Admission

General requirements

Except as otherwise provided by other specific legal provisions, admission to undergraduate courses leading to the award of a Bachelor’s degree will be granted to students with one of the following qualifications :

1. A Certificate of Upper Secondary Education issued during or after the 1993-1994 academic year by an establishment offering full-time secondary education or an adult education centre in the French Community of Belgium and, as the case may be, approved if it was issued by an educational institution before 1 January 2008 or affixed with the seal of the French Community if it was issued after this date, or an equivalent certificate awarded by the Examination Board of the French Community during or after 1994;

2. A Certificate of Upper Secondary Education issued no later than the end of the 1992-1993 academic year, along with official documentation attesting to the student’s ability to pursue higher education for students applying for a full-length undergraduate degree programme;

3. A diploma awarded by a higher education institution within the French Community that confers an academic degree issued under the above-mentioned Decree, or a diploma awarded by a university or institution dispensing full-time higher education in accordance with earlier legislation;

4. A higher education certificate or diploma awarded by an adult education centre;

5. A pass certificate for one of the entrance examinations (https://uclouvain.be/fr/etudier/inscriptions/examens-admission.html) organized by higher education institutions or by an examination board of the French Community; this document gives admission to studies in the sectors, fields or programmes indicated therein;

6. A diploma, certificate of studies or other qualification similar to those mentioned above, issued by the Flemish Community of Belgium (this qualification does not grant exemption from the French language proficiency examination (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/language-requirements.html)), the German Community of Belgium or the Royal Military Academy;

7. A diploma, certificate of studies or other qualification obtained abroad and deemed equivalent to the first four mentioned above by virtue of a law, decree, European directive or international convention;

Note:
Requests for equivalence must be submitted no later than 14 July 2016 to the Equivalence department (Service des équivalences) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the French Community of Belgium.
The following two qualifications are automatically deemed equivalent to the Certificate of Upper Secondary Education (Certificat d'enseignement secondaire supérieur – CESS):
- European Baccalaureate issued by the Board of Governors of a European School,
- International Baccalaureate issued by the International Baccalaureate Office in Geneva.
These two qualifications do not, however, provide automatic exemption from the French language proficiency examination (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/language-requirements.html).

8. Official documentation attesting to a student’s ability to pursue higher education (diplôme d'aptitude à accéder à l'enseignement supérieur - DAES), issued by the Examination Board of the French Community.

 

Specific requirements

Admission to undergraduate studies on the basis of accreditation of knowledge and skills obtained through professional or personal experience (Accreditation of Prior Experience)
Subject to the general requirements laid down by the authorities of the higher education institution, with the aim of admission to the undergraduate programme, the examination boards accredit the knowledge and skills that students have obtained through their professional or personal experience.
This experience must correspond to at least five years of documented activity, with years spent in higher education being partially taken into account: 60 credits are deemed equivalent to one year of experience, with a maximum of two years being counted. At the end of an assessment procedure organized by the authorities of the higher education institution, the Examination Board will decide whether a student has sufficient skills and knowledge to successfully pursue undergraduate studies.
After this assessment, the Examination Board will determine the additional courses and possible exemptions constituting the supplementary requirements for the student’s admission.

Exam of knowledge of the French language

Anyone not demonstrating sufficient French language proficiency (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/language-requirements.html) will not be admitted to the first-year undergraduate examinations.

Special requirements

• Admission to undergraduate studies in engineering: civil engineering and architect
  Pass certificate for the special entrance examination for undergraduate studies in engineering: civil engineering and architect (https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/epl/examenadmission.html).
  Admission to these courses is always subject to students passing the special entrance examination. Contact the faculty office for the programme content and the examination arrangements.
• Admission to undergraduate studies in veterinary medicine 
  Admission to undergraduate studies in veterinary medicine is governed by the Decree of 16 June 2006 regulating the number of students in certain higher education undergraduate courses (non-residents) (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/etudes-contingentees.html).
• Admission to undergraduate studies in physiotherapy and rehabilitation
  Admission to undergraduate studies in physiotherapy and rehabilitation is governed by the Decree of 16 June 2006 regulating the number of students in certain higher education undergraduate courses (non-residents). (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/etudes-contingentees.html)
• Admission to undergraduate studies in psychology and education: speech and language therapy
  Admission to undergraduate studies in psychology and education: speech and language therapy is governed by the Decree of 16 June 2006 regulating the number of students in certain higher education undergraduate courses (non-residents) (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/etudes-contingentees.html). 
• Admission to undergraduate studies in medicine and dental science 
  Admission to undergraduate studies in medecine and dental science is governed by the Decree of 16 June 2006 regulating the number of students in certain higher education undergraduate courses (non-residents). (https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/etudes-contingentees.html)
  
  Note: students wishing to enrol for a Bachelor's degree in Medicine or a Bachelor's degree in dental science must first sit an aptitude test (fr) (https://uclouvain.be/fr/etudier/inscriptions/particularites-bac-mede.html).