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The four universities of the Louvain Academy (UCL, FUNDP, FUCaM and FUSL) have created a school of management, the Louvain School of Management (LSM). It is the largest school of management in Belgium with over 1,200 students and more than 200 lecturers. Alongside the International Executive MBA and the doctoral school programmes, the Louvain School of Management organizes different joint Masters in Management Science programmes in each of the partner universities. UCL provides the Master in Business Engineering (120), the Master in Management Science (120) over two years and the Master in Management (60) over a year, available as a day course and also on a part-time basis over two years.  

The one year Master in Management (60) is designed for university graduates who already have a Master (in any subject e.g. science, applied sciences, law, philosophy, literature or industrial engineers) who wish to acquire additional training in administration and management.
It is also open to students who are bachelors in economic science and management.

In one year of study, it covers the essential elements of management. It is designed to give students a basic knowledge of management and to develop their ability to deal with management problems, to use appropriate methods to solve them, to take correct decisions and to do all of this in the economic, social and institutional context of organizations.
To fit in with the needs of mature students who already have some professional experience, this Master is also available as an evening course, over an extended period of two years.

Whilst similar in content, the day programme and the evening programme are organized differently. One of the reasons for this is that the day programme is for a year, whereas the evening programme is spread over two years (30 credits per year). In addition to introductory courses on the main disciplines which make up management, this programme comprises :

- an integrated seminar and a piece of individual work which make up the final dissertation;
- training in the principles and issues of corporate social responsibility;
- advanced training in an area of management through an optional subject.

This programme can lead on to the 120 credit Master in Management Science with either a professional or a research focus.

Belgian Diplomas	International Diplomas
General admission requirements GEST2M1	General admission requirements GEST2M1
Admission Procedure  Deadline for applications: Belgian Diplomas	Admission Procedure for Holders of an International Diploma  Deadline for applications: students from outside the European Union:     30 April students from the European Union:      31 August

University Bachelors
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelors in economics and management sciences  Bachelors in management engineering	-	Direct access	-
Any bachelor (equivalent to the ones above)	Program filling general access requirements	On the file: direct access or access with additional training	-
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bachelors in economics and management sciences  Bachelors in management sciences Bachelors in management engineering	-	Direct access	-
Any bachelor (equivalent to the ones above)	Program filling general access requirements	On the file: direct access or access with additional training	-
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bachelor in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen Bachelor in management  ingenieur of in commerciele ingenieur	-	Direct access	-
Foreign Bachelors
Any program in management sciences or equivalent from recognized universities	Program filling general access requirements	On the file: direct access or access with additional training	-
Non university Bachelors
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university More information about transition programs (passerelles) to the university.
> BA en assurances > BA en commerce extérieur > BA en comptabilité > BA en e-business > BA en gestion des transports et logistique d'entreprise > BA en informatique de gestion > BA en marketing > BA-AESI en sciences économiques et sciences économiques appliquées		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits	Type court
> BA - ingénieur commercial - type long > BA en gestion de l'entreprise - type long > BA en gestion publique - type long > BA en traduction et interprétation - type long		Après vérification de l'acquisition des matières prérequises, soit accès moyennant la réussite d'une année préparatoire de 60 crédits max, soit accès immédiat moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max	Type long
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
"Licenciés"
Any "licence"	Program filling general access requirements	On the file: direct access or access with additional training	-
Masters
Any "master"		-
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university For more information about transition programs to university, please follow the link passerelles.
> MA - ingénieur commercial > MA en gestion de l'entreprise > MA en gestion publique > MA en interprétation > MA en sciences administratives > MA en sciences agronomiques > MA en sciences commerciales > MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel (toutes finalités) > MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel en agronomie > MA en sciences industrielles (toutes finalités) > 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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> Admission requirements for holders of a Belgian Diploma
> Adults taking up their university training
> Review the general admission conditions for UCL
> Tuition Fees 2011-2012
> Deadline for applications
> Admission Procedure for the Louvain School of Management
> Contact E-mail

Admission requirements for holders of a Belgian Diploma

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

a. Required degree   

• Students holding a Belgian Master's Degree (usually in a field different from Management). The admission is based on the application file. In order to apply students must have a minimum 4-year university degree (240 ECTS credits), in any discipline: Law, Science, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences. The degree must correspond to a fully completed Master programme, including a Master’s thesis, and it must have been delivered by a recognised institution.
   
• Students holding a Belgian Bachelor’s degree in Management. The access to the programme does not require any special admission procedure. Bachelors from the French Community of Belgium (Communauté française de Belgique) with a degree in Economics and/or in Management or in Business Engineering have direct access to the Master GEST2M1. The equivalent degrees from the Flemish Community of Belgium (Communauté flamande de Belgique) have also direct access to this programme. 
   
• In certain cases, a transitory programme may be required.

b. French language level

Students are required to have a good command of the French language to be able to follow this programme. Are considered as having met the standard :

• Belgian applicants;
• Applicants who have attended with success a university programme 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 (CEFR) in one of the following tests: DELF or TCF.  Please not that the validity of the score is two years from the test date.

c. Possible additional pre-requirements

The admission jury may add, up to 10 credits, of additional course to the students’ programme if they do not have any basics in Economics, 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) in Management may count up to a maximum of 70 credits.

d. 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) in Management will always count a minimum of 55 credits.

Adults taking up their university training

Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can be gained through the special procedure for accrediting prior learning and experience known as VAE (validation des acquis de l'expérience).

To see what management courses are available in the continuing education programme, please refer to: http://www.uclouvain.be/lsm-formation-continue

For entry to the Master through the VAE procedure, please refer to:  www.uclouvain.be/vae

Personalized access

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

Review the general admission conditions for UCL

Tuition Fees 2011-2012

Deadline for applications

Admission Procedure for the Louvain School of Management

Contact

For further information, contact us via e-mail: Admission LSM.
 

> Admission requirements for holders of an International Diploma
> Adults taking up their university training
> Review the general admission conditions for UCL
> Tuition Fees 2011-2012
> Deadline for applications
> Admission Procedure for the Louvain School of Management
> Contact E-mail

Admission requirements for holders of an International Diploma

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

a. Required degree   

• Can apply to this programme, students holding a non-Belgian university degree (usually a Master’s degree) in any discipline. The admission is based on the application file. In order to apply students must have a minimum 4-year university degree (240 ECTS credits), in any discipline: Law, Science, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences. The degree must correspond to a fully completed Master programme, including a Master’s thesis, and it must have been delivered by a recognised institution.
• In certain cases, a transitory programme may be required.

b. Academic results

In line with LSM academic standards, we require above average results in the previous university degree. If it is not the case, it is better to join the results of one of the following tests to support the application:

- GMAT : Institution Code= 23B ; Master in Management = 23B-WD-29
- TageMage

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 programme. Are considered as having met the standard :

• Belgian applicants;
• Applicants who have attended with success a university programme 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 (CEFR) in one of the following tests: DELF or TCF.  Please not that the validity of the score is two years from the test date.

d. Possible additional pre-requirements

The admission jury may add, up to 10 credits, of additional course to the students’ programme if they do not have any basics in Economics, 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) in Management 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) in Management will always count a minimum of 55 credits.

Adults taking up their university training

Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can be gained through the special procedure for accrediting prior learning and experience known as VAE (validation des acquis de l'expérience).

To see what management courses are available in the continuing education programme, please refer to: http://www.uclouvain.be/lsm-formation- continue

For entry to the Master through the VAE procedure, please refer to: www.uclouvain.be/vae

Personalized access

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

Review the general admission conditions for UCL

Tuition Fees 2011-2012

Deadline for applications

• students from outside the European Union:
       30 April
• students from the European Union:
       31 August
• international students, Belgian residents:
       15 September

Admission Procedure for the Louvain School of Management

Contact

For further information, contact us via e-mail: Admission LSM.
 

This program provides general training and broad exposure relative to various areas of management.

It attempts to achieve an integration of such different areas in order to obtain a global understanding of businesses and to develop decision making and implementation capacity. With this objective, the program offers, on top of lectures which help structure business knowledge, the use of case studies and problem solving exercises. In this order, team work is often relied on.

This program intends to attract a target audience highly varied in its professional background and country of origin. The confrontation of different points of view among students, professors, lecturers and external speakers enriches students' perspectives on management and economics.

For students who face gaps in Economics or Maths / Statistics, courses will be added to their program in order to acquire the necessary prerequisites for a good understanding of management.

The lectures are complemented with individual or teamwork exercises, games, business simulation activities and in general, with tools that facilitate the understanding and assimilation of the concepts presented, even by students whose prior background is rather unrelated to management. This approach to learning is in line with the recent pedagogical reform at LSM-LLN and it has been widely appreciated by students. It has also been recently highlighted by the external auditors via the EQUIS accreditation procedure.

There are different methods of assessment: individual and/or group work and/or written and oral examinations.

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Pour les étudiants ayant déjà suivi, dans leur programme de bachelier, des cours équivalents, les cours obligatoires ci-dessous, seront remplacés par des cours avancés en français et en anglais, choisis parmi les cours du Master 120 en Sciences de gestion, avec accord du responsable de programme.
LLSMG2000	Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis	Karine Cerrada Cristia	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2001	Finance	Giorgio Tesolin	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2002	Marketing	Chantal de Moerloose	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2003	Operational Research	Guy Keymolen	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2004	Human Resources Management	Evelyne Léonard	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2006	Strategic Management	André de Béthune, Didier De Callatay	30h	5credits		x
Responsabilité sociale (5credits) 1 cours parmi
LLSMS2097	Corporate Socal Responsability <M>	Jan Noterdaeme	30h	5credits		x
LESPO2212	Social responsibility in Economic life	Manal El Abboubi, Axel Gosseries	15h	5credits		x
Cours au choix (10credits) 2 cours parmi :
LLSMG2008	IT Management	Jean Vanderdonckt	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2009	Integrated Logistics	Per Joakim Agrell, Guy Keymolen	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2010	Psycho-sociology of organizations	Thomas Périlleux	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2011	Law foundations	Werner Derycke	30h	5credits		x
LLSMG2005	Cost Management	Gerrit Sarens	30h	5credits		x
Travail de fin d'études (15credits)
LLSMD2951	Final paper and seminar  (in French)	N.		15credits		x