Jean-Pierre Van Roey - Graduated in 1964, former CEO of Umicore, a global materials technology and recycling group.
Philippe Busquin - Graduated in 1962, former European Commissioner for Research, and a key figure in the development of the European Research Area.
François Englert - Nobel Prize in Physics (2013) for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, though he is more associated with the Université libre de Bruxelles, he has connections with UMons.
