Academic Supervisors : Annie Robert et Dominique Maiter

Tel. 027643321

E-mail : annie.robert@epid.ucl.ac.be

Contact person : Elisabeth Coppe

Tel. 027645034

E-Mail coppe@smd.ucl.ac.be

The aim of this orientation is to train professionals in the domain of clinical research which invoves the patient and the illness more as a subject of observation and hypothesis. These studies essentially relate to pathology, pharmacology and notions of analysis of clinical groups.

This orientation adresses, in particular, student who have successfully completed their first university study cycle ("candidature") in Biomedical, Medical or Pharmaceutical Sciences.

For all complementary information concerning the studies, please addresse the Vice-President of the programme management committee or the secretary's office of the school.

The "licence" programmes are accessible to the following students :

• holders of the "candidat" diploma in Biomedical Sciences, Medecine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Agronomic Sciences and Sciences (Biological, Chemical and Veterinary), from a Belgian or a Luxembourg university;
• holders of a university diploma juged to be equivalent in domains other than those mentioned above subject to analysis of the application ;
• holders of a non-university higher diploma ("gradué") in Chemistry, clinical chemistry, medical biology or dietetics subject to passing an admission exam and adding a possible complement of studies for 150 hours maximum ;
• those who have passed the first two years of the "candidature" in medecine, subject to the approval of the Committee of Biomedical Sciences and a complement of studies.

The admission procedures and inscription at the University are detailed in the "General Information" pamphlet of the study Programme.

[partim pharmacokinetics : 15 hours]

[partim: 30 hours of lectures]

[partim 35 hours, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology]

[partim special pharmacology : 30h]

one of the 3 following courses subject to registering at the Biomedical Sciences secretary's office

Language Course

60 hours minimum for the year, to be chosen in agreement with the promoter and the programme management committee.

Students with a non-university higher education diploma who have successfully completed their admission exam may, depending on their previous studies, have to add a supplement of maximum 150 hours to their programme in the first or second cycle at the school, with the approval of the programme manager.

The information concerning this apprenticeship are available at the secretariy's office.

This apprenticeship takes place during the programme of the 2nd year of the first cycle of university studies ("candidature") in Biomedical Sciences, but can be validated at the end of the 1st year of the "licence" programme at the latest.

C.f. SBIC 22

[partim]

Students with a "candidat" diploma in medecine are dispensed from this course.

60 hours minimum for the year, to be chosen with the agreement of the promoter and the programme management committee.

This thesis consists of a personal scientific piece of work in the domain of clinical research and written, at least in part, in a unit of the Faculty of Medecine or in one of the University clinic services at Saint-Luc, in Mont Godinne, or a hospital network (CRHU), under the scientific responsibility of a member of the permanent academic or scientific personnel of UCL. The writing of the thesis involves at least 90 hours of seminars, work meetings or supervised practical work, under the responsibility of the promoter.

In the case where, after the agreement of the management committee, the thesis is carried out in another faculty, in a non-university centre of research, or in industry, a member of the management committee will intervene in the supervision of the thesis in the capacity of co-promoter. The work on the thesis will begin as from the first year of the licence (SBIC 21). The domain in which it will be written will be communicated to the committee with the written agreement of the promoter by 30th November of the first year of the programme, at the latest.

[partim theory of nervous diseases, 30 hours]

Parts of the course, depending on the topic of the thesis, from the PhD sectors in medecine ( cardio-vascular, respiratory, infectious diseases, digestive, locomotor, urology-nephrology, endocrinology and hematology-cancerology sectors) may be chosen as options. Students are invited to consult the 1st and 2nd year PhD programmes in Medecine.

[partim 22,5 hours]

Besides the programmes of the 3rd cycle and the PhD, organised by the School of Biomedical Sciences, the graduate students in Biomedical Sciences also have access to the programmes organised in other schools or institutes, including the following :

- specialised study diploma in Environment Sciences and Management (ENVI3DS)

- specialised study diploma in Health Sciences, Public Health orientation (clinical research option) (ESP3DS/EP)

- specialised study diploma in Statistics ( Epidemiology and Biostatistics orientation) (STAT3DA)