IPEPS Verviers offers secondary education and a wide range of social promotion courses for adults, including technical fields, IT, and languages.
Home » Institut Provincial d’Enseignement de Promotion Sociale et Secondaire de Verviers (IPEPS Verviers)
Address: Rue aux Laines 38, 4800 Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Electromechanics, IT Technician, Web Development
Domains taught:
- Automation, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Certificate, Diploma
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of the Liège provincial education network.
Research:
N/A
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
180
Current students***:
3500
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Broad course offerings for adults in the Verviers region, flexible learning.
Cons
Mainly certificate and diploma level, some higher qualifications via PromSoc.
Best For
Adult vocational and technical education in Verviers.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- A good alternative in the same country is Institut provincial d'enseignement de promotion sociale de Seraing, which likewise covers automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics; it is slightly smaller, at about 3,000 students against roughly 3,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is Institut Provincial d'Enseignement de Promotion Sociale de Liège, which likewise covers automation, electrical and electronics and software engineering; it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- Also strong in automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, CVO Crescendo makes a sensible second look at home; it teaches at the same levels, namely associate degree, certificate and diploma, and covers industrial design as well.
- Institut d'Enseignement de Promotion Sociale de la Communauté Française Uccle shares the core fields of this institution, namely automation, electrical and electronics and software engineering; it is smaller, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 3,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, and CVO Leerstad is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers industrial design as well, and is slightly larger, at about 4,000 students against roughly 3,500 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For a study option in Denmark with a comparable spread of automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, Technical Education Copenhagen is the reference point: it is also a public institution, and runs the same associate degree, certificate and diploma programmes.
- The closest overseas parallel on mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics and software engineering is Dundalk Institute of Technology, located in Ireland; it is also a public institution, and also offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Abroad, École Industrielle et Commerciale d'Ecaussinnes () covers mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics and software engineering in a comparable way, and it is also a public institution and does not run the associate degree programmes found here.
- College of the Rockies, in Canada, takes a similar route through automation and software engineering; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely associate degree, certificate and diploma.
- In Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi Polytechnic College teaches much the same core subjects, automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, and it covers telecommunications and robotics as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 1,800 students against roughly 3,500 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Continuous Improvement, Design Thinking, Information Technology (IT), Learning Management System (LMS), Process Improvement, Project Management, User experience (UX), User Interface (UI)
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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