Access Requirements

General access requirements

Translated from  https://www.gallilex.cfwb.be/fr/leg_res_01.php?ncda=39681&referant=l02

Art. 112. of the "Décret définissant le paysage de l'enseignement supérieur et l'organisation académique des études" :

§ 1. In accordance with the general requirements established by the academic authorities, students who have:

1. a master’s degree;

2. an academic degree similar to the one mentioned in the preceding paragraph awarded by a higher education institution in the Flemish Community or the German-speaking Community, or by the Royal Military Academy, by virtue of a decision of the academic authorities and in accordance with any additional requirements they may establish;

3. a foreign academic degree recognised as equivalent to those mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 pursuant to this decree, a European directive, an international convention or other legislation, in accordance with the same requirements.

The additional admission requirements referred to in paragraph 2 are intended to ensure that the student has acquired the knowledge and skills required for the studies in question. When the additional admission requirements consist of one or more additional course units, these may not represent more than 60 additional credits for the student, taking into account all the credits that he or she may otherwise use for admission. These course units are part of the student’s study programme.

§ 2. In accordance with the general requirements established by the academic authorities, a student who holds a title, diploma, degree or certificate of higher education, in the French Community or outside it, which does not grant him or her eligibility for admission to a specialised master’s course by virtue of the preceding paragraph, may nevertheless be admitted by the jury of the course in question, in accordance with the additional requirements that it establishes, if the totality of the higher education that he or she has completed or the expertise that he or she has acquired is valued by the jury to be at least 240 credits.

§ 3. By way of derogation from these general requirements, the academic authorities may also admit to a specialised master’s course holders of a title, diploma, degree or certificate awarded outside the French Community which, in that system of origin, grants direct eligibility for postgraduate studies, even if the studies sanctioned by these credentials are not organised into distinct degree courses or within a time period of at least five years.

Specific access requirements

The specific eligibility criteria for this programme are as follows:

Applicants must hold a Belgian master in laws or a foreign law degree that is considered equivalent, and must have obtained high grades during their studies.

The jury may also grant access to the programme to holders of other Belgian master degrees or other foreign degrees that are considered equivalent, if in its judgment the programme at stake included a significant legal dimension, and provided that students obtained high grades during their studies.

Eligibility is determined by the jury based on all elements in their admission file. Inter alia, it takes into account: the profile of previous education, a possible professional experience to the extent it is deemed relevant and significant, the motivation and training objectives, as well as the level of command of English (and, at the very least for the private international law option, of French).

Students who have a parallel professional occupation (lawyers, diplomats posted in Brussels, EU officials, etc.) may be authorized to break down their programme over two academic years, in accordance with UCLouvain rules.

Applications must be submitted in accordance with general rules of UCLouvain, using the online procedure.