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

ATTENTION: Register for this programme through the institution responsible for its administrative management, i.e. ULB, not through the UCLouvain Enrolment Office. 

 

This program is open to students :

1) On the basis of their degree : holders of the following degrees :

"Ingénieur civil" of the French-speaking community
"Burgerlijk ingenieur" of the Dutch-speaking community
"Ingénieur civil polytechnique" of l'Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels
"Burgerlijk ingenieur polytechnicus" of the "Koninklijke Militaire School", Bruxelles

2) On the basis of a decision taken by the teaching committee (of this program) in function of an evaluation of the previous studies and experience of the candidates : candidates with another second cycle university degree or a degree from another institute of higher education of the French-speaking or Dutch-speaking communities (viz. Bio-ingénieur, Bio-ingenieur, Ingénieur civil architecte, Burgerlijk Ingenieur Architect, Licencié en Sciences, Licenciaat in Wetenschappen, Ingénieur Industriel, Industriëel Ingenieur,...)

3) Candidates with a foreign higher education degree may be admitted within the limits stipulated in the Decrees (Decree of the French-speaking Community of 31 March 2004 on the definition of higher education and its integration in the European system of higher education and the refinancing of universities ; corresponding Decrees of the Dutch-speaking Community), following evaluation and approval by the Teaching Committee and respecting the regulations and procedures of the universities participating in the program.

4) Holders of the new degrees (Master ingénieur civil and Master in ingenieurswetenschappen) awarded according to the above-mentioned decrees will have the same rights as soon as these degrees have been awarded by Belgian universities.

Students may enrol in the participating university of their choice. Students' candidacies will first be submitted to the Teaching Committee of the BNEN which will then make a recommendation in function of the criteria set out above. 
 

ATTENTION: Register for this programme through the institution responsible for its administrative management, i.e. ULB, not through the UCLouvain Enrolment Office. 

 

Accessible to adults

 

A significant number of the students (about half) are young engineers professionally involved in the Belgian nuclear sector. The complementary degree will give them access to positions of responsibility.

The advanced electives are in part intended as continuing training and are open to foreign participants.

To make it easier for adults to take these courses, they are given as modules. Each course runs from several days to two or three weeks according to its size (number of credits). The timetable is meticulously arranged in advance to enable students engaged in professional life to manage their time between courses and work in consultation with their employer. In addition, these students may spread their program over two years.