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The European dimension is taking on an increasingly important role in economic affairs, the social situation, the formulation of law and political issues for member states and European citizens.

Attached to the Masters in Political and Social Science, the Master in European Studies is a course which gives students the necessary knowledge and analytical tools to understand and evaluate the process of European integration ; it prepares students for those professions relating to the European dimension in different levels of government  (European, national, regional and local), lobbying, consulting and think tanks concerned with the European institutions and a variety of other economic and social affairs in which special knowledge of European affairs is required.

The programme covers economics, law and history relating to European construction as well as studying the political aspects, both internal and external. With its emphasis on budgetary resources and how European decisions are made, the European Policies, Dimensions and Means focus is centred on the main internal policies of the Union, whilst the Europe in the World focus has as its subject the role of the Union as a global player in international relations in the era of globalization.

The Thinking Europe seminar adds an interdisciplinary dimension to the programme.

Students are expected to speak both French and English as some elements of the programme are in English. In addition, the programme also includes study of another language to reflect European multilingualism.

The programme is organized jointly by the Institute of European Studies at UCL and the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis.

Advanced Masters : /

Doctoral programmes : the Institute of European Studies does not award doctorates in European studies. Each Faculty sets the admission criteria for the doctorates it organizes. The Institute of European Studies is part of the doctoral school of European studies.  

General conditions

To prove the sufficient knowledge of French.

University Bachelors
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bacheliers FUSL		Direct access
#prog:intitule:200-spol1ba# Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology [180.0] Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences [180.0]		Direct access
Tous les bacheliers	S’ils ont suivi la mineure en études européennes	Direct access
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code		Direct access
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bacheliers en sciences politiques Bacheliers en sociologie et anthropologie Bachelier en sciences humaines et sociales		Direct access
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code		Direct access
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bacheliers en sciences politiques et sociales		Direct access
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code		Direct access
Foreign Bachelors
Bacheliers en sciences politiques et sociales		Direct access
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code		Direct access
Non university Bachelors
Diploma		Access	Remarks
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> BA - assistant(e) social(e) > BA - conseiller(ère) social(e) > BA en communication > BA en droit > BA en sciences administratives et gestion publique		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits	Type court
> BA en communication appliquée - type long > BA en gestion publique - type long > BA en traduction et interprétation - type long		Accès au master moyennant vérification de l'acquisition des matières prérequises (examen d'admission, entretien, examen de dossier, etc.)	Type long
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
"Licenciés"
Licencié en sciences politiques et sociales		Direct access
Tous les licenciés		On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Compléments de formation à déterminer selon les cours déjà suivis :  prérequis en droit, économie et sciences politiques (max. 15 crédits)
Masters
Master [120] of arts in Political Sciences: General [120.0] Master [120] of arts in Sociology [120.0] Master [120] of arts in Information and Communication [120.0] Master [120] of arts in History [120.0] Et d'autres Masters en sciences humaines		Direct access	Moyennant reconnaissance de 45 crédits de cours déjà suivis équivalents à des cours du M-120, possibilité de faire le programme en 1 an (75 crédits maximum autorisés)
Tous les masters		On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Compléments de formation à déterminer selon les cours déjà suivis :  prérequis en droit, économie et sciences politiques (max. 15 crédits)
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma		Access	Remarks
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> MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, animation socioculturelle et éducation permanente > MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, publicité et communication commerciale > MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, relations publiques > MA en communication appliquée, animation socioculturelle et éducation permanente > MA en communication appliquée, publicité et communication commerciale > MA en communication appliquée, relations publiques > MA en gestion publique > MA en interprétation > MA en presse et information > MA en presse et informations spécialisées > MA en sciences administratives > MA en traduction		Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max	Type long

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Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.

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Assessment can take the form of written or oral examinations. The interdisciplinary seminar 'Thinking Europe' and the dissertation are assessed through a piece of written work, the details of which are fixed by the supervisor.

Exchange visits take place in the first semester of the second year.  

In 2010-2011 the following destinations are available:

• France: IEP Paris
• Spain : University of A Coruna
• Portugal: University of Coimbra
• Italy: Florence University
• Germany: University of Cologne
• Poland: Jagiellonian University and the Warsaw School of Economics
• Switzerland: University of Geneva

To encourage non French speaking students to join the programme, certain courses are given in English; students may take each examination either in French or English.

Core courses count 90 credits. The first year's courses take place at UCL.

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Masters thesis (22credits)
LEUSL2000B	Masters thesis 2 and seminar	N.		20credits			x
LEUSL2000A	Masters thesis 1 and seminar	N.		2credits		x
Compulsory courses (60credits)
LEUSL2001	European information and documentation	Yves Conrad	15h	2credits	1+2q	x
LEUSL2010	Political theories and regime of the European Union	Tom Delreux	30h	5credits	1q	x
LEUSL2011	Actors of the European political system	Denis Duez	30h	5credits	2q	x
LEUSL2012	External action of the European Union	Tom Delreux	30h	5credits	2q	x
LEUSL2013	Europeanisation of national political systems and European policies of the Member States	David Aubin, Christian de Visscher, Denis Duez	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2020	Institutional Law of the European Union	Hugues Dumont	45h	6credits	1q	x
LEUSL2021	Substantive Law of the European Union	Marc Fallon	45h	6credits	1q	x
LEUSL2030	Economic and social integration in Europe	Jean-Christophe Defraigne	30h	5credits	1q	x
LEUSL2031	European economic policies	Marcel Gérard	30h	5credits	2q	x
LEUSL2041	History of European integration (interwar's period to European enlargement)	Vincent Dujardin	30h	5credits	1q	x
LEUSL2050	Interdisciplinary workshop "Europe as it is thought"	Nathalie Tousignant, Laurent Van Eynde	30h	5credits	2q	x
LEUSL2060	Special questions: energy and financial crisis (IBL Chair)	Bernard Snoy et d'Oppuers (coord.)	18h	3credits	2q	x
LEUSL2101	EU budget (In 2010-2011 students of the second year of the Master 120 who attend Professional Focus in European policies, scope and methods have to obligatorily attend this lecture)	Nicolas Bednar	15h	3credits	2q	x
Language course (5credits) One language to choose, during the second year, among languages courses proposed and permitted by the ILV, FUSL and ILMH (exception of French and English)
	Cours de langue Une langue au choix (5 crédits), en deuxième année, parmi les cours proposés et autorisés par l'ILV, les FUSL et l'ILMH (à l'exclusion du français et de l'anglais).  (in French)	N.		5credits			x
Option courses (3credits)
LEUSL2040	History of European societies	Bernard Coulie	15h	3credits	2q	x
LEUSL2042	European society: adherence, involvement and resistances	Gaëlle Hubert	15h	3credits	2q	x

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Courses take place at FUSL
Compulsory courses (10credits)
LEUSL2103	Espace de liberté, sécurité, justice	Jean-Yves Carlier	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2104	Economic and monetary union	Nicolas Bednar, Eric Bussiere, Ivo Maes	30h	5credits	2q		x
Option courses (20credits) In 2010-2011 students of the Professional Focus in European policies, scope and methods choose 17 credits among the following lectures
LEUSL2102	Decision-making process in Europe: theory and practice	Alexandre De Streel, Max Jacques Keller-Noellet	15h	3credits	1q		x
LEUSL2105	Social model and employment	Philippe Pochet	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2106	Regional policy	Philippe Monfort	30h	5credits	1q		x
LEUSL2107	Current issues facing the European Union 1	Julien De Beys	15h	2credits	2q		x
LEUSL2108	Simulations of budgetary negotiations and access to European financing	Philippe Cattoir, Franco Cupini	15h	3credits	1q		x
LEUSL2202	Political philosophy and the European Union	Helder De Schutter, Justine Lacroix, Philippe Van Parijs	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2203	Human rights and values in Europe	Antoine Bailleux, François Van der Mensbrugghe	30h	5credits	1q		x
LEUSL2717	Environment, consumer protection and health policies	Nicolas de Sadeleer	15h	3credits	2q		x
LEUSL2718	Research, Education, Culture and Media Policies	Renaud Denuit	15h	3credits	2q		x

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Compulsory courses (10credits)
LEUSL2301	European common foreign, security and defence policy	Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2306	The EU and international trade	Marcel Gérard	30h	5credits	1q		x
Option courses (20credits)
LEUSL2302	Further EU enlargements	Bernard Snoy et d'Oppuers	15h	3credits	2q		x
LEUSL2303	Relations between the European Union and Africa, Asia, Central and South America	Jean-Christophe Defraigne	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2304	Comparative analysis of regional integration processes (Europe, Asia, America)	Jean-Christophe Defraigne	30h	5credits	1q		x
LEUSL2305	Multipolarity or multilateralism in the EU	Raoul Delcorde	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2307	Current issues facing the European Union 3	René Leray	15h	2credits	2q		x
LEUSL2308	IBL Chair: The Euro-Russian partnership: challenges and processes	Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael (coord.)	30h	5credits	2q		x
LEUSL2309	IBL Chair: from the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation. Evolutions of an Eurasian power	Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael (coord.)	30h	5credits	1q		x
LEUSL2310	IBL Chair - Seminar - Conflict and cooperation between the EU and Russia in the Former Soviet Union	Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael (coord.)	30h	5credits	2q		x