Access Requirements

1° Student must hold a first level university degree.

2° To have achieved, in the two Germanic languages that students wish to study in their master's programme, a receptive communicative competence (oral and written) and a productive communicative competence (oral and written) of level B2+ ('higher advanced level') of the Common European Framework of Reference.

3° In addition to the above-mentioned language skills, to have developed, in the two Germanic languages that students wish to study in their master's programme, the following skills in the context of their previous academic training:

• a linguistic competence (the study of grammar and its components);
• a literary competence (history of literature, analysis and interpretation of literary texts);
• a cultural competence in the broadest sense (the study of the "civilization" of the countries where both Germanic languages are spoken: historical data and contemporary realities);
• a discursive competence (argumentation and scientific writing);

at the end of a bachelor's programme including at least the following 108 specific credits:

• 18 credits of general training (philosophy, history, arts, language sciences, criticism of sources, etc.);
• 50 credits in language, linguistics, literature and civilization in the first Germanic language;
• 40 credits of language, linguistics, literature and civilization in the second Germanic language.

The 30 credits from Minor in German Studies, Minor in English Studies or Minor in Dutch Studies satisfy these requirements.

In the absence of sufficient training in one or more of these subjects, supplementary classes will be integrated into the master's programme (from 15 credits to a maximum of 60 credits). This preparatory module is established by the jury on the basis of the student's previous course of study.

4° Students wishing to pursue a master's degree with a teaching focus must have a degree of the French Community of Belgium; 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 B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (for further information, visit https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/french-language-master-teaching.html).

General remark concerning the choice of languages

The Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English involves continuing with the two languages studied in the bachelor's programme, whether these languages were studied as part of the major or as part of a minor in Germanic language.

> It is possible, under certain conditions, to use one's personal and professional experience to enter a university course without having the required qualifications. However, validation of prior experience does not automatically apply to all courses. Find out more about Validation of priori experience.

Candidates who do not fulfil the abovementioned admission requirements, but who have duly attested significant experience relevant to the field of study in question, may apply for admission to the programme on the basis of an individualised admission procedure.

For more information on the procedure for admission by validation of learning from experience (VAE) in the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters: https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/valorisation-des-acquis-de-l-experience-vae.html.

Access based on application : access may be granted either directly or on the condition of completing additional courses of a maximum of 60 ECTS credits, or refused.

Conditions of access based on application 2024-2025 of the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters are available in this document (in French).