Additional courses (preparatory module) to the master course

To access  this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, students must take supplementary classes chosen by the faculty to satisfy course prerequisites.


To access to this Master's degree, the student has to master a minimum of preliminary skills in mathematics, programming, algorithmic and probability-statistics. If it is not the case, additional teachings must be added to his program. He can nevertheless include a maximum of 10 of these credits in the prerequisite module planned in the common-core syllabus of the Master's degree.

Students who do not have a B1 level in English (level obtained at UCLouvain) must take the LANGL1330 (https://uclouvain.be/en-cours-langl1330) English course. A dispensatory test is organized at the beginning of the academic year.

The student is invited to meet the program advisor to decide which courses should be followed. The restricted jury must next approve his program.


Optional Mathématique - Analyse et algèbre linéaire
Each of the following three modules allows acquiring similar skills:
Optional Module 1
Mandatory LINFO1111  Analysis
FR q1  45h+37.5h  7 credits      
Pierre-Antoine Absil
, François Glineur


Mandatory LINFO1112  Algebra
FR q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Christophe Craeye
, Enrico Vitale


Optional Module 2
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Heiner Olbermann


FR q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Tom Claeys


Optional Module 3
Mandatory LMAT1101  Mathematics 1
FR q1  30h+20h  4 credits      
Cécile Coyette (compensates Pedro Dos Santos Santana Forte Vaz)


Mandatory LMAT1102  Mathematics 2
FR q2  30h+30h  4 credits      
Augusto Ponce


Optional Probabilités et Statistique
Each of the following four modules allows acquiring similar skills:
Optional Module 1
FR q1  22.5h+22.5h  5 credits      
Eugen Pircalabelu


Optional Module 2
FR q1  30h+15h  4 credits      
Patrick Bogaert


FR q1  22.5h+22.5h  3 credits      
Patrick Bogaert


Optional Module 3
Mandatory LINGE1113  Probability
FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits      
Johan Segers


Mandatory LINGE1214  Further Statistics
FR q1  30h+15h  4 credits      
Christian Hafner


Optional Module 4
FR q2  30h+30h  6 credits       > English-friendly  
Rainer von Sachs


Optional Programmation et informatique
The student must acquire the skills related to these three courses:
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Kim Mens
, Siegfried Nijssen
, Charles Pecheur


Optional LEPL1402  Informatics 2
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Sébastien Jodogne
, Ramin Sadre
, Pierre Schaus


FR q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
Jean Vanderdonckt


Mandatory Other pre-requisite activities
The teaching units below may be added to the student's program if they are admitted on a case-by-case basis. The choice of these units will be made in consultation with the study advisor.
FR q1  15h+15h  3 credits      
Catherine Legrand


FR q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Vincent Bremhorst (compensates Anouar El Ghouch)


FR q1  22.5h+15h  4 credits      
Eugen Pircalabelu


FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits      
Aurélie Bertrand (compensates Bernadette Govaerts)
, Nathalie Lefèvre (compensates Bernadette Govaerts)
, Cédric Taverne (compensates Bernadette Govaerts)


FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits      
Johan Segers


EN q1 or q2  20h  3 credits      
Stéphanie Brabant
, Julie Callens
, Julie Crombois
, Estelle Dagneaux
, Aurélie Deneumoustier
, Marie Duelz
, Claudine Grommersch
, Sandrine Mulkers (coord.)
, Emeline Pierre (compensates Sandrine Mulkers)
, Marc Piwnik (coord.)
, Florence Simon
, Françoise Stas
, Anne-Julie Toubeau
, Marine Volpe


Optional Other EU to be determined with the Study Advisor
Depending on his / her previous academic background, the student (in consultation with the study advisor) can add other UEs in order to acquire the necessary prerequisites for the program.