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Specific Admission Requirements
Specific Admission Requirements
1° Student must hold a first level university degree.
2° Provide proof of a sufficient level in French (B1 of the European Framework of Reference 
)
3° Student must have developed the following skills in his previous training :
- complete grasp of the scientific written and oral practices of the French language;
- compétence dans les disciplines philosophiques suivantes : logique, morale, épistémologie, anthropologie, métaphysique, philosophie sociale;
- maîtrise de l'histoire de la philosophie;
- compétence dans la lecture commentée d'un grand texte de la tradition philosophique;
At the end of the 1st level programme, including at least the following 60 specific credits :
- Philosophical propaedeutics (5 credits);
- Moral Philosophy (6 credits);
- Epistemology (10 credits);
- Logique (5 credits);
- Metaphysics (5 credits);
- Anthropology (5 credits);
- Social and politic Philosophy (4 credits);
- History of philosophy (6 crédits)
- Philosophical texts (6 crédits)
- Initiation à la rédaction scientifique (5 crédits)
The 30 credits of the Minor in Philosophy [30.0] satisfy these requriements.
Courses not taken will be added to the masters programme (without exceeding a total of 15 credits).
If the total number of prerequisites exceeds 15 credits, access to the master is subject to the student passing an filo1pm the programme of which is established on the basis of the student's file.
Course equivalences are submitted for approval to the chairman of the jury, the secretary of the jury and the academic faculty secretary.
4° Students wishing to pursue a Master's degree with a teaching focus must have a French Community of Belgium diploma; failing this, they will have to pass a French language proficiency examination to demonstrate that their command of written and spoken French is equivalent to Level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (for further information, visit https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/french-language-master-teaching.html (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/french-language-master-teaching.html)).
5° This professional focus is reserved exclusively for students admitted to the Master's in "German and French Philosophy in the European Context (Europhilosophie)", within the Erasmus Mundus programme, of which the School of Philosophy is a partner.
University Bachelors | |||
| Diploma | Special Requirements | Access | Remarks |
| UCLouvain Bachelors | |||
| Bachelor in Philosophy | Direct Access | ||
| All bachelor | If student has taken : - Minor in Philosophy - Certificat universitaire en philosophie (fondements) - Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement) | Access with additional training | With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits) |
| All bachelor | Access with additional training | Code inconnu:filo1pm | |
| Others Bachelors of the French speaking Community of Belgium | |||
| Bacheliers en philosophie | Direct Access | ||
| All bachelor | If student has taken : - le Certificat universitaire en philosophie (fondements) - le Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement) | Access with additional training | With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits) |
| All bachelor | Access with additional training | Code inconnu:filo1pm | |
| Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community of Belgium | |||
| Bachelor of philosophy; bachelor in de wijsbegeerte | Direct Access | ||
| Foreign Bachelors | |||
| Based on application: accepted, conditional on further training, or refusal | With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits) or Code inconnu:filo1pm | ||
Non university Bachelors | |||
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree | |||
| Diploma | Special Requirements | Access | Remarks |
| "Licenciés" | |||
| Holder of a "Licence" in philosophy | Direct Access | An exemption of a maximum volume of 60 credits can be granted | |
| Masters | |||
| Master [120] in Ethics | Based on application: accepted, conditional on further training, or refusal | An exemption can be granted. | |
| Master [60] in Philosophy | Direct Access | An exemption of a maximum volume of 60 credits can be granted | |
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree | |||
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Adults taking up their university training
> See the website Valorisation des acquis de l'expérience (https://uclouvain.be/fr/etudier/vae)
It is possible to gain admission to all masters courses via the validation of professional experience procedure.