Access Requirements

General access requirements

Translated from  https://www.gallilex.cfwb.be/fr/leg_res_01.php?ncda=39681&referant=l02

Art. 112. of the "Décret définissant le paysage de l'enseignement supérieur et l'organisation académique des études" :

§ 1. In accordance with the general requirements established by the academic authorities, students who have:

1. a master’s degree;

2. an academic degree similar to the one mentioned in the preceding paragraph awarded by a higher education institution in the Flemish Community or the German-speaking Community, or by the Royal Military Academy, by virtue of a decision of the academic authorities and in accordance with any additional requirements they may establish;

3. a foreign academic degree deemed equivalent to the one mentioned in paragraph 1, in accordance with this Decree, a European directive, an international convention or other legislation, in accordance with the same requirements.

The additional admission requirements referred to in paragraph 2 are intended to ensure that the student has acquired the knowledge and skills required for the studies in question. When the additional admission requirements consist of one or more additional course units, these may not represent more than 60 additional credits for the student, taking into account all the credits that he or she may otherwise use for admission. These course units are part of the student’s study programme.

§ 2. In accordance with the general requirements established by the academic authorities, a student who holds a title, diploma, degree or certificate of higher education, in the French Community or outside it, which does not grant him or her eligibility for admission to a specialised master’s course by virtue of the preceding paragraph, may nevertheless be admitted by the jury of the course in question, in accordance with the additional requirements that it establishes, if the totality of the higher education that he or she has completed or the expertise that he or she has acquired is valued by the jury to be at least 240 credits.

§ 3. By way of derogation from these general requirements, the academic authorities may also admit to a specialised master’s course holders of a title, diploma, degree or certificate awarded outside the French Community which, in that system of origin, grants direct eligibility for postgraduate studies, even if the studies sanctioned by these credentials are not organised into distinct degree courses or within a time period of at least five years.

Specific access requirements

Specific conditions of access (art. 54 FIE decree)

"Only students who hold:

1° either a master's degree in educational sciences;

2° either a master's degree in teaching as defined in articles 43 and following, or a master's degree in teaching section 4 as defined in the present decree;

3° or a master's degree that corresponds to one of the required titles corresponding to one of the courses to be conferred as defined in annex 2 of the decree of 8 February 1999 on the functions and titles of teaching staff members of the Hautes Ecoles organised or subsidised by the French Community, the said course being part of the programme of direct or deferred initial training in teaching as defined in the present decree This master's degree is supplemented by the academic degree of master in teaching, section 5, defined in articles 29 et seq;

4° or, for members of staff intending to take charge, in the Higher Schools of the Arts, of teaching the didactics of one or more artistic courses, recognition of useful experience and reputation in accordance with the procedures defined in article 82, § 2, of the decree of 20 December 2001 laying down the specific rules for higher artistic education organised in Higher Schools of the Arts (organisation, financing, supervision, status of staff, rights and duties of students).

Additionally, Article 76 specifies:

“Individuals holding a master's degree as defined in Article 54, 3°, have access to the Advanced master in teacher education if this master's degree has a didactic focus or if it is supplemented by the title of certified secondary education teacher obtained within the framework of the decree of February 8, 2001, defining the initial training of certified secondary education teachers, or obtained under previous legislation."

Given that this program is based on the professional practice of the student (Axis 1) and that it will be necessary for the empirical dimension to be realized for Axis 2, it is strongly recommended that candidates for this Advanced master's degree have experience in teacher education”.