Coordinator : Patrick Willems

Contact person : Secretary's Office for the Institute of Physical Education and Rehabilitation

Tel. 010474418

The degree programme in Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation is accessible to students who :

• hold the first cycle of university studies diploma ("candidature") in Kinesitherapy ;
• hold a diploma in Kinesitherapy or a non-"candidature" diploma in Kinesitherapy, subject to passing an admission exam
• hold a non-university diploma in Kinesitherapy.

• are holders of the Belgian university degree in Physical Education or a diploma judged to be equivalent.

and a language course, according to choice

Students who prove they have sufficient capacity to actively communicative in another language than French are dispensed from doing the language course.

The student will choose one of the three following groups of options, totalling 90 hours.

Academic Supervisor : Jacques De Nayer

The second year of the second university study cycle ("licence") in Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation includes nine months of apprenticeship s to be carried out in university hospitals or approved centres, either by the IEPR-UCL, or by the FLOK-KUL (Fakulteit voor lichamelijk opvoeding en kinesitherapie), under the direction of the lecturers in Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation and the practical training supervisors. During these nine months of practical training, 150 hours of clinical demonstrations will be directly integrated into practical application and taken in charge by the practical training supervisors.

These apprenticeships will be divided up as follows :

• 4 months representing the compulsory apprenticeships must be carried out in services of neurology, orthopedics, respiratory kinesitherapy and ambulatory treatment or in private surgeries.
• 5 months of optional apprenticeships will be spread over the different remaining specialities in accordance with the affinities of the student. It may be that, in the context of his chosen options, the student will carry out one month's apprenticeship in line with the orientation selected in the first year of the programme.

The Institute has a policy of contacts with university hospital institutions and approved centres abroad. (France, Canada, Africa, Asia) and encourages the apprenticeships that the students wish to carry out there. These apprenticeships are evaluated separately and are documented in the form of reports.

The exam also includes the presentation of a thesis that the student will complete under the direction of a teaching member of UCL or a practical training supervisor.

This programme is accessible to holders of a Belgian university degree in Physical Education or a diploma judged to be equivalent.

The first year of the special programme in Kinesitherapy and Rehablititation also includes two days of observation to be carried out in a clinic or hospital under the auspices of the practical training supervisors.

The student will choose one of the three following groups of options, totalling 90 hours.

C.f. KINE22 programme

This title entitles access to the 3rd cycle of studies (masters) in Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation.