Admission

The one-year master in Management Science is especially designed for Students with a Master Degree in any discipline whishing to acquire good knowledge of key domains in Management.

a. Required degree  

As explained in the admission table here below, admission is either direct or made on the basis of the application file

• Students holding a non-Belgian university degree in any discipline (usually a master): Admission based on the application file. Admission is based on a minimum 4 year (240 ECTS credits) university degree in any discipline: Law, Science, Applied sciences, Social sciences … It must correspond to a master fully completed, including a master thesis, delivered by a recognised institution;
  
• Students holding a Belgian master university degree (usually a non-management degree): Admission based on the application file. Admission is based on a minimum 4 year (240 ECTS credits) university degree in any discipline: Law, Science, Applied sciences, Social sciences … It must correspond to a master fully completed, including a master thesis, delivered by a recognised institution;
  
• Students holding a Belgian bachelor university degree in management: Direct access. Bachelors from the French Community of Belgium (Communauté française de Belgique) in Economics and management sciences, in Management Science or in Management Engineering, have direct access to the Master GEST2M1. Their equivalent degrees from the Flemish Community of Belgium (Communauté flamande de Belgique) have also direct access;
  
• Other students: please see the admission table below. In some cases, a transitory program may be required.

b. Academic results

For students holding a non-Belgian university degree, in line with our academic standards at LSM, we require above average results in the previous university degree. If it is not the case, it should be better to join the results of one of the following tests to support the application. TAGE MAGE or GMAT . Please note that the validity of the score is two years from the test date. For more information about TAGE-MAGE or GMAT, please refer to the respective web sites.

c. French language level

• Students are required to have a good command of the French language. Applicants must have a fairly high level of the French language to be able to follow this program. Are considered as having met the standard :
  Belgian applicants;
• Applicants who have attended with success a university program taught in French and delivered by a French-speaking university, for at least two years;
• Any other applicants must justify a score of minimum B2 in one of the following tests: DELF  or TCF.  For more information on B2 level, please look at: CECR.  Please not that the validity of the score is two years from the test date.

d. Possible additional pre-requirements

The admission commission may add, up to 10 credits, of additional course to the students’ program if they do not have any basics in Economic, or in Mathematics and Statistic. Namely :

• ESPO2100 Economie politique (5 credits);
• ESPO2101 Mathématiques et Statistique appliquées aux sciences de gestion (5 credits).

As a consequence, the master 60 may count up to a maximum of 70 credits.

e. Possible recognition of courses already passed at UCL

If a student has already passed (≥ 12/20), at the UCL, a course from the mandatory list, this course could be recognized. A maximum of 5 credits can be recognized. In case the student has passed courses from the mandatory list for more than 5 credits, he/she has to replace the course(s) by taking an equivalent number of credits among the elective courses. No recognition is granted for elective courses. Recognition may be given if the applicant explicitly requests it in his/her motivation letter.

As a consequence, the master 60 will always count a minimum of 55 credits.