Uiversity of Leuve Iteratioal Programmes 2014
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 i the heart of Europe, 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. 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. www.kuleuve.be/educatio 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. www.kuleuve.be/research Iteratioal orietatio KU Leuve is home to a vibrat commuity of iteratioal scholars spread out over its various campuses. 14% of the uiversity s 54,000 studets are iteratioal, represetig 140 coutries. KU Leuve s Doctoral Schools provide iter - atioally orieted PhD tracks for more tha 4,000 doctoral studets. KU Leuve works with a select umber of high-quality parter istitutios worldwide ad stimulates purposeful iteratioal mobility ad itesive research cooperatio. It cotiually strives to itegrate the local ad iteratioal studet ad research commuities o all its campuses through a variety of programmes ad activities. The tow is woderful, the cost of livig maageable, the educatio top-level, the locatio for travellig exceptioal ad the coutry beautiful. Sarah - KU Leuve studet from Caada
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. Campuses across Fladers As of 2013, KU Leuve also offers degree programmes at various campuses i 11 Belgia cities. Amog the Eglishlaguage offerigs are the BSc i Idustrial Scieces (Campus Group T, Leuve), the Europea Master of Food Sciece, Techology ad Nutritio (Ghet) ad the Master of Iteratioal Busiess Ecoomics ad Maagemet (Brussels). www.kuleuve.be/campuses 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. OSTEND BRUGES ANTWERP GEEL GHENT SINT-KATELIJNE-WAVER AALST KORTRIJK BRUSSELS LEUVEN DIEPENBEEK KU Leuve campuses with Eglish-laguage course offerigs. Fladers Walloia
Bachelor s programmes www.kuleuve.be/iteratioalprogrammes CREDITS LOCATION URL BSc i Idustrial Scieces 180 Leuve (Group T) kuleuve.be/ba/bis 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 Did you kow KU Leuve cosistetly raks i the top 100 uiversities worldwide i all major iteratioal rakigs. 140 atioalities are represeted at KU Leuve. KU Leuve has lauched more tha 100 spi-off compaies. KU Leuve is a foudig member of the League of Europea Research Uiversities (LERU). Uiversity Hospitals Leuve, the uiversity s etwork of research hospitals, receives 2 millio visitors each year. Vesalius, Erasmus ad Mercator all called KU Leuve home. More recet alumi iclude Herma Va Rompuy, Presidet of the Europea Coucil, ad Has Bruyickx, Executive Director of the Europea Eviromet Agecy. The uiversity works closely with imec, the world-leadig aoelectroics research cetre headquartered at the uiversity s Sciece, Egieerig & Techology campus. KU Leuve has more tha 20 iteratioal studet orgaisatios i additio to faculty uios ad LOKO, the umbrella studet orgaisatio.
Master s programmes www.kuleuve.be/iteratioalprogrammes Sciece, Egieerig ad Techology CREDITS LOCATION URL MSc i Astroomy ad Astrophysics 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emaastr MSc i Biology 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/emabiol MSc i Biophysics, Biochemistry ad Biotechology 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 (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 Egieerig: Computer Sciece 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mecs MSc i Materials Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mme MSc i Mathematical Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mmae MSc i Mechaical Egieerig 120 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mmee 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: Electroics 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 90 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 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 Postgraduate Programme i Eterprisig 60 Leuve (Group T) kuleuve.be/pg/pge Postgraduate Programme i Logistics Maagemet 60 Leuve (Group T) kuleuve.be/pg/pglm Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme * As of 2014-2015 these programmes will most likely merge ito the MSc i Agro- ad Ecosystems Egieerig.
Biomedical Scieces 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 Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme Humaities ad Social Scieces CREDITS LOCATION URL 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 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 America Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mas MA i Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericaos 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/iber MA i Medieval ad Reaissace Studies 60 Leuve kuleuve.be/ma/mrs Postgraduate Executive Summer School Social Security 20 Leuve kuleuve.be/pg/pgessss EMT Postgraduate Programme i Specialised Traslatio 60 Atwerp kuleuve.be/pg/pgst (Thomas More) Master s programme Advaced Master s programme Erasmus Mudus Master s programme Iteratioal Course programme
Doctoral Schools KU Leuve s three doctoral schools provide PhD studets with high-quality istructio ad support embedded i a stimulatig iteratioal research eviromet. Uder the guidace of oe or more doctoral advisors, each PhD studet pursues a doctoral curriculum tailored to his or her research iterests ad professioal goals. PhD studets have access to excellet research facilities ad studet services. I additio to academic, research-related coursework, all doctoral curricula iclude trasferable skills traiig i topics such as effective commuicatio, etrepreeurial skills ad leadership. The three doctoral schools welcome a total of 4,590 PhD studets, of which 39% are iteratioal. Areberg Doctoral School of Sciece, Egieerig ad Techology Goals: Areberg Doctoral School stimulates youg researchers i their edeavour to acquire scietific ad techological kowledge ad provides them with guidace ad assistace i carryig out this scietific missio. Careers: Our PhD studets become researchers with the cofidece ad pride of a professioal. They coduct research ad establish collaboratios both withi academia ad with exteral private ad public parters. Fields of specialisatio: Life scieces, computig ad iformatio sciece, evirometal sustaiability, huma settlemets, agriculture, food research, geomics ad biomaterials, aosciece ad aofabricatio, advaced materials, eergy ad optimisatio set.kuleuve.be/phd Leuve Iteratioal Doctoral School of Biomedical Scieces Goals: 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. Fields of specialisatio: 12 thematic programmes o offer. Cofers PhDs i biomedical scieces, pharmaceutical scieces, rehabilitatio scieces ad physiotherapy ad kiesiology Careers: Our PhD studets go o to academic ad professioal careers i the may sectors that touch o biomedical scieces, icludig academia, medicie, biomedicie, healthcare services, pharmaceutics, research ad developmet, teachig ad busiess. gbiomed.kuleuve.be/phd Leuve Iteratioal Doctoral School for the Humaities ad Social Scieces Goals: To educate youg scholars with a ope, iquisitive ad critical worldview ad to prepare them to assume a meaigful role i society both i ad beyod the academic world. Careers: Our PhD studets go o to academic ad professioal careers i iteratioal busiess, public policy, NGOs, jouralism, creative life, commuicatios ad elsewhere. Fields of specialisatio: 25 PhD programmes icludig philosophy, psychology, theology, law ad crimiology, cao law, educatioal studies, ecoomics ad busiess ecoomics, arts ad social scieces. ghum.kuleuve.be/phd
Admissio requiremets Scholarships KU LEUVEN INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS AND MOBILITY UNIT Naamsestraat 63 box 5001 3000 LEUVEN, Belgium admissios@kuleuve.be www.kuleuve.be/eglish Graduate studies at KU Leuve are divided ito three categories: iitial master s, advaced master s ad doctoral studies. Degree requiremets vary by category ad programme. I most cases, to qualify for admissio to a iitial master s programme, you must hold a appropriate udergraduate degree (usually a bachelor s degree) cosistig of at least three years of full-time, uiversity-level studies. To qualify for admissio to a advaced master s programme, you are expected to hold a master s degree. To qualify for admissio to a doctoral programme, you must hold a master s degree ad have sought out a doctoral advisor (i Dutch, a promotor ) willig to supervise your doctoral studies. Fial admissio decisios are made o a per-programme basis by the Board resposible for that particular programme. Studets must meet the admissio requiremets specific to their chose programme of study. www.kuleuve.be/iteratioalprogrammes Studets are expected 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. Miimum laguage requiremets vary by programme. See the laguage requiremets specific to your chose programme for more iformatio. Applicatio procedure ad deadlies Applicatio deadlies ca be foud at 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 2014-2015 academic year o 1 November 2013. For detailed istructios o compilig your applicatio, see www.kuleuve.be/applicatio 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: 610.60 per academic year (subject to chage without otice). I most cases, iteratioal studets pay the same tuitio as Belgia studets. At Campus Group T 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). www.kuleuve.be/tuitiofees For certai programmes eligible cadidates ca apply for a Erasmus Plus or VLIR-UOS scholarship. The EU-fuded Erasmus Plus 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. www.kuleuve.be/iteratioal www.scholarships.vliruos.be For geeral iformatio o scholarship opportuities, visit 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. 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. www.kuleuve.be/welcome The uiversity also boasts a rich offerig of cultural activities as well as fully-equipped sport facilities: www.kuleuve.be/culture/eglish www.kuleuve.be/sport/eglish For more iformatio, cotact: admissios@kuleuve.be www.facebook.com/leuveuiversity v.u.: Martie Torfs, Iteratioal Office, Naamsestraat 63 box 5001, 3000 LEUVEN, Belgium.