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Engineering has experienced two complementary changes. On the one hand, technological expansion has created a need for advanced specialization, which allows little space for the traditionally broad training of engineers : this is the case e.g. of nanotechnologies, information technologies, or the development of new materials.
On the other hand, this trend has led, in various application fields, to a growing integration of various disciplines : electricity or electronics, mechanics, control, computing ; examples may be found in robotics, energy management, vehicles and transport systems …
Answering the needs of present-day society therefore requires not only engineers with specialized knowledge, but also engineers who can manage the interface issues which arise when integrating various disciplines into an equipment or a system.
This second profile is that targeted by UCL’s Master’s in electromechanical engineering. It should be noted that the interdisciplinary training organized at UCL differs from that of other French-speaking universities where a degree in electromechanical engineering is awarded to all graduates in electrical OR mechanical engineering.
Due to the wide spectrum of disciplines integrated into the electromechanical engineering curriculum, students are required, from the outset of their Master’s, to choose between two specializations, viz. Mechatronics or Energy : the first of these stresses electronics, mechanical design and control theory, the second thermodynamics, energetics and electricity.

The electromechanical engineering curriculum integrates the fields of electricity and mechanics into a coherent and balanced entity where the accent is on basic knowledge, thereby favouring the deepening or redirection of knowledge at any time in one’s career. This leads to the training of engineers who are well equipped to follow the evolution of technology and adapt to the needs of the labour market.

Upon completion of their Master’s, students will have mastered the mathematical and physical methods of electricity and mechanics and will have acquired advanced knowledge in mechatronics or energetics. Thanks to the various elective courses in their curriculum, students can complement their training according to their specific interests, in particular within the fields of economics and management. The pedagogy stresses project work integrating various disciplines, and this favours the development of a critical mind capable of designing, modelling, manufacturing and experimentally validating devices and systems.
The final project amounts to half the workload of the last year, and gives students the opportunity of an in-depth analysis of a given subject and, via its size and context, is a realistic introduction to the professional life of an engineer or a researcher.

The curriculum of the Master’s in electromechanical engineering will require a minimum total of 120 credits covering two years, with a minimum of 60 credits per year, and comprising :
- a 60 to 65 credits core curriculum
- one of the two basic focuses, viz. mechatronics or energetics (30 credits)
- elective courses, and possibly an option

The master thesis is generally written during the last year. However, students may choose to take any given course in the first or second year, subject to possible prerequisites. This will be the case in particular for students pursuing part of their education abroad.

If, in the course of his (her) former curriculum, a student has already been credited with a subject included in the compulsory or elective curriculum, or any training deemed equivalent by the diploma committee, this subject will be replaced by elective courses, while conforming to imposed constraints. The student is responsible for checking whether the minimum total number of credits has been reached, as well as those of the specialized field, which will appear on the final diploma.
The student’s curriculum will be submitted for acceptance by the relevant diploma committee.

- Accessible complementary Master’s degrees:
• Master’s in nuclear engineering
• Master’s in nanotechnology
• Master’s in biotechnology and applied biology (Science sector)
- Accessible Ph. D. curricula

The Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics are two of those with the largest number of doctoral students. Members of the institute are involved in many thematic Ph. D. schools, some of these having been active for many years, others currently being set up. A list of these thematic Ph. D. schools can be obtained from the chairperson of the Ph. D. committee.

As some options of this program are taught in English, applying students are not requested to prove a sufficient knowledge of French.  However, in their application form, students will mention their knowledge level of French.  Inscription may be refused to students selecting courses taught in French without showing any knowledge of this language.

University Bachelors
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in engineering	Major in mechanics with minor in electricity OR Major in electricity with minor in mechanics	Direct access
Bachelor in engineering		Access with additional training	A student with a Major in mechanics or electricity, but no minor in these two disciplines, will have to take prerequisites according to the chosen minor, within a curriculum tailored to the personal situation, and with the agreement of an advisor who is a member of the Mechanical engineering diploma committee. To this end, the student may choose 15 credits amongst the electives of the Master’s in electromechanical engineering.
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code		Direct access
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bachelor in engineering	With specific options in former institution related to electricity and mechanics	Direct access
Bachelor in engineering		Access with additional training	A student with a former option in only one of the two disciplines (mechanics and electricity) will have to take prerequisites according to the former option, within a curriculum tailored to the personal situation, and with the agreement of an advisor who is a member of the Mechanical engineering diploma committee. To this end, the student may choose 15 credits amongst the electives of the Master’s in electromechanical engineering.
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bachelor in engineering	With specific options in former institution related to electricity and mechanics	Direct access
Bachelor in engineering		Access with additional training	A student with a former option in only one of the two disciplines (mechanics and electricity) will have to take prerequisites according to the former option, within a curriculum tailored to the personal situation, and with the agreement of an advisor who is a member of the Mechanical engineering diploma committee. To this end, the student may choose 15 credits amongst the electives of the Master’s in electromechanical engineering.
Foreign Bachelors
Bachelor in engineering	Bachelors from the Cluster network	Direct access	Conditions imposed on UCL Engineering Bachelor
Bachelor in engineering	Other institutions	Access with additional training	The student shall submit an application to the Faculty of applied sciences, including a detailed past curriculum (courses and grades by year). The Faculty, after consulting the relevant programme committee, will decide as to the applicant’s admissibility pursuant to rules relative to links between degrees. If necessary the Faculty can propose a customized curriculum, by drawing on the volume of elective courses of the relevant engineering Master’s curriculum and, if necessary, up to 15 additional credits.
Non university Bachelors
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> BA en sciences industrielles - type long		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits	Type long
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
"Licenciés"
Engineers considered equivalent to corresponding bachelors		Direct access
Masters
Masters in engineering		Direct access
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel (toutes finalités) > MA en sciences industrielles (toutes finalités)		Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max	Type long

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• Features favouring interdisciplinarity :

The electromechanical training at UCL is essentially interdisciplinary since it combines teaching in mechanics, electricity, control theory and computing. It also integrates non-technical disciplines (economics, management, modern languages ..) via elective courses

• Variety of teaching strategies :

Using a pedagogy stressing project work which integrates various disciplines, the training aims to develop students’ good judgment, allowing them to design, model, manufacture and experimentally assess all types of electromechanical systems and devices.

The final thesis amounts to half the workload of the final year. It allows the student to
Join a research team or to collaborate with the industrial world so as to investigate a given topic in depth. Due to its scope and context, it can be considered as a true initiation to the professional life of an engineer or a researcher.

• Variety of learning situations

The student will encounter diverse pedagogical tools adapted to various disciplines : formal lectures, project work, tutorials, problem-based learning, case studies, laboratory work, computer simulations, computer tutorials, industrial and research training, construction site and factory visits, cultural trips, group and personal activities, seminars, …). For some subjects, e-learning will allow students to learn at their own rhythm and to experience virtual experimentation.

This variety of situations helps students build their knowledge in an iterative and progressive manner, while developing their autonomy, and their organizational, time management and communication skills. The most advanced computing tools (hardware, software, networks) are at their disposal.

All learning activities are assessed as prescribed by the University internal regulations (see exam regulations), viz. written and oral exams, laboratory exams, individual or group work, public presentation of projects and final thesis.

Global framework

The Louvain School of Engineering (EPL) has taken part, since their inception, in all the various mobility programmes which have been set up at both the European and world levels.

The numerous contacts it has with professional circles, notably via its Advisory Board, have demonstrated to what extent employers are favourably impressed by a mobility experience in someone’s CV. The ever-increasing internationalization of research via networks linking laboratories throughout the world, speaks in favour of encouraging this mobility.

Students’ interest is aroused at the end of their Bachelor studies, notably via intensive courses such as those of the ATHENS ( ) or BEST ( ) networks.

In the course of the two-year Master’s programme, students are encouraged to take part in a 1- or 2-semester exchange scheme

Within Belgium, the Louvain School of Engineering is involved in a privileged partnership with the Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with whom it has set up an exchange scheme relating to the first year of the Master’s curriculum (http://eng.kuleuven.be/).
At the European level, the Louvain School of Engineering is strongly involved in the CLUSTER excellence network ( ). This network encourages internal mobility, since this is a guarantee of quality as concerns both the level of teaching and the hosting of exchange students. Moreover, Cluster partners have signed an agreement recognizing each other’s Bachelor’s curricula. This agreement stipulates that all Bachelors of network institutions will have access to the Master’s studies in any institution on a par with local students.
Outside Europe, the Louvain School of Engineering is a partner in the Magalhaes network, which groups about fifteen European universities together with the best South American science and technology universities (http://www.magalhaes-network.net/).
Besides these network partnerships, the School has also signed a number of individual agreements with various universities in Europe, North America or elsewhere in the world. A list of these agreements may be found on the website of UCL International Relations (http://www.uclouvain.be/international.html).

International possibilities (for UCL students)

UCL is also a partner in the TIME programme ( ) which gives students the opportunity to obtain two engineering degrees, one at UCL and the other in one of the following institutions :
- Ecole Centrale Paris
- Supaero Toulouse
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
- Politecnico di Milano
- Institut Français du Pétrole

Besides intensive courses which are one component of international relations, EPL students with outstanding results are encouraged to apply for 5- or 10-month exchange programmes.
When taking place during the first Master’s year, exchanges are generally 10 months long. In the second year, they only last for a semester, either as courses or else research in a foreign laboratory as a complement to the final thesis.

Some other more specific exchange programmes have been set up with South America, where the academic year is naturally on an “austral” basis.

Students are informed about the various exchange programmes as from their second Bachelor’s year. They are encouraged to prepare for their exchange in a timely manner, notably by taking language courses at the Modern Languages Institute of UCL.

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from 60 to 65 credits among
LELME2990	Travail de fin d'études	N.		28credits			x
Cours d'électricité et d'électronique L'étudiant sélectionne au moins 13 crédits parmi
LELEC2311	PHYSICS OF ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERTERS	Bruno Dehez	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x
LELEC2520	ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Noël Janssens	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2531	Design and Architecture of digital electronic systems	Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LELEC2660	Power electronics	Francis Labrique	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x
Cours de mécanique
LMECA2755	Industrial automation.	Bruno Dehez, Paul Fisette	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LMECA1953	Kinematics and dynamics of machinery.	Paul Fisette	22.5h + 7.5h	3credits	2q	x
Religion courses for student in exact sciences The student shall select2 credits among
LTECO2100	Questions of religious sciences: biblical readings	Hans Ausloos	15h	2credits	1q	x	x
LTECO2200	Questions of religious sciences: reflections about christian faith	Dominique Martens	15h	2credits	2q	x	x
LTECO2300	Questions of religious sciences: questions about ethics	Philippe Cochinaux	15h	2credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix L'étudiant complète son tronc commun avec l'aide d'un conseiller en tenant compte des cours de la majeure en électricité ou de le majeure en mécanique qu'il n'a pas suivi durant son programme de bachelier, prioritairement dans la liste suivante
LINMA1510	Linear Control	Denis Dochain	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
LMECA1510	Dynamics of elastic systems.	Jean-Pierre Coyette, Laurent Delannay	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
LMECA1451	Mechanical manufacturing.	Laurent Delannay, Aude Simar	30h + 30h	4credits	1q	x

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Commande électrique
LELEC2313	Dynamic modelling and control of electromechanical converters	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Bruno Dehez	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x
LELEC2811	Instrumentation and sensors	Laurent Francis, Ernest Matagne	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
Projets
LELEC2103	Project in Electricity 3 : Electronic systems	Jean-Didier Legat, Piotr Sobieski, Luc Vandendorpe	75h	5credits	1+2q	x
LELEC2104	Actuation systems : project	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Bruno Dehez	0h + 30h	2credits	2q	x
LMECA2845	Project work in mechatronics.	Bruno Dehez, Paul Fisette (coord.), Renaud Ronsse	45h + 30h	5credits	1+2q	x
Informatique
LINGI2315	Design of Embedded and real-time systems	Jean-Didier Legat, Marc Lobelle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
Robotique
LMECA2732	Introduction to robotics	Renaud Ronsse	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x

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Thermodynamique et énergétique
LMECA2150	Thermal cycles.	Yann Bartosiewicz	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LMECA2220	Internal combustion engines.	Hervé Jeanmart	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
LMECA2322	Fluid mechanics and transfer II.	François Dupret, Grégoire Winckelmans	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LMECA2160	Fuels and combustion.	Miltiadis Papalexandris	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
Electrotechnique
LELEC2595	Power quality	Emmanuel De Jaeger	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x
LELEC2670	Renewable and non conventional sources of electrical energy	Pascal Jacques, Hervé Jeanmart, Ernest Matagne	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
Projet en énergie
LELEC2105	Project in energy	Yann Bartosiewicz, Bruno Dehez (coord.)	0h + 30h	2credits	2q	x

The objective of this option, which is common to the Master's in electrical and electromechanical engineering , is to introduce the student to systematic design techniques, computer simulation, manufacturing and experimental characterization of electronic components and circuits, both analogue and numerical, as well as mixed systems combining these components types. The emphasis is placed on practice, applications and project work.

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L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 15 to 29 credits among
Cours obligatoire en circuits et systèmes électroniques
LELEC2532	Design and Architecture of analog electronic systems	Denis Flandre, Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix circuits et systèmes électroniques
LELEC2570	Synthesis of digital integrated circuits	Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2590	Seminars in electronics and communications	Denis Flandre (coord.), Isabelle Huynen, Jérôme Louveaux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2620	Modeling and implementation of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and systems on chip	David Bol	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2650	Synthesis of analog integrated circuits	Denis Flandre	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2660	Power electronics	Francis Labrique	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2760	Secure electronic circuits and systems	François-Xavier Standaert	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to the Master’s degrees in electrical engineering, electromechanical engineering, applied physics engineering, and chemistry and materials science engineering, and aims to introduce the student to the physics and simulation of materials and the devices used in the fields of micro- and nano-electronics, to ,the properties, manufacturing and characterization methods of micro- and nano-structures the operational modes of nano-devices, and the development and integration of (bio-)organic components into nano-systems.

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Physique des nano-structures et nano-matériaux Pour participer aux cours proposés dans cette rubrique, il est recommandé d'avoir déjà suivi au préalable un cours de Physique des Matériaux, comme par exemple le cours MAPR 1492. Les cours MAPR 2451 et 2471 ne sont pas accessibles aux étudiants du master ingénieur civil physicien.
LMAPR2015	Physics of Nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier (coord.), Xavier Gonze, Luc Piraux	37.5h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2451	Study of materials at the atomic scale	Jean-Christophe Charlier, Xavier Gonze (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2471	Transport phenomena in solids and nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier, Luc Piraux (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LPHY2273	Cryophysique et questions spéciales de supraconductivité	Vincent Bayot, Luc Piraux (coord.)	45h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LFUND2908	Théorie quantique de l'état solide organique	N.		3credits		x	x
Nano- et micro-dispositifs semi-conducteurs Pour participer aux cours proposés dans cette rubrique, il est recommandé d'avoir déjà suivi au préalable un cours d'électronique physique ou de dispositifs semiconducteurs, comme par exemple un des cours ELEC 1330 ou ELEC 1755.
LELEC2541	Advanced electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2550	Special electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2710	NANOELECTRONICS	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Micro- et nano-ingénierie
LELEC2560	Micro and nanofabrication techniques	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2895	Design of micro and nanosystems	Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Thomas Pardoen, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2012	Macromolecular Nanotechnology	Sophie Demoustier, Jean-François Gohy, Alain Jonas, Bernard Nysten (coord.)	45h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2631	Solid surface analysis and treatment	Patrick Bertrand (coord.), Arnaud Delcorte (supplée Patrick Bertrand), Bernard Nysten	37.5h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x

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Cours conseillés en automatique et systèmes dynamiques L'étudiant sélectionne au minimum 10 crédits parmi
LINMA2120	System theory seminar.	Pierre-Antoine Absil, Vincent Blondel, Jean-Charles Delvenne (coord.), Julien Hendrickx, Philippe Lefèvre, Paul Van Dooren	20h	2credits		x	x
LINMA2345	Differential equations	Abdou Kouider Ben-Naoum	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2360	Project in mathematical engineering	Pierre-Antoine Absil, François Glineur (coord.), Yurii Nesterov, Paul Van Dooren	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2361	Nonlinear systems	Pierre-Antoine Absil	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2671	Automatic : Theory and implementation	Julien Hendrickx	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2875	System Identification	Julien Hendrickx	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours d'intérêt en automatique et systèmes dynamiques
LELEC2870	Machine Learning : regression, dimensionality reduction and data visualization	Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2060	Modeliing of biological systems	Philippe Lefèvre	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2262	Machine Learning :classification and evaluation	Pierre Dupont	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2510	Mathematical ecology	Eric Deleersnijder, Denis Dochain	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2732	Introduction to robotics	Renaud Ronsse	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to Mechanical and Electromechanical Master’s curricula, and aims to give students a comprehensive training in the field. All the phases of a mechanical manufacturing process are studied, from design and appropriate manufacturing techniques to production planning and workshop management. All the necessary technological concepts (machine components) and solid knowledge in mechanics (elasticity and plasticity) are also included, so as to acquire a good mastery of machining and the behaviour of the materials being implemented. Particular attention is given to modern automation and robotics.

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Le cours MECA 2732 ne peut être pris dans le cadre de cette option par les étudiants ELME. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 27 to 30 credits among
Recommended courses in mechanical manufacturing and production The student shall choose at least18 credits among
LMECA2330	Machine component design.	Laurent Delannay, Benoît Raucent (coord.), Renaud Ronsse	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2453	Compléments de fabrication mécanique et FAO	Jean-François Debongnie	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2732	Introduction to robotics	Renaud Ronsse	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2802	Mechanics of robots and multibody systems.	Paul Fisette	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2481	Deformation and fracture of materials	Francis Delannay, Thomas Pardoen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LECGE1223	Production and Operations Management	Pierre Semal	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
Courses related to mechanical manufacturing and production
LMECA2170	Numerical Geometry in CAD	Vincent Legat, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2520	Compléments d'élasticité : calcul de structures planes	Issam Doghri, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2711	Quality management and control.	N.	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2860	Welding.	Bruno de Meester de Betzenbroeck	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LAUCE1181	Mechanics of structures	Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	2credits	1q	x	x
LAUCE2185	Dynamic of structures	Jean-Pierre Coyette	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2482	Plasticity and metal forming	Laurent Delannay, Thomas Pardoen (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to Mechanical and Electromechanical Master’s curricula, and aims to give students all the necessary knowledge to be able to master the application of mechanics to this field. First, various physiological systems (circulatory, respiratory, etc.) as well as the dynamic behaviour of the human body are studied from a biological and mechanical point of view (as fluid or solid systems), which also leads to physiotherapy issues. Then, the design and production of bio-engineering components and micro-components (artificial implants, valves, prostheses, etc.) are analysed from a mechanical point of view. Finally, various courses complete the curriculum by establishing a link between biology and mechanics.

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Cette Option est réservée à l'étudiant ayant suivi la Mineure en Génie biomédical durant son programme de bachelier. Il sélectionne from 28 to 30 credits among
Recommended courses in biomechanics The student shall choose at least19 credits among
LGBIO2020	Bioinstrumentation	André Mouraux, Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2030	Biomaterials	Sophie Demoustier, Christine Dupont, Gaëtane Leloup (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2040	Biomechanics	Emilie Marchandise	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2060	Modeliing of biological systems	Philippe Lefèvre	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2070	Artificial organs and rehabilitation	Luc-Marie Jacquet, Philippe Lefèvre, Renaud Ronsse	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2355	Conception mécanique en génie biomédical	Benoît Herman, Emilie Marchandise, Benoît Raucent	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
Courses related to biomechanics
LGBIO2010	Bioinformatics	Yves Deville, Michel Ghislain	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2050	Medical Imaging	Anne Bol, John Lee (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq, Frank Peeters	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2131	Introduction to nonlinear solid mechanics.	Issam Doghri	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2170	Numerical Geometry in CAD	Vincent Legat, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2640	Mechanics of composite materials.	Issam Doghri	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2660	Numerical methods in fluid mechanics.	Grégoire Winckelmans	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2802	Mechanics of robots and multibody systems.	Paul Fisette	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to Mechanical and Electromechanical Master’s curricula, and strives to bring together all mechanics courses which are concerned with the development and implementation of numerical simulation algorithms aimed at solving transfer, systems dynamics or solid or fluid dynamics problems. There are numerous applications of these theories, in particular for vehicle dynamics and aerodynamics (automobiles, trains, aircraft), materials forming (polymers, composites, metals), and long-term resistance of mechanical components.

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L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 27 to 30 credits among
Basic recommended courses in numerical modelling in Mechanics The student shall choose at least10 credits among
LMECA2170	Numerical Geometry in CAD	Vincent Legat, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2300	Advanced Numerical Methods	Christophe Craeye, Vincent Legat, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2802	Mechanics of robots and multibody systems.	Paul Fisette	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA1170	Numerical analysis	Pierre-Antoine Absil, Paul Van Dooren (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA1702	Applied mathematics : Optimization I	Vincent Blondel, François Glineur (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2370	Modelling and analysis of dynamical systems	Jean-Charles Delvenne, Denis Dochain (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2671	Automatic : Theory and implementation	Julien Hendrickx	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Solid mechanics courses recommended in numerical modelling in Mechanics The student shall choose at least6 credits among
LMECA2131	Introduction to nonlinear solid mechanics.	Issam Doghri	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2453	Compléments de fabrication mécanique et FAO	Jean-François Debongnie	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2520	Compléments d'élasticité : calcul de structures planes	Issam Doghri, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2640	Mechanics of composite materials.	Issam Doghri	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LAUCE1181	Mechanics of structures	Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	2credits	1q	x	x
LAUCE2185	Dynamic of structures	Jean-Pierre Coyette	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2482	Plasticity and metal forming	Laurent Delannay, Thomas Pardoen (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
Fluids mechanics courses recommended in numerical modelling in Mechanics The student shall choose at least8 credits among
LMECA2141	Rheology.	Christian Bailly, Vincent Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2195	Reactional flows.	Miltiadis Papalexandris	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2620	Simulation of transfer phenomenia in industrial processes.	François Dupret	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2660	Numerical methods in fluid mechanics.	Grégoire Winckelmans	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2853	Turbulence.	Eric Deleersnijder, Grégoire Winckelmans	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x

This option is accessible to the students of the master in electromechanical engineering with focus on energy and to the students of the master in mechanical engineering.  The aim of this option is to provide the students with an in depth formation in nuclear engineering.  As the most important part of this formation is given at the Center for nuclear study CEN*CKN in Mol, students who want to take this option will be admitted on the basis of selection rules similar to those used for Erasmus exchange programs.

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Please refer to http://www.sckcen.be/BNEN/ for more informations on courses localization, timetable and teaching languages from 17 to 23 credits among
Mandatory courses (11credits)
LMECA2600	Introduction to nuclear engineering and reactor technology.	Hamid Aït Abderrahim	30h + 30h	5credits	1+2q	x
LMECA2648	Nuclear thermal-hydraulics.	Yann Bartosiewicz	40h + 7.5h	6credits	2q		x
Elective course from 6 to 12 credits among
LBNEN2002	Radiation protection and nuclear measurements	N.		6credits			x
LBNEN2003	Reliability and safety	N.		3credits			x
LBNEN2004	Operation and control	N.		3credits			x

This option is common to most Master’s in engineering, and aims to familiarize students with the basics of company management.

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Cette option ne peut être prise simultanément avec l'option création de petites et moyennes entreprises. Le cours FSA 2240 ne fait pas partie de cette option pour les étudiants GCE. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 16 to 20 credits among
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
LFSA1290	Introduction to financial and accounting management	Gerrit Sarens	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LFSA2245	Environment and Enterprise	Thierry Bréchet	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2235	Project management	N.	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2210	Organisation and human resources	John Cultiaux	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
Alternative to the Management option for computer science students Computer science students who have already followed various courses of this discipline during their Bachelor's curriculum shall select between 16 and 20 credits in the program "mineure en gestion pour les sciences informatiques" http://www.uclouvain.be/prog-2011-mingest3.html

This option is common to most Master’s in engineering, and aims to familiarize students with the basic specificities of SMCs, entrepreneurship and launching, so as to develop the skills, knowledge and tools required in launching a company. Access is limited to a small number of students chosen on the basis of motivation and individual interviews. The motivation applications for this option must be submitted before the start of the academic year, to:
Secrétariat CPME - Place des Doyens 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (tél 010/47 84 59).
Selected students will replace the final thesis of the core curriculum by a specific thesis in company launching (same number of credits).

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Un ensemble d'informations complémentaires sur cette option sont disponibles à l'adresse http://www.uclouvain.be/cpme . Cette option ne peut être prise simultanément avec l'option en gestion/management. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 20 to 30 credits among
Compulsory courses
LCPME2001	Entrepreneurship Theory (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	1q	x
LCPME2003	Business plan of the creation of a company (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	2q		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
LCPME2004	Advanced seminar on Enterpreneurship (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Prerequisite CPME course Students who have not taken a management course within their former curriculum shall include LCPME2000 in their current curriculum.
LCPME2000	Venture creation financement and management I	Régis Coeurderoy, Olivier Giacomin (supplée Régis Coeurderoy), Paul Vanzeveren	30h	5credits	1+2q	x

Amongst the elective courses, students’ attention drawn to those which relate to CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL and MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Students may also choose courses on management, law, economics and modern languages. If they make a choice outside the list below, this choice will have to be approved by the diploma committee.
Moreover, they may choose an industrial traineeship. In this case, they must absolutely consult with an advisor from the ELME diploma committee, before registering, so as to check on the feasibility of the training period within the company they contacted directly themselves or via a member of the diploma committee.

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Les étudiants peuvent compléter leur programme d'options parmi la liste ci dessous sans avoir à demander d'autorisation particulière.
LINMA2370	Modelling and analysis of dynamical systems	Jean-Charles Delvenne, Denis Dochain (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2360	Project in mathematical engineering	Pierre-Antoine Absil, François Glineur (coord.), Yurii Nesterov, Paul Van Dooren	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2671	Automatic : Theory and implementation	Julien Hendrickx	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2570	Synthesis of digital integrated circuits	Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2620	Modeling and implementation of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and systems on chip	David Bol	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2870	Machine Learning : regression, dimensionality reduction and data visualization	Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2920	Communication networks	Sébastien Lugan (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC1930	Intoduction to telecommunication	Jérôme Louveaux	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LMECA1120	Introduction to finite element methods.	Vincent Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2240	Testing of thermal machinery.	Hervé Jeanmart	15h + 15h	2credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2600	Introduction to nuclear engineering and reactor technology.	Hamid Aït Abderrahim	30h + 30h	5credits	1+2q	x	x
LMECA2645	Major technological hazards in industrial activity.	Denis Dochain, Alexis Dutrieux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2771	Thermodynamics of irreversible phenomena.	François Dupret, Miltiadis Papalexandris	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2802	Mechanics of robots and multibody systems.	Paul Fisette	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMECA2830	Aerospace dynamics.	Philippe Chatelain	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2860	Welding.	Bruno de Meester de Betzenbroeck	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA3150	Séminaire de mécanique	Vincent Legat, Miltiadis Papalexandris	30h	5credits		x	x
LFSA2351A	Group dynamics	Piotr Sobieski	15h + 30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2351B	Group dynamics	Piotr Sobieski	15h + 30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Company training periods Students may include in their curriculum a company training period worth 10 credits. However, if this activity is related to their final thesis, they shall choose the 5-credit LFSA 2996 course.
LFSA2995	Stage en entreprise	Claude Oestges, Claude Oestges, Claude Oestges	30h	10credits		x	x
LFSA2996	Stage en entreprise	N.		5credits		x	x
Languages Students may include in their electives any language course of the Institute of Modern Languages (ILV) for a maximum of 3 credits within the 120 basic credits of their Masters. Their attention is drawn to the following professional insertion seminars:
LNEER2500	Seminar of professional integration: Dutch - intermediate level	Isabelle Demeulenaere (coord.), Mariken Smit	30h	3credits		x	x
LNEER2600	Seminar of professional integration: Dutch - upper-intermediate level	Isabelle Demeulenaere	30h	3credits		x	x
LALLE2500	German - Seminar of professional integration, intermediate level	Caroline Klein, Ann Rinder (coord.)	30h	3credits	1+2q	x	x
LALLE2501	German - Seminar of professional integration, intermediate level	Caroline Klein, Ann Rinder (coord.)	30h	5credits	1+2q	x	x
LESPA2600	Séminaire d'insertion professionnelle - espagnol	Isabel Baeza Varela, Carmen Vallejo Villamor (supplée Isabel Baeza Varela)	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LESPA2601	Spanish - Seminar of professional integration	Natalia Jeronimo Alonso (supplée null), Paula Lorente Fernandez (coord.)	30h	5credits	1q	x	x