The objective of the bachelor's programme of Bioengineering is, first and foremost, to train the student in the basic disciplines within the domain of Life Sciences and Engineering Techniques which constitute the essential corner-stones of his integrated training as a bioengineer. These disciplines belong to five main domains : "Mathematics, Analysis and Data-Processing", "Sciences and Engineering of Matter and Processes", "Life Sciences," "Earth Sciences and Ecosystems" and "Human Sciences".

The first year of the bachelor's programme of Bioengineering helps the student to set his knowledge within the basic fundamental scientific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences. The student follows basic foundation courses equivalent to those of the students enrolled on a bachelor's programme in the domain of Natural Sciences.

During the next two years, while furthering his studies in life sciences, the student will also develop his skills. He will accomplish a one-month practical training in a given professional context and will start to focus his studies by choosing optional courses in one of the three main sectors of bioengineering : Agronomy, Chemistry and the Environment.

This first cycle of studies will also prepare the student to embark, with the necessary basic knowledge and skills, on the master programmes in the Faculty of Bioengineering, Agronomy and Environment, or even on other masters in UCL, other universities in Belgium or abroad.

This programme which leads to the title of "Bachelor of Engineering Sciences : Bioengineering", is composed of three years of studies. The training programme comprises different types of course activities : lectures, practical exercises, group work, individual work, tutorials, work experience and, of course, personal study.

1. Each course title is followed by a number indicating the number of hours the course represents per academic year. This number corresponds to lectures, unless a different teaching method (seminars, exercises) is mentioned in the course title. Where course activities (exercises, laboratory work or practical tasks) accompany one or several lectures, these are characterised by a second volume of hours per year. The course timetable is available at the secretary's office of the Faculty.
2. The number in brackets next to the number of course hours, relates to the total number of credits attributed to the course activity. This unit is a measure of the student's global workload for one year of studies and corresponds to the unit used by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). A full study year includes 60 credits. The sign (~) refers to the description of the training activity, available on the web site, when the credits differ for the study years or for the options of the same programme.

Information on credits not indicated on the study programme can be obtained from the secretary's office of the Faculty.

• Mathematics, analysis and data-processing
• Sciences and Engineering of Matter and Processes
• Life Sciences
• Earth Sciences and Ecosystems
• Human Sciences

• "Agronomy" option
• "Chemistry" option
• "Environment" option

Different procedures are followed for the evaluation of the knowledge and skills acquired during the study programme; these are adapted to the nature of each course: ongoing evaluation, particularly in the case of practical tasks and individual and group projects, and global evaluation (in written and/or oral form) during the exam sessions.

Successful completion of the1st year allows direct access not only to the second year in Bioengineering, but also to the second year of the bachelor's programmes in Biological, Chemical or Geographical Sciences.

Upon successful completion of his bachelor's studies, the student will be entitled access to three master's programmes, in the context of the second cycle of studies of the Faculty of Bioengineering, Agronomy and Environment :

Bioengineering : Agronomical Sciences, Bioengineering : Chemistry and Bio-industries Bioengineering : Sciences and Technologies of the Environment.

In addition, the student will also be able to access other master's programmes organised in other UCL faculties or in other universities in Belgium or abroad, subject to possible prerequisites specified for the programme in question.

Academic Secretary and Study Advisor : Jacques Mahillon

Year Coordinators :

• 1st year : Bernard Knoops and Yves Dufrêne
• 2nd year : Frédéric Gaspart
• 3rd year : Pierre Bertin

President : Paul Rouxhet

Secretaries : André Lejeune (1st year); Patrick Bogaert (2nd year); P. Bertin (3rd year)