Decree of March 31st 2004 defining higher education, favoring its integration in the European framework of higher education and refinancing universities.
The admission requirements have to be met at the time of enrolment at the university.

The mentioned information may of modification for 2014-2015

All information can be obtained from the University’s Enrolment Office (Service des inscriptions – SIC).

The following students, after meeting the conditions set by the academic authorities, have access to the complementary Master’s degree with the aim of obtaining the grade that these studies sanction:

• An academic Master’s degree within the same field allowing 2nd-cycle studies, including at least 120 credits
• An academic Master’s degree, following a decision by the academic authorities, under the complementary conditions that they set and as a result of a motivated decision by the jury
• An academic grade which is similar to those mentioned above, issued by the Flemish Community, the German Community or the Royal Military Academy, under the same conditions
• A foreign academic grade that has been acknowledged as being equivalent to those mentioned above, in application of this decree, a European-level directive or an international convention, under the same conditions
• Under the same conditions, one or several titles or academic grade issued by the Flemish Community, the German Community or the Royal Military Academy, sanctioning 2nd-cycle studies and valued at least 300 credits by the jury, or sanctioning 2nd-cycle studies and valued at least 240 credits completed of 60 credits, the all that must be valued by the jury according to the decree of March 31st, 2004 (art 54, 5 °)

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 In the event of the divergence between the different linguistic versions of the present conditions, the French version shall prevail

 

Specific Admission Requirements

 

First part

Special procedures :  

• candidates must have a degree as a Doctor or Master in medicine or a doctor from a member country of the European Union which enables them to practise in Belgium

• candidates must show evidence of having been selected, at the end of the competitive selection examination, for internal medicine specialization at a Belgian faculty of medicine

Further information about the legal requirements and the practical details of the selection examination may be obtained from the office. Holders of degrees from outside the European Union may only enrol for this programme to obtain a university certificate in partial specialized training lasting two years (if they are taking a specialization in their home country) or advanced specialized training lasting one year (if they are already recognized as specialists in their country of origin.)

The Royal Decree of 30.05.2002, published on 14.06.2002 on the availability of medical studies, amended by the Royal Decree of 11.07.2005 published on 03.08.2005, applies to candidates who wish to be awarded the status of specialist in geriatrics.

Second part

Candidates must have fulfilled the requirements of the first part of the specialized studies in internal medicine and have been accepted for advanced training in geriatric specialization.

Applications should be submitted to the academic in charge of the programme. The selection examinations are held in accordance with the schedule and the general examination regulations.

All candidates who wish to become geriatric specialists, either from the outset or after the three years of basic training, will be assessed by the academic in charge of the programme as well as the selection committee and the geriatric placement supervisors.

Selection committee

First part (before the beginning of the basic training)
The selection committee is made up of members of the selection committee for the Advanced Master in Internal Medicine.

Second part (before the beginning of the advanced training)
The selection committee is made up of members of the programme committee together with two invited members from the geriatric placement supervisors in the UCL network.