-
Core courses [60.0]
The Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language will no longer be offered starting in 2026–2027. Students who were enrolled no later than 2025–26 may re-enroll and have two years to complete it. It will remain accessible in 2026–27 to second-year students from Fu Jen Catholic University and Hanoi University as part of the joint degree agreements with these two universities. A Specialized Master’s (post-master's degree) in French as a Foreign Language will be launched in 2026–2027.
The study program (blocks 1 and 2) below is based on the latest reform of the Master's degree in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language, and applies to students enrolling for the first time in September 2025 in the 1st year of the Master's degree in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language.
Students enrolled in the 1st year of the Master's program during the 2024-2025 academic year who have not acquired all the credits in their annual program will follow a program adapted by the jury according to the credits acquired.
Students who began their course before September 2025 will follow the old program, but with content adjustments following the reform. The adapted program for these students will be drawn up by the jury on the basis of the teaching units already taken and passed.More information on the transition program: https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/elal/programmes-de-transition.html
Dissertation
(27 credits)
Common courses
(30 credits)
One course, depending on the bachelor's degree course(s) taken
(3 credits)
-
Professional Focus [30.0]
Content:
Language courses
(5 credits)
Language course to be chosen in a language not known to the student, preferably relatively distant from the languages he/she already knows. A reflective analysis of the learning experience will be integrated into the expectations and assessment of course LFLE2620 “Acquisition d'une langue étrangère : théories et applications”.
-
Options
-
Optional courses [30.0]
Content:
The student chooses 2 to 4 courses from 2 of the headings below, for a total of 6 courses.
Complement in language and literacy didactics
LLMOD2921
Technology-enhanced language teaching and learning seminar
To follow this course, a B2 level in English is required
Research methods in linguistics and educational sciences
Linguistics and sociolinguistics
LENG2723
English linguistics: sociolinguistics
To follow this course, a B2 level in English is required
LLMOD2719
Typology and contrastive linguistics
To follow this course, a B2 level in English is required
LENG2823
English lexis : Applied linguistic perspectives
To follow this course, a B2 level in English is required
Literature and culture
-
Médiation, culture et traductologie (co-diplômation avec Fu Jen Catholic University) [15.0]
Content:
-
International mobility
As part of their studies, students are encouraged to :
- spend a semester (30 credits) studying at one of our many partner universities. Information on these programs can be found at https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/etudiant-fial-en-echange- take one or more courses (maximum 3) offered by FIAL partners abroad. This internationalization of training takes place :
· either through mobility (stay at a partner university),
· or by taking these courses online,
· or by taking a course at UCLouvain which is offered by the faculty to a wider, international audience, as well as to its own students.
The list of courses offered in this way can be found on the https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/je-fais-une-mobilite-courte page.
Students can add these courses to their curriculum throughout the academic year, within the limits set out in the regulations.
Content:
-
-
Preparatory Module
(only for students who qualify for the course via complementary coursework)
To access this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, in the first annual block of their Masters programme, students must take supplementary classes chosen by the faculty to satisfy course prerequisites.
What is a preparatory module?
It is a set of supplementary classes (courses, practical works, seminars, etc.) from the first cycle (see the non-exhaustive list below). The complementary module (maximum 60 credits) is tailor-made by the jury according to the student's educational background and added to the Master’s programme in order to acquire fundamental knowledge to then pursue the 120 credits of the Master’s programme.
Who is it for?
- Students from a non-university higher education institution
- Candidates admitted with additional training
- Candidates admitted on the file with additional training
All the explanations are in this document (in French).
Linguistics
(30 credits)
Literature
(30 credits)
deux cours parmi:
French reinforcement
At the jury's discretion, students whose French still needs to be improved may be asked to take one or more of the following French language reinforcement courses in place of another course (the additional module will not exceed 60 credits).
FRq1 or q2 60h 5 credits
Teacher(s):
> Cécile Ibarra (compensates Christine Renard)
> Florence Simon (coord.)
FLE2M - Louvain-la-Neuve
Students who do not hold a bachelor's degree from UCLouvain in Languages and Literature choose one of the three courses.