Uiversity of Leuve Iteratioal Programmes 2013 Tourism Leuve
Fouded i 1425, the Uiversity of Leuve (KU Leuve) has bee a cetre of learig for almost six ceturies. Today, it is Belgium s largest ad highest-raked uiversity as well as oe of the oldest ad most reowed uiversities i Europe. As a leadig Europea research uiversity ad co-fouder of the League of Europea Research Uiversities (LERU), KU Leuve offers a wide variety of programmes i Eglish supported by high-quality iterdiscipliary research carried out at both the uiversity ad its iteratioally acclaimed hospitals. Boastig a outstadig cetral locatio, KU Leuve offers a truly iteratioal experiece, high-quality educatio, world-class research ad cuttig-edge iovatio. High-quality educatio Excellece i educatio ad excellece i research go had i had. KU Leuve s study programmes are research-based, which esures that studets acquire academic competeces while also developig a critical ad research-orieted attitude. Flexibility ad state-of-the-art techology are itegral to each study programme. A KU Leuve degree offers a sigificat competitive advatage ad is highly valued aroud the world. The ECTS quality label guaratees that all credits obtaied at KU Leuve are trasparet ad fully trasferable. u www.kuleuve.be/educatio Cuttig-edge iovatio ad R&D KU Leuve Research & Developmet (LRD) is the techology trasfer office of KU Leuve. Established i 1972 as oe of the first techology trasfer offices i Europe, LRD has a log traditio of collaboratig with idustry, patetig, licesig ad creatig spi-off compaies. LRD is dedicated to valorisig research, buildig bridges betwee sciece ad idustry, ad trasferrig kowledge ad techologies to the marketplace. u lrd.kuleuve.be World-class research KU Leuve strives to build o its strog iteratioal reputatio for research excellece. As a comprehesive uiversity, it pursues curiosity-drive ad strategic frotier research as well as targeted ad demad-drive research, all i a iterdiscipliary eviromet. KU Leuve is a foudig member of the League of Europea Research Uiversities (LERU), a select group of distiguished research-itesive uiversities that sets the toe for research i Europe. KU Leuve has a strog record of securig fudig from the most select competitive research fuds, icludig the prestigious ERC Grats awarded by the Europea Research Coucil. KU Leuve raks fifth i total fudig uder the EU Seveth Framework Programme after Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College ad ETH Zurich. KU Leuve s research output cosistetly raks amog the Europea top. u www.kuleuve.be/research Iteratioal orietatio KU Leuve is home to a vibrat commuity of iteratioal scholars. 15.5% of the uiversity s 40,000 studets are iteratioal, comig from 140 coutries. KU Leuve s Doctoral Schools provide iteratioally orieted PhD tracks for more tha 4,000 doctoral studets. The Iteratioal Admissios ad Mobility Uit coordiates admissios, orietatio, itercultural guidace ad social activities for iteratioal scholars. Leuve is a very iteratioally orieted city with a ope spirit. The city is always alive - a real studet tow. Deis, doctoral studet i electrical egieerig from Taiwa
I my coutry, Portugal, the ame Lovaia (Leuve) is oe of the best ad most prestigious ames whe you speak about uiversities. José Mauel Barroso, Presidet of the Europea Commissio Leuve: a kowledge exus KU Leuve is located i the city of Leuve i the regio of Fladers, the Dutch-speakig part of Belgium. Leuve is a moder, bustlig ad safe studet city with a log ad rich history. Cultural ad recreatioal opportuities aboud. The city s cetral locatio offers a truly iteratioal experiece. Major Europea capitals such as Brussels, Paris, Lodo ad Amsterdam are oly a (very) short trai jourey away. Leuve s cocetratio of brai capital, its excellet ifrastructure ad its coveiet locatio i the heart of Europe create a excitig ad creative climate for research ad iovatio. Leuve has established itself as oe of Europe s techology hot-spots ad, together with Cambridge ad Heidelberg, is part of Health Axis Europe, a alliace dedicated to stimulatig iovatio ad competitio i healthcare techology. Campuses across Fladers Sice its foudig, KU Leuve had bee geographically cetred i the city that shares its ame. Followig the Bologa Process of 1999, the ladscape chaged. I October 2013, the academic degree programmes of 9 parter istitutios will itegrate ito the uiversity. KU Leuve will thus offer degree programmes at campuses i 11 cities, icludig Brussels. I total, 42 degree programmes represetig 13,000 studets ad 1,200 staff members are itegratig. 11 of these programmes taught at six KU Leuve campuses (see map below) are offered i Eglish. u www.kuleuve.be/campuses GHENT SINT-KATELIJNE-WAVER BRUSSELS LEUVEN KU Leuve campuses with Eglish-laguage course offerigs.
Doctoral Schools Sciece, Egieerig ad Techology The Areberg Doctoral School of Sciece, Egieerig ad Techology stimulates doctoral researchers i their edeavour to acquire scietific ad techological kowledge i a four-year PhD track. We do this ot oly by providig a stimulatig research eviromet, but also by esurig that our PhD studets optimally develop the persoal ad professioal skills eeded to further develop a career. Our PhD studets become researchers with the cofidece ad pride of a professioal ad develop a ability to coduct research ad establish collaboratios both withi academia ad with exteral private ad public parters. Our PhD studets advace the frotiers of kowledge ad combie this scietific edeavour with valuable professioal experiece. Our research topics spa all fields of sciece ad techology, icludig the Life Scieces, Computig ad Iformatio Sciece, Evirometal Sustaiability, Huma Settlemets, Agriculture, Food Research, Geomics ad Biomaterials, Naosciece ad Naofabricatio, Advaced Materials, Eergy ad Optimisatio i Egieerig. u http://set.kuleuve.be/phd I thik Leuve is heave o earth for studets. Everybody is friedly, the tow is full of all kids of studets ad I ca safely walk the streets aloe at two o'clock i the morig. Chu Gog, PhD studet from Chia at imec
Biomedical Scieces The Leuve Iteratioal Doctoral School of Biomedical Scieces is a lively commuity of over 950 PhD studets, 250 doctoral advisors ad a dedicated admiistrative staff. Together, we strive to: Trai biomedical researchers to explore the fudametals of livig systems at all levels from gee to cell, body ad mid ad to leverage that kowledge to improve huma health. By urturig today's researchers, the Doctoral School of Biomedical Scieces cotributes to tomorrow s healthier world. Provide a itegrated framework for doctoral traiig that icludes basic biomedical research, cliical research ad public health research. We believe i cross-fertilisatio across disciplies ad techologies, ad betwee health care professioals ad scietists. We ecourage PhD studets to dyamically explore the lik betwee health ad disease. Give PhD studets the opportuity to follow the doctoral traiig curriculum, which provides ot oly academic but also techical, commuicative, persoal ad other skills eeded to successfully complete a doctoral project. Research-based traiig is the core of our doctoral educatio. I additio, formal ad iformal teachig via semiars, workshops ad other course compoets is also provided. These skills are trasferable ad prepare PhD studets for a future career iside or outside academia. Offer career perspectives for doctoral graduates i differet sectors. Researchers aspirig to a career i biomedical scieces will fid that Leuve provides a stimulatig eviromet i which to fulfil their academic ad professioal goals. The Leuve Iteratioal Doctoral School of Biomedical Scieces offers eleve thematic programmes ad awards doctoral degrees i Biomedical Scieces, Pharmaceutical Scieces, Rehabilitatio Scieces & Physiotherapy, ad Kiesiology. u http://gbiomed.kuleuve.be/phd Humaities ad Social Scieces The Leuve Iteratioal Doctoral School for the Humaities ad Social Scieces offers iteratioally orieted doctoral traiig programmes i a wide rage of domais, e.g. Philosophy, Psychology, Theology, Law ad Crimiology, Educatioal Studies, Ecoomics ad Busiess Ecoomics, Arts ad Social Scieces. PhD studets at KU Leuve beefit from high-quality istructio ad support urtured by high-level iteratioal research. Our PhD studets pursue a doctoral curriculum tailored to their research iterests ad professioal goals. Studets have access to our outstadig research facilities ad receive guidace from top researchers. The Doctoral School for the Humaities ad Social Scieces provides courses ad semiars geared toward developig our PhDs academic, professioal, commuicative, techical ad leadership skills. Our goal is to educate youg scholars with a ope, iquisitive ad critical view of the world ad its societies. A doctoral educatio from KU Leuve prepares PhDs to assume their place i ad resposibility toward society, both i ad beyod the academic world. Icreasigly, our graduates begi successful careers outside of academia i sectors such as iteratioal busiess, public policy, NGO s, jouralism, commuicatios ad elsewhere. u http://ghum.kuleuve.be/phd
Programme Overview CREDITS LOCATION URL BSc i Idustrial Scieces 180 Leuve (GroepT) kuleuve.be/ba/bis MSc i Astroomy ad Astrophysics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emaastr MSc i Biology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emabiol MSc i Molecular ad Cellular Biophysics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emabioph MSc i Chemistry 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emachem MSc i Geography 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emageogr MSc i Geology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emageol MSc i Mathematics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emamath MSc i Naosciece ad Naotechology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mnano MSc i Physics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emaphys MSc i Statistics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emastat Erasmus Mudus Master i Naosciece ad Naotechology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmnano Erasmus Mudus Master i Sustaiable Territorial Developmet 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmstede MSc i Biomedical Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mbiomeng MSc i Chemical Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mchemt MSc i Chemical Egieerig (Rheology) 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmeurheo MSc i Electrical Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mee MSc i Egieerig: Eergy 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/menergy EIT-KIC MSc i Eergy 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/eitkicmenergy MSc i Materials Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mme Erasmus Mudus Joit Master i Ecoomics ad Maagemet of Network Idustries 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmemin Erasmus Mudus Master i Theoretical Chemistry ad Computatioal Modellig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/tccm MSc i Idustrial Scieces: Biochemical Egieerig 60 Leuve (GroupT) kuleuve.be/ma/misbioch MSc i Idustrial Scieces: Chemical Egieerig 60 Leuve (GroupT) kuleuve.be/ma/mischem MSc i Idustrial Scieces: Electromechaical Egieerig 60 Leuve (GroupT) kuleuve.be/ma/miselmech MSc i Idustrial Scieces: Electroic Egieerig 60 Leuve (GroupT) kuleuve.be/ma/miselec Erasmus Mudus Master i Food Sciece, Techology ad Nutritio 120 Ghet (KAHO) kuleuve.be/ma/sefotechnut MSc i Architecture 120 Brussels (LUCA) kuleuve.be/ma/maeb MSc i Architecture 120 Ghet (LUCA) kuleuve.be/ma/maeg MSc i Bio-iformatics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/bioinf MSc i Earth Observatio 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/eo MSc i Food Techology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/iupfood MSc i Molecular Biology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/ipmb MSc i Tropical Natural Resources Maagemet 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/tropnrm MSc i Water Resources Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/iupware MSc i Space Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emaspace MSc i Artificial Itelligece 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mai MSc i Coservatio of Moumets ad Sites 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mcms MSc i Huma Settlemets 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mahs MSc i Nuclear Egieerig 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mnuclear MSc i Safety Egieerig 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/msafetyeng MSc i Idustrial Maagemet 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/maim MSc i Urbaism ad Strategic Plaig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mausp MSc i Weldig Egieerig 60 Sit-Katelije-Waver kuleuve.be/ma/weld (Thomas More) Postgraduate Programme i Biomedical Egieerig 39 Leuve kuleuve.be/pg/pgbiomeng Postgraduate Europea Module Spatial Developmet Plaig 30 Leuve kuleuve.be/pg/emsdp Bachelor s programme Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme
CREDITS LOCATION URL MSc i Biomedical Scieces 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mabms MSc i Rehabilitatio Scieces ad Physiotherapy 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/marehscph Erasmus Mudus Master i Adapted Physical Activity 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmapa Erasmus Mudus Master i Bioethics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emmbioethics MSc i Foresic Odotology 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mamforensic Postgraduate Studies i Advaced Medical Imagig 56 Leuve kuleuve.be/pg/pgadvmedim Postgraduate Studies i Pharmaceutical Research 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/pg/pgpharmres Bachelor s programme Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme CREDITS LOCATION URL BA i Theology ad Religious Studies 180 Leuve kuleuve.be/ba/batheology BA i Philosophy 180 Leuve kuleuve.be/ba/baphil BSc i Busiess Admiistratio 180 Brussels (HUBrussel) kuleuve.be/ba/bba MA i Theology ad Religious Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mtheology MA i Philosophy 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/maphil MA i Society, Law ad Religio 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mslr MSc i Crimiology 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mcrimy Master i Law 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mlaw MSc i Busiess Admiistratio 60 Brussels (HUBrussel) kuleuve.be/ma/mba MSc i Busiess Ecoomics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mbe MSc i Ecoomics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/me MSc i Iformatio Maagemet 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/minfm MSc i Iteratioal Busiess Ecoomics ad Maagemet 60 Brussels (HUBrussel) kuleuve.be/ma/mibem MA i Europea Studies: Trasatioal ad Global Perspectives 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/eurstudies MSc i Social ad Cultural Athropology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/antr Erasmus Master e Médiatio iterculturelle: idetités, mobilités, coflits 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mitra MA i Archeology 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mare MA i Cultural Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mcs MA e lague et littérature fraçaises 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/llf MA i Liguistics ad Literature: Eglish 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/lle MA i Wester Literature 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mwle MSc i Educatioal Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mes MA i Advaced Studies i Theology ad Religio 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mastheology Master of Philosophy (MPHIL) 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mphil MA Cao Law (Iuris Caoici Licetiatus) 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mcl Master of Laws i Europea Social Security 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mess Master of Laws i Eergy ad Evirometal Law 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/meel Master of Laws (LL.M.) 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/llm MSc i Advaced Busiess Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mabs MSc i Advaced Studies i Ecoomics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mase MSc i Fiacial ad Actuarial Egieerig 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mfae MSc i Fiacial Ecoomics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mfe MSc i Cultures ad Developmet Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/cades MSc i Europea Politics ad Policies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mepp MSc i Social Policy Aalysis 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/impalla MA i Advaced Studies i Liguistics 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/lin MA i Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericaos 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/iber MA i Medieval ad Reaissace Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mrs Bachelor s programme Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme
KU LEUVEN INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS AND MOBILITY UNIT Naamsestraat 63 box 5001 3000 LEUVEN, Belgium admissios@kuleuve.be www.kuleuve.be/eglish Admissio requiremets Scholarships You must hold a appropriate udergraduate uiversity degree to qualify for admissio to a iteratioal Master s programme at KU Leuve. You must hold a Master s degree i the field of study you pla to pursue at KU Leuve (or a related field) to qualify for admissio to a iteratioal advaced Master s programme at KU Leuve. Furthermore, you must also meet the admissio requiremets specific to your chose programme of study. u www.kuleuve.be/iteratioalprogrammes For certai programmes eligible cadidates ca apply for a Erasmus Mudus or VLIR-UOS scholarship. The EU-fuded Erasmus Mudus programme aims to ehace quality i higher educatio through scholarships ad academic cooperatio. VLIR-UOS, the Flemish Iteruiversity Coucil for Developmet Cooperatio, awards scholarships to studets from developig coutries to follow oe of the Iteratioal Course Programmes (ICPs) offered at KU Leuve. u www.kuleuve.be/iteratioal/ema2 ad u www.scholarships.vliruos.be We expect you to be proficiet i Eglish. All o-ative Eglish speakers are required to submit proof of Eglish proficiecy. KU Leuve curretly accepts TOEFL (ibt) ad IELTS test scores. See the laguage requiremets specific to your chose programme for miimum scores. We expect you to demostrate a high level of commitmet ad motivatio. Applicatio procedure ad deadlies Applicatio deadlies ca be foud at u www.kuleuve.be/applicatio Some programmes have a limited umber of places ad are very selective. We therefore recommed that you apply as soo as possible. KU Leuve begis acceptig applicatios for the 2013-2014 academic year o 1 November 2012. For detailed istructios o compilig your applicatio, see u www.kuleuve.be/applicatio u www.kuleuve.be/admissios Tuitio fees The Flemish Govermet s geerous co-fiacig system esures that tuitio fees for Bachelor s ad iitial Master s programmes remai relatively low: 596.30 per academic year (subject to chage without otice). I most cases, iteratioal studets pay the same tuitio as Belgia studets. At GroupT fees are higher for o-europea Ecoomic Area studets. Fees for advaced or specialised Master s programmes rage from 1000 to 8000 (subject to chage without otice). For geeral iformatio o scholarship opportuities, visit u www.kuleuve.be/scholarships Housig Leuve offers a wide rage of housig optios at reasoable prices. Most studets choose to ret a room (a kot ) i a privately-owed studet house with shared commo spaces ad facilities. The Uiversity Housig Office offers assistace regardig housig. The uiversity ows ad maages a umber of studet resideces but space is limited. Oly iteratioal studets holdig specific scholarships are eligible for rooms i subsidised uiversity resideces. u www.kuleuve.be/accommodatio Welcome to Leuve Leuve is a true studet city. Meetig ew people is easy. To help you settle i to your home away from home, KU Leuve orgaises a full programme of welcome ad orietatio activities. u www.kuleuve.be/welcome The uiversity also boasts a rich offerig of cultural activities as well as fully-equipped sport facilities: u www.kuleuve.be/culture/eglish ad u www.kuleuve.be/sport/eglish For more iformatio, cotact: admissios@kuleuve.be www.facebook.com/leuveuiversity u www.kuleuve.be/tuitiofees V.u.: Martie Torfs, Iteratioal Office, Naamsestraat 63 box 5001, 3000 LEUVEN, Belgium.