

1. Institut supérieur d’Architecture de la Communauté française – La Cambre
2. Institut supérieur d’Architecture Intercommunal (I.S.A.I.)
   1. /horta Sede de Bruselas - Institut supérieur Victor Horta - ULB Campus de la plaine
   2. /architecture.htm Sede de Mons - Institut supérieur d’Architecture
   3. Sede de Lieja - Institut supérieur d’Architecture Lambert Lombard
   4. Institut supérieur d’Architecture Saint-Luc Bruxelles
3. Institut supérieur d’Architecture Saint-Luc de Wallonie
   1. Sede de Lieja
   2. /html/architecture/archiframe.html Sede de Tournai

Sources: on StudyInBelgium.be:

• Establishments higher education
• Specific Features and Assets of higher Education in the Wallonia-Brussels Community

The Government of the French Community provides secondary schools with information related to higher education as well as the requirements for each pathway. It is presented in the form of publications, such as: "L’enseignement supérieur. Mode d’emploi" (PDF - FR) from http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/Eurydice/Search?mode=2

Networks

The Hainuyer Network of Higher and University Education (RHeSU or in full Réseau Hainuyer d'Enseignements Supérieurs et Universitaires) was born from the synergy between 2 academic institutions, 4 high schools and 4 higher education in architecture and arts. This educational centre organizes more than 200 courses on 7 terminal locations in 9 areas covering 13 educational guidelines. The offered courses provide Bachelor and Master degrees.