The research focus prepares students to become researchers.Specialized courses deal with issues that are at the edge of human knowledge. There is emphasis on experimentation and academic communication, both written and oral. The programme includes a placement or training in a laboratory outside UCL, preferably abroad.
The professional focus in biotechnology enables students who wish to go on to work in industry to have the opportunity of a work placement so that they can play an active part in the work of a company in the biotechnology sector and begin to gain a reputation. The programme comprises courses on biotechnology as well as introductory courses on the creation and management of companies.
The teaching focus is a specially adapted programme designed for teachers at higher levels in secondary education.
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The Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at UCL is organized jointly with the programme at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-dame de la Paix de Namur (FUNDP). Both the overall structure of the programme as well as the way in which students progress is basically the same in the two universities. However, the training activities are grouped into distinct special subjects at each university. |
The programme comprises core subjects of 75 credits, a focus (30 credits) as well as an option course of 15 credits.
Students must choose one of the following focuses : research, professional (biotechnology) or teaching.
The option courses available are : biochemistry, molecular genetics and microbial cellular physiology, plant molecular genetics and cellular physiology, animal and human molecular genetics and cellular physiology.
Wathever the focus or the options chosen, the programme of this master shall totalise 120 credits, spread over two years of studies each of 60 credits
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CHIM1BA - Bachelier en sciences chimiques | Direct access | ||
BIOL1BA - Bachelier en sciences biologiques | Direct access | ||
SBIM1BA | Access with additional training | ||
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code | Direct access | ||
Bachelor in Medecine [180.0] | Direct access | Le choix des cours de 1ère année de master pourrait être adapté en fonction de la formation antérieure. | |
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine [180.0] | Direct access | Le choix des cours de 1ère année de master pourrait être adapté en fonction de la formation antérieure. | |
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Bachelier en sciences chimiques | Direct access | ||
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code | Direct access | ||
Bachelier en sciences de l'ingénieur - orientation bioingénieur | Access with additional training | ||
Bachelier en sciences biomédicales | Direct access | Le choix des cours de 1ère année de master pourrait être adapté en fonction de la formation antérieure. | |
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Bachelor in biologie | Access with additional training | ||
Bachelors in de biochemie en de biotechnologie
Bachelor in biologie |
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> BA en sciences agronomiques - type long > BA en sciences industrielles - type long | Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits | Type long | |
> BA - technologue de laboratoire médical > BA en agronomie > BA en chimie (toutes finalités) > BA en chimie finalité biochimie | Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits | Type court | |
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> MA en sciences agronomiques > MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel en agronomie > MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel, finalités chimie et biochimie > MA en sciences industrielles, finalités chimie et biochimie | Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max | Type long |
See the general admission requirements
Specific procedures :
Le dossier de demande d'admission est à adresser au Secrétariat du Département de biologie - Carnoy - Place Croix du Sud 4 à 1348 Louvain-la-NeuveStrong points of the pedagogical approach
The teaching strategy takes its inspiration from the idea of ‘taking responsibility for one’s own learning’ and offers a wide range of learning situations. Students must take three major decisions: the choice of an option course, a focus and final additional training.
Approximately thirty credits are reserved for activities which can be freely chosen from the overall Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology programme or from related Masters.
Teaching is organized in small groups, most frequently in ‘tutorial’ style and learning is for the most part centred on individual work (e.g. reading, consultation of databases and bibliographic references, presentation of seminars and research work). Before making a final choice for the subject of the dissertation, students do a ‘rotation’ in four laboratories relating to each of the four available option courses. Work on the dissertation usually starts in the second semester of the first year and continues until the first semester of the second year of the Master. The training is completed by an intensive placement in a professional environment lasting several months, preferably abroad.
The five programmes organized in the French Community of Belgium share a portfolio of approximately fifteen inter-university workshops which can be taken from the first semester of the second year. Each workshop consists of a week of immersion in an intellectual issue in an area of advanced research, spent in a host department which specializes in the area. UCL provides three workshops; our students must attend at least two of them.
Students doing the teaching focus may do advanced teaching in mathematics, physical sciences or geography.
For the research and professional focuses, students are invited to spend time in a foreign country, preferably during the second semester of the second year cadre to do a work placement and/or (possibly) during the first semester of the second year to do the second part of their dissertation whilst also taking their option course and their focus-related training
Advanced courses are given by many visiting lecturers from different foreign institutions and some Belgian ones. These are mostly in English.
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LBBMC2101 | Biochimie structurale et fonctionnelle | Pierre Morsomme, Patrice Soumillion | 30h | 3credits | x | ||||||||||||||
LBRMC2201 | Bioinformatics : DNA and protein sequences | Philippe Baret, Michel Ghislain (coord.) | 30h + 15h | 4credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2102 | Biologie moléculaire et cellulaire intégrée | Henri Batoko, Bernard Hallet, René Rezsohazy, Yves-Jacques Schneider | 30h | 3credits | x | ||||||||||||||
LBBMC2103 | Rotation | Henri Batoko (coord.), François Chaumont, Bernard Hallet, Bernard Knoops, René Rezsohazy, Patrice Soumillion | 12h + 36h | 8credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2997 | Mémoire - 1ère partie | N. | 10credits | x | |||||||||||||||
LBBMC2998 | Mémoire - 2ème partie | N. | 17credits | x | |||||||||||||||
LBBMC2201 | Thesis tutorial | Patrick Dumont | 18h | 3credits | x | ||||||||||||||
Techniques de biochimie et de biologie moléculaire (3credits) un cours parmi les trois suivants : | |||||||||||||||||||
LBIRC2101A | Analyse biochimique et notions de génie génétique: analyse biochimique | Marc Boutry, François Chaumont, Pierre Morsomme | 18.5h + 22.5h | 3credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRMC2101 | Genetic engineering | Marc Boutry | 30h + 7.5h | 3credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRMC2202 | Cell culture technology | Marc Boutry (coord.), Yves-Jacques Schneider | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
Sciences humaines (2credits) un cours parmi les trois suivants : | |||||||||||||||||||
LSC2001 | Introduction to contemporary philosophy | Gilbert Gérard | 30h | 2credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LSC2220 | Philosophy of science | Michel Ghins | 30h | 2credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LFILO2003E | Ethics in the Sciences and technics (sem) | N. | 2credits | x | x | ||||||||||||||
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LBIO2310 | Stages d'enseignement en biologie (en ce compris le séminaire d'intégration des stages) | Myriam De Kesel | 15h + 40h | 7credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
Module concevoir, planifier et évaluer des pratiques d'enseignement et d'apprentissage | |||||||||||||||||||
LAGRE2220 | General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity | Ghislain Carlier, Marie-Laurence De Keersmaecker, Myriam De Kesel (coord.), Jean-Louis Dufays, Philippe Parmentier, Marc Romainville, Bernadette Wiame | 22.5h + 15h | 3credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LSNAT2320 | Didactique et épistémologie des sciences naturelles | Myriam De Kesel, Bernard Feltz, Michel Ghins, Bernard Tinant (coord.) | 60h | 6credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
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LMAT2320A | Didactique et épistémologie de la mathématique (en ce compris le stage d'écoute) | Christiane Hauchart | 37.5h + 10h | 4credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LPHY2320A | Didactique et épistémologie de la physique (en ce compris le stage d'écoute) | Jim Plumat | 37.5h + 10h | 4credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LGEO2320A | Didactique et épistémologie de la géographie (en ce compris le stage d'écoute) | Marie-Laurence De Keersmaecker | 37.5h + 10h | 4credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
Module comprendre et analyser l'institution scolaire et son contexte | |||||||||||||||||||
LAGRE2120 | The school institution and its context | Branka Cattonar, Dominique Grootaers, Christian Lannoye, Caroline Letor | 22.5h + 25h | 4credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LAGRE2400 | See specifications in french | Michel Dupuis, Anne Ghysselinckx (coord.) | 20h | 2credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
Module animer un groupe et travailler en équipe | |||||||||||||||||||
LAGRE2020 | To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group | Anne Chevalier, Ann d'Alcantara, Xavier Dejemeppe, Bernard Demuysere, Christian Lannoye, Pierre Meurens, Pascale Steyns, Philippe van Meerbeeck, Pascal Vekeman, Marie-Cécile Wagner (coord.) | 22.5h + 22.5h | 4credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
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LBBMC2205 | Stage de recherche - 1ère partie | Bernard Hallet | 25h + 40h | 20credits | x | ||||||||||||||
LBBMC2203 | Ateliers interuniversitaires | Henri Batoko, Marc Boutry, François Chaumont, Cathy Debier, Bernard Hallet, Bernard Knoops, Yvan Larondelle, Pierre Morsomme, Patrice Soumillion (coord.) | 40h + 40h | 5credits | x | ||||||||||||||
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LBBMC2215 | Stage en entreprise | René Rezsohazy | 25h + 40h | 20credits | x | ||||||||||||||
Biotechnologie et initiation au monde de l'entreprise (10credits) Au moins 5 crédits à choisir dans les activités au choix de biotechnologie ci-dessous et les autres dans la liste des cours au choix | |||||||||||||||||||
LBIRC2108 | Biochemical and Microbial Engineering | Spyridon Agathos | 30h + 22.5h | 5credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRNA2202 | Nano-biotechnologies | Yves Dufrêne | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBIRA2102 | Applied biotechnology | Claude Bragard (coord.), Isabelle Donnay, Xavier Draye | 30h + 7.5h | 4credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRAL2101 | Beer organoleptic and microbiological quality | Sonia Collin (coord.), Marc Maudoux | 30h + 22.5h | 5credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRAL2104 | Food microbiology | Jacques Mahillon | 30h + 22.5h | 5credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
LBRAL2103 | Food chemistry | Sonia Collin | 30h + 22.5h | 5credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2213 | Atelier de formation à la recherche en entreprise | N. | 5credits | x | |||||||||||||||
LCHM2244 | Medicinal chemistry | Istvan Marko (coord.), Yves-Jacques Schneider | 22.5h + 7.5h | 3credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
LCHM2280 | Industrial chemistry | Marcel Ceresiat, Marc Lacroix, Olivier Riant (coord.) | 30h | 3credits | x | ||||||||||||||
WFARM2241 | Pharmacokinetics and clinical biology | Roger-K. Verbeeck, Pierre Wallemacq (coord.) | 30h + 15h | 4credits | x | ||||||||||||||
WSBIM2248 | Toxicologie industrielle et environnementale | N. | 82.5h | 10credits | 1q | x | |||||||||||||
WFARM1303 | Clinical Chemistry | Teresinha Leal, Marianne Philippe, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Pierre Wallemacq (coord.) | 20h | 2credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
WBICL2107 | Principe et méthodologie des dosages immunologiques | Diane Maisin, Marianne Philippe (coord.) | 15h + 40h | 3credits | 2q | x | |||||||||||||
WESP2123 | Principes des essais cliniques | Laurence Habimana, Annie Robert (coord.), Françoise Smets | 20h + 10h | 4credits | x | ||||||||||||||
WSBIM2230 | Biochimie des erreurs innées du métabolisme | Marie-Cécile Nassogne, Marie-Françoise Vincent (coord.) | 30h | 3credits | x | ||||||||||||||
LBRAL2201C | Technologie alimentaire: procédés biotechnologies | N. | 1credit | x | x | ||||||||||||||
LBRAL2201D | Technologie alimentaire: transformations des produits végétaux et animaux | N. | 2credits | x | x | ||||||||||||||
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LBIR1344 | Firm management and organisation | Isabelle Callens | 30h + 7.5h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LBRAI2209 | Company strategy in agro-industrial sector | Frédéric Gaspart | 30h + 0h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFSA2140 | Elements of industrial laws | Fernand De Visscher, Fernand De Visscher, Fernand De Visscher, Werner Derycke, Werner Derycke, Werner Derycke, Bénédicte Inghels, Bénédicte Inghels, Bénédicte Inghels | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFSA2230 | Introduction to management and to business economics | Benoît Gailly | 30h + 15h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFSA3010 | Principes de communication scientifique | Patrick Bertrand, Axel Van Lamsweerde, Michel Verleysen (coord.) | 15h + 15h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LSC3001 | Recherche, innovation et propriété intellectuelle : applications aux secteurs de la chimie et aux sciences de la vie | Thierry Debled, Francis Leyder (coord.) | 30h | 3credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LDROP2101 | Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property | Nicolas Brahy, Yann Menière | 30h | 5credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LDROP2102 | In-depth study of questions on intellectual property rights | Alain Strowel | 30h | 5credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LDROP2103 | Law on intellectual property contr | Vincent Cassiers, Fernand De Visscher | 30h | 5credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LBBMC2213 | Atelier de formation à la recherche en entreprise | N. | 5credits | x | x | ||||||||||||||
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LCPME2001 | Entrepreneurship Theory (in French) | Frank Janssen | 30h | 5credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LCPME2000 | Venture creation financement and management I | Régis Coeurderoy, Olivier Giacomin (supplée Régis Coeurderoy), Paul Vanzeveren | 30h | 5credits | 1+2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LCPME2002 | Managerial, legal and economic aspects of the creation of a company (in French) | Régis Coeurderoy, Yves De Cordt, Marine Falize (supplée null) | 30h | 5credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LCPME2003 | Business plan of the creation of a company (in French) | Frank Janssen | 30h | 5credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LCPME2004 | Advanced seminar on Enterpreneurship (in French) | Frank Janssen | 30h | 5credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
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Module d'approfondissement en biochimie | |||||||||||||||||
LBBMC2104 | Biochimie physiologique animale | Cathy Debier, Marc Francaux, Yves-Jacques Schneider (coord.) | 36h + 18h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LBBMC2105 | Ingénierie des protéines en enzymologie | Pierre Morsomme, Patrice Soumillion | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
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LBBMC2106 | Génétique moléculaire et génomique microbiennes | Bernard Hallet, Pascal Hols | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2107 | Physiologie cellulaire microbienne | Stephan Declerck, Michel Ghislain, Bernard Hallet, Pascal Hols, Pierre Morsomme | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
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LBBMC2108 | Génétique moléculaire et génomique végétale | Henri Batoko, François Chaumont (coord.), Xavier Draye | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2109 | Physiologie cellulaire végétale | Henri Batoko (coord.), Marc Boutry, François Chaumont, Pierre Morsomme | 36h + 18h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
Module d'approfondissement en biologie animale et humaine | |||||||||||||||||
LBBMC2110 | Génétique moléculaire et génomique animales et humaines | Françoise Gofflot, Bernard Knoops, René Rezsohazy | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2111 | Physiologie cellulaire animale et humaine | Patrick Dumont, Bernard Knoops | 36h + 18h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
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LBBMC2206 | Stage - 2ème partie | Bernard Hallet, René Rezsohazy | 10h + 10h | 10credits | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2204A | Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire - concepts de base | Patrick Dumont, Bernard Knoops, Yves-Jacques Schneider | 30h | 3credits | |||||||||||||
LBBMC2204B | Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire - application à une pathologie : de la biologie moléculaire au traitement. | N. | 24h | 2credits | |||||||||||||
LBRTE2201 | Human and environmental toxicology | Alfred Bernard, Cathy Debier (coord.) | 45h + 7.5h | 5credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBRTI2203 | Communication scientifique dans le domaine des sciences exactes | Pascale Gualtieri (coord.), Joël Saucin | 30h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LSTAT2360 | Seminar in data management: basic | Catherine Legrand | 7.5h + 10h | 6credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
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LBIRC2101A | Analyse biochimique et notions de génie génétique: analyse biochimique | Marc Boutry, François Chaumont, Pierre Morsomme | 18.5h + 22.5h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBRMC2101 | Genetic engineering | Marc Boutry | 30h + 7.5h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBRMC2202 | Cell culture technology | Marc Boutry (coord.), Yves-Jacques Schneider | 30h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
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LBIO1335 | Immunology | Jean-Paul Dehoux | 25h + 15h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1322 | Integrated tutorials in biochemistry and molecular genetics | Bernard Hallet, Patrice Soumillion | 0h + 60h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1233 | Animal physiology and morphology | Patrick Dumont, Françoise Gofflot, René Rezsohazy | 30h + 30h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1342 | Plant morphogenesis | François Chaumont | 20h + 15h | 3credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1341 | Plant physiology | Xavier Draye, Stanley Lutts | 45h + 15h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1332 | Animal embryology | René Rezsohazy | 25h + 15h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBIO1336 | Animal Biochemistry, physiology and histology | Patrick Dumont, Françoise Gofflot, Jean-François Rees | 30h + 30h | 5credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LCHM1211 | General Chemistry 2 | Michel Devillers (coord.), Bernard Tinant | 30h + 54h | 6credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LCHM1331 | Inorganic chemistry I | Michel Devillers | 37.5h + 7.5h | 4credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LBIR1317 | Chimie organique (3è partie) | Benjamin Elias | 30h + 15h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LCHM1321A | Analytical chimistry | Christine Dupont, Yann Garcia | 30h | 3credits | 1q | ||||||||||||
LCHM1361 | Introduction to polymer chemistry | Jean-François Gohy | 22.5h | 2credits | 2q | ||||||||||||
LCHM1251 | Elements of crystallography and molecular spectroscopy | Yaroslav Filinchuk, Sophie Hermans | 60h + 30h | 8credits | 1+2q | ||||||||||||
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LCHM2330 | Séminaire de didactique de la chimie | Agnès Gnagnarella, Bernard Tinant | 0h + 30h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LGEO2330 | Séminaire de didactique de la géographie | Marie-Laurence De Keersmaecker | 0h + 30h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LMAT2330 | Seminar on the teaching of mathematics | Christiane Hauchart, Enrico Vitale | 0h + 30h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
LPHY2330 | Séminaire de didactique de la physique | Jim Plumat | 0h + 30h | 5credits | |||||||||||||
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