Imagine. Learn. Transform.

8,900+ Students

50+ Bachelor’s, Master’s degrees, and Specializations

5 Departments:

• Business & Law;
• Informatics & Technics;
• Healthcare;
• Education;
• Social.

10+ Campuses

150+ Lifelong Learning Opportunities annually

40+ Ongoing Research Projects each year

900 Staff Members

1,800 Graduates a year

30,000+ Alumni

As an active contributor to a society and economy in transition, HELMo is committed to serving the Liège region while supporting the development of the Walloon Region, the construction of the European and international area, and cooperation for development.

HELMo aims to remain a leading Higher Education Institution in French-speaking Belgium in the field of Initial Higher Education, maintaining both short-cycle and long- cycle programmes and ensuring strong articulation between them. The institution also seeks to strengthen its role as a recognised actor in Lifelong Learning. In this perspective, it develops a wide range of continuing education programmes and places particular emphasis on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). To achieve this, HELMo continuously questions and evaluates its pedagogical practices.

Finally, the institution is committed to initiating and contributing to Applied Research projects in collaboration with various industrial, non-profit, and academic partners.

• Attending programmes of high quality, which allow students to be creative and active during their studies.
• Working closely with the local community and with a very large network of organizations willing to help its students meet the requirements of the job market.
• Having the possibility to participate in double or triple degree programmes.
• Benefiting from a student-centered teaching methodology: disciplines are practical and open to the labour market. The teaching methods used are lectures, discussions in small groups of students, internships, a final assignment… In the master's degrees, the used methods are inductive: from case analysis to theoretical justification; an alternation of theory – practice, research missions with a strong link to industries and universities, optional course units and a final assignment for students in the last study year.
• Attending degree programmes open to the world: HELMo has signed more than 100 bilateral agreements with institutions of Higher Education in Europe and around the world.
• The opportunity to study under a specific status: entrepreneur, volunteer, artist, or athlete.
• Being in an institution which is a member of thematic networks (Businet, Comenius Association, EAIE, EASSW, ERACON, FESET, NIBS, ENABEL Convention, EURASHE).
• A wide range of excursions and networking opportunities: field trips, company visits, corporate events… a dynamic and engaging learning experience.
• Being allowed to attend courses and lectures in other institutions of Higher Education.
• Doing an internship abroad.

Coming to HELMo means discovering an extremely rich and diversified region close to Germany, the Netherlands, France and Luxemburg. Liège has long been described as one of three sisters, together with Aachen (in Germany) and Maastricht (in the Netherlands).

Studying in Liège also means discovering a city with a rich historical, cultural, and industrial past. It is the largest city of the French-speaking community in Belgium and is the economic capital of the Walloon Region. Called "la Cité Ardente" with reference to the independent spirit of its inhabitants, Liège has a lot of museums and prestigious cultural institutions like the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, The Opéra Royal de Wallonie or the new Theatre, the Reflektor for music concerts...

As a student town, Liège has an important social life and is crawling with pubs, cinemas, restaurants, sports centres, etc… From being an old steel-manufacturing-based town, it has successfully undergone a transition into developing high-technology industries and services: with some significant development poles in sectors such as space, biotechnology, transport, and logistics…

But the most significant point is that Liège is a warm open-minded town, thanks to its geographical position mixing French, Flemish, Dutch and German cultures.

• Participating in research and innovation projects.
• Benefiting from pedagogical tools and infrastructures, continuously being improved.
• Being accompanied by a students’ department and/or obtaining educational and social assistance (workshops, stress management, tutoring…).
• Joining a students’ association, parties, cultural events, sports associations, and a lot of projects in the different departments.
• Lifelong Learning.

Certain business challenges can greatly benefit from being entrusted to students working under the guidance of experienced faculty members. Creative solutions, strong motivation, and reduced costs are just a few of the advantages this approach offers.

Examples include:

• Commercial Missions | Prospecting activities carried out by International Business students in countries selected each year;
• Digital Week | Corporate digital strategies reviewed and challenged by Marketing students over the course of a dedicated week;
• Salto | Web and mobile solutions developed by Computer Science students;
• Solving Lab | Technical problem-solving conducted by HELMo Gramme engineering students using creative methodologies (TRIZ);
• Numerous hands-on projects carried out with social partners or within the education and healthcare sectors.

Our Research Units provide a range of tailored services, including state-of-the-art reviews, practice assessments, team interventions, and more.

For technology-oriented projects, the Research Unit of Gramme, Computer Science & BioTech supports companies with specialised services, particularly in the fields of numerical simulation, lifecycle analysis, digital twins, and related areas.

Our engineering school, HELMo Gramme, is accredited by the CTI (Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur), the French national authority responsible for evaluating and accrediting engineering programmes.

More than 70 researchers and teacher-researchers work within five Research Units:

• UR Gramme, Computer Science & BioTech
• UR Health Sciences
• UR LABOCS – Laboratory for Social Change
• UR CORDEE – Cooperation for Research and Development in Education
• UR REaL Lab – Research in Economics and Law Laboratory

These Research Units foster partnerships with companies, laboratories, and social organisations through applied research projects funded by various regional and international subsidizing authorities, such as the Walloon Region, the Walloon competitiveness clusters, or European programmes.

They serve as valuable partners for companies seeking to improve their products or production methods. They also support the public sector (social organisations, public administration, policymakers) by providing evidence-based insights to inform and guide decision-making.

HELMo is also a member of GreenWin, the Walloon competitiveness cluster dedicated to cleantech. GreenWin brings together companies, research centres, and higher education institutions to foster innovation, support collaborative R&D projects, and promote the development of sustainable technologies.

As knowledge and technologies evolve at an increasingly rapid pace, lifelong learning has become more essential than ever. To meet the needs of professionals in the field, our faculty combine their expertise with that of external partners to offer continuing education programs tailored to practitioners in the following sectors: Business & Law; Informatics & Technics; Healthcare; Education; Social; Fashion.

Custom-designed training can also be developed at the request of companies or organisations. Additionally, we provide targeted interventions such as team supervision or conflict resolution support.

The Haute École Libre Mosane is firmly rooted in the Liège region. Active in the field of higher education, it fulfils three core missions: initial education, research, and continuing education. As a training provider, it contributes to the development of its region in the areas of health, social and human sciences, and science and technology. With a commitment to excellence, it fosters and develops innovative teaching practices, creativity, and an entrepreneurial mindset.

HELMo’s missions - initial education, research, continuing education, and community service (as defined in Article 2 of the Decree of 7 November 2013) - are conceived and carried out on the basis of fundamental values. These values are passed on to students and guide institutional policies as well as the institution’s organisational model.

The Haute École Libre Mosane (HELMo) was founded in 2008 following the merger of various institutions, each with a long-standing tradition of academic excellence and a distinguished reputation, becoming the only Higher Education Institution of the ‘libre’ network in the Province of Liège.

In 1995, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles — the public authority responsible for funding higher education in French-speaking Belgium — initiated the restructuring of higher education institutes into “Hautes Écoles.

HELMo keeps pace with societal and technological developments, notably by creating new programmes such as the bachelor’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and in Cybersecurity. The institution also has a strong capacity for collaboration with other Higher Education institutions, as several of our programmes are jointly organised or jointly awarded.

Today, HELMo offers more than 50 diverse programmes in the economic, paramedical, educational, social, and technical fields, covering both short-cycle (bachelor’s) and long-cycle (master’s) degrees.

With its 8,900 students and 900 staff members, HELMo is one of the largest Hautes Écoles in the French-speaking Community of Belgium.

To provide students with high-quality infrastructures and services, HELMo has undertaken an ambitious real-estate development, including the construction of three major campuses designed to foster collaboration and innovation. These campuses aim to encourage synergies, enabling students and staff to develop new educational projects and enrich one another’s work.

• Guillemins Campus (HELMo Sainte-Marie site) | Dedicated to all economic programmes, hosting more than 2,200 students. Since 2013, Computer Science students from HELMo Saint-Laurent and Executive Assistant students from HELMo Saint-Martin have relocated to this site. Following a second phase of construction, Law students joined them in January 2018.
• Ourthe Campus (HELMo Gramme site) | Since 2014–2015, it has hosted the institution’s technical and paramedical programmes, bringing together nearly 2,000 students. HELMo Saint-Laurent and HELMo Sainte-Julienne moved to this site accordingly.
• Coteaux Campus (HELMo Sainte-Croix site) | Together with the HELMo Loncin programmes, it will accommodate nearly 1,100 future teachers, as well as research, continuing education activities, and even onsite housing.

Beyond the development of these campuses, HELMo continues to invest in upgrading and enhancing all of its locations.

More than a consolidation of resources, HELMo represents a shared community of values and purpose.

HELMo has been involved in the Erasmus programme since its creation. HELMo Gramme began participating very early on, almost from the programme’s launch in 1987, with the long-cycle engineering programmes being among the first to take part. Since 2000, the Economic Campus has been actively engaged, followed by other departments in 2001 and 2002. When institutions merged, the pedagogical institute Sainte-Croix already had more than twenty years of experience in international activities. We can therefore rely on a long-standing and solid background in mobility initiatives, and more recently in Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), as well as in strategic cooperation projects.

Over the years, HELMo has further strengthened its involvement in Erasmus+ strategic projects and additional Interreg collaborations. The institution also has considerable experience in international cooperation through projects such as CITAC, the ARES Valorisation initiatives in the paramedical and social sectors, and ENABEL programmes.