Meeting of the UniGR Council at the University of Liège
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
As a public university open to the world and is anchored in the scientific, cultural and economic development of its region, the University of Liège relies on its three pillars: teaching, research and civic engagement.
ULiège trains responsible citizens who are provided with cutting-edge knowledge and critical thinking, are able to share knowledge and can push forward an increasingly complex world.
ULiège develops and promotes excellence in research, multidisciplinary and direct engagement with its instruction.
Global exposure is a top priority at the University of Liège. The institution offers a wide range of international mobility opportunities to students, researchers and staff, enabling them to enhance their cross-disciplinary skills and language knowledge.
ULiège: an experience of daily living. Located in 3 cities and 4 campuses, the university is a key player in terms of the environment and mobility.
The University of Liège inaugurated its new language training centre on Tuesday 8 October 2019 at the fully renovated former Institute of Anatomy and in a new compact and energy-efficient building. This represents a total investment of 8 million euros, 5 million of which were financed by a grant awarded by the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in 2014.
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he site of the "rue de Pitteurs" in Outremeuse in Liège houses the entire Translation and Interpretation section from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters as well as the Higher Institute for Modern Languages (ISLV), the Confucius Institute (Chinese language, culture and society) and the Centre for Japanese Studies.
This new language training centre (twelve languages) is located in the entirely renovated former Institute of Anatomy and in a new compact and energy-efficient building, with both buildings connected by an aerial glass walkway. Day and evening classes are now offered every day during the week, including Saturdays.
The renovation of the former Institute of Anatomy and the construction of the new building represent a total investment of €8 million, of which €5 million were financed by a grant awarded by the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in 2014.
This project originates in a decree that promotes the integration of translator and interpreter studies at the University. Indeed, the Haute École de la Ville de Liège, with which ULiège had been organising a joint degree since 2008, lost its conditional authorisation to organise these studies in favour of ULiège at the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year. Since then, ULiège alone has been entitled to award degrees in this programme, which nevertheless remains co-organised with the Haute École de la Ville de Liège.
These developments in the programmes in Translation and Interpretation have provided an opportunity to build a hub dedicated to the learning of foreign languages and cultures on the “Pitteurs” site, where the Confucius Institute and the ULiège Centre for Japanese Studies were already located. Another hub remains the XX-Août site, where the (modern, romance, classical and oriental) Language and Literature sections are located, although some courses are held in the new facilities at the "Pitteurs” site.
In 2019, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology, launched – in the form of evening classes - a certificate in legal knowledge for the translator and juror interpreter.
The new building (L5) exceeds current standards for energy and environmental performance:
In the former Institute of Anatomy (L3):
Net usable area of the new building: 1526 m2
In the former Institute of Anatomy:
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
ULiège and its partners FOREM and IDELUX are inaugurating a sustainable housing technology platform on the Arlon campus to meet the needs of the wood and construction sectors.
Des représentant·es politiques sont venus ce 19 avril à la rencontre de la communauté ULiège pour débattre de thèmes liés à la vie universitaire, en vue des élections.