Faculté des Sciences Appliquées - ULiège

Name

Faculté des Sciences Appliquées - ULiège

Legal name

Université de Liège

Website

https://fsa.uliege.be

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Liège

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public higher education funding: As a public university faculty within ULiège (Université de Liège), the Faculty receives government funding from the French Community of Belgium. Tuition fees are regulated by Belgian/EU public higher education fee structures.
2. Fonds Pisart Scholarship Administration: The Faculty administers the Fonds Pisart endowment, distributing annual scholarships (entry scholarships, student-monitor mandates, mobility scholarships of up to €1,000/semester for Erasmus beneficiaries). For 2026-2027, a budget of €35,000 is allocated for mobility scholarships.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Faculté des Sciences Appliquées (FSA) is a public university faculty that delivers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral engineering and computer science education, organised through four research units: Aerospace & Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Montefiore Institute), and Urban & Environmental Engineering. It awards Civil Engineering (Ingénieur Civil) and computer science degrees, runs specialised masters, doctoral colleges, and continuing education, and operates a Career Center connecting graduates to employers. The faculty also conducts internationally recognised research across eight themes (Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Manufacturing & Materials, Digital Industry & Society, Health, Space, Transport, City & Buildings) with projects such as ERC GrAVITe and ERC SILENT.

Product overview

The Faculté des Sciences Appliquées (FSA) of the University of Liège offers a comprehensive portfolio of engineering and computer science education programs ranging from Bachelor's to PhD levels, organized through four main research units (Aerospace & Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science via Montefiore Institute, and Urban & Environmental Engineering). The faculty provides core degree programs in civil engineering (various specializations), computer science, and data science, supplemented by specialized masters, continuing education, and doctoral programs. Student services include a Career Center platform for job placement and internship opportunities, along with scholarship programs through the Fonds Pisart. Research is conducted across multiple interdisciplinary units and multi-faculty collaborations, with notable projects in AI for power grids, optical gyroscopy, and human brain mapping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ingénieur Civil Engineering Programs (Bachelor, Master, specialisations) Core undergraduate (Bachelor, bachelier) and graduate (Master) engineering degree programs covering civil engineering and its specialisations (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, biomedical, energy, computer science engineering, and physics engineering), taught in French and in English at the Sart Tilman campus and leading to internationally recognised diplomas.
• Computer Science and Data Science Programs Bachelor's and Master's programs in computer science and data science providing education in software development, algorithms, and data analysis, delivered within the Montefiore Institute.
• PhD and Doctoral Programs Doctoral education and research programs across all FSA engineering disciplines, supported by doctoral colleges, the PhD Channel, the Réseau des doctorant·e·s, and PhD House, leading to defended theses.
• Specialised Masters (Masters de spécialisation) Advanced master's programs for specialisation in specific engineering fields, aimed at graduates seeking deeper expertise or a pivot into a sub-discipline.
• Continuing Education (Formation continue) Lifelong learning programs for working professionals seeking to update skills or transition careers, delivered on campus and in executive formats.
• Career Center FSA (Jobteaser platform facsa.jobteaser.com) Online platform connecting FSA graduates with employers, allowing companies to post job and internship offers and final thesis (TFE) topics, and students to apply and submit CVs. Supports the faculty's 95% graduate employment rate within six months.
• Fonds Pisart Scholarships Annual scholarships for engineering students, including entry scholarships for new students, student-monitor mandates, and mobility scholarships for international exchange, funded through the Fonds Pisart endowment.
• Ingénieur Solidaire Course New educational course developed in partnership with Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Belgique that focuses on aligning engineering practice with values of solidarity, sustainability, and ethics, addressing engineering responsibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of graduates have a job related to their training within 6 months after graduation
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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AI capability4 records

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ingénieurs Sans Frontières BelgiquecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026The Faculty launched a new course called 'Ingénieur solidaire' (Solidarity Engineer) starting 2026-2027, developed in partnership with Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Belgique. The course addresses engineering ethics, solidarity, sustainability, and aligning engineering practice with social and environmental values. This represents a core new educational initiative for the Faculty.
• ESA Saint-Luc LiègeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026The 'Ardent Motion' team competing in the Shell Eco-Marathon 2026 is a mixed team combining Université de Liège / FSA students with ESA Saint-Luc Liège design industrial students, demonstrating collaborative student project engagement.
• Université McGillcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026ULiège and McGill University signed a collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (ULiège) and the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill's Macdonald campus, aimed at forming the next generation of bio engineers. While this specific agreement involves Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, it reflects ULiège's broader international university partnership strategy.
• AMOS (Advanced Mechanical & Optical Systems)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMOS, a Belgian company, polished the 45cm monocrystalline silicon mirror (the largest ever made) for the ERC SILENT project led by Christophe Collette, contributing industrial precision manufacturing expertise to an academic research project.
• PrayonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrayon, a chemical company, hosted an FSA student for an 8-week technical internship, providing real-world industrial experience and serving as a recruiting ground for graduates.
• UNIC (European University of Industrial Liaisons)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerULiège is a member of UNIC, a European university alliance focused on industrial liaison and cross-border academic collaboration. The Faculty participates in UNIC initiatives and student exchanges.
• Université de la Grande Région (UniGR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerULiège participates in the University of the Greater Region network, a cross-border collaboration among universities in the Meuse-Rhine region. The Faculty contributes to Interreg projects such as NBS4U coordinated by Jacques Teller for climate adaptation of urbanised areas.
• Various corporate partners (Career Center)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe FSA Career Center connects companies with students and graduates. Employers use the facsa.jobteaser.com platform to post job and internship offers, reaching all current students and alumni of the Faculty. This is the primary channel for corporate-FSA talent pipeline interactions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UCLouvain — École Polytechnique de Louvain: The French-speaking Belgian engineering faculty of UCLouvain, offering Ingénieur Civil programs across the same disciplines as FSA. Most directly comparable Belgian peer given shared language, public-finance model, and overlapping program portfolio.
• CentraleSupélec (Université Paris-Saclay): Top French engineering Grande École with multidisciplinary engineering programs and a strong research mandate. Closest French academic counterpart in mission, scale, and research breadth across applied sciences.
• INSA Lyon: Largest French INSA engineering school with broad engineering program portfolio and significant industrial partnerships. Comparable in scale and the public-finance model; competes for European francophone engineering students.
• Université de Strasbourg — École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM): French Grande École with chemical engineering and materials science focus, closely matching FSA's Chemical Engineering research unit and Materials research theme. Comparable trans-border French-language peer.
• Arts et Métiers ParisTech: French Grande École with mechanical/manufacturing heritage and a growing digital and energy portfolio. Comparable to FSA on applied-manufacturing, materials, and mechanical engineering axes.
• KU Leuven — Faculty of Engineering Science: Belgium's leading Dutch-speaking engineering faculty with similar Ingénieur Civil-equivalent (burgerlijk ingenieur) programs. Direct competitor for Belgian engineering talent but operates at materially larger scale and with stronger research funding.
• ULB — École Polytechnique de Bruxelles: Brussels-based French-speaking engineering faculty within Université libre de Bruxelles. Comparable in size, mission, and program structure; competes for the same pool of Belgian francophone engineering students.
• UMons — Faculté Polytechnique: French-speaking Belgian engineering faculty at Université de Mons, also offering Ingénieur Civil programs. Comparable in scope, smaller in scale; competes in the same Wallonia student market.

Broad incumbents

• RWTH Aachen University: Major German technical university with broad engineering program portfolio. Comparable to FSA across mechanical, electrical, chemical, and civil engineering, but with much larger scale, deeper industry funding (RWTH model), and stronger international standing.
• TU Delft — Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering: Larger, English-language Dutch technical university with research breadth that overlaps FSA's Aerospace & Mechanical and Urban & Environmental units. Comparable in mission but operates at materially larger scale and with much larger industry-research funding.

Market position

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Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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