Additional courses (preparatory module) to the master course

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.


To be admitted to the master's degree in interpreting, students must first have mastered certain subjects. If the previous degree did not cover these subjects, the jury will add the necessary additional courses, known as “complementary modules,” to the first year of the student's master's program.
The complementary module is a set of teaching units (UE) belonging to the first cycle of studies, the bachelor's degree in translation and interpreting.
The complementary module is a set of teaching units (UE) from the first cycle of studies, the bachelor's degree in translation and interpreting. It is worth a maximum of 60 credits and is tailored to the student by the master's jury. It aims to provide students with the fundamental knowledge necessary to successfully begin and complete the master's program (120 credits) in interpreting.

As the bachelor's degree in translation and interpreting is not offered at the Louvain-la-Neuve campus, students take the courses added to their master's program in
interpreting at UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Brussels, at the Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (TIMB).
The standard program consists mainly of translation and interpreting courses in the two languages chosen by the student. Each student will receive an individual program based on their previous studies.


UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Brussels undertakes to make every effort to ensure that students can participate in all the learning activities of their complementary program, without however being able to guarantee the compatibility of the schedules of these learning activities.


The terms and conditions for participation and assessment of the learning activities in question are defined by UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Brussels.


Mandatory Additional courses (preparatory module) to the master course
Optional BMHFR1121  French : Linguistics
FR q1  45h  5 credits      
FR q1  15h+30h  5 credits      
FR q2  15h+15h  5 credits      
Optional BMHCG1141  Law
FR q2  60h  5 credits      
FR q1  45h  5 credits      
Optional BMHCG1251  Economy
FR q2  45h+15h  5 credits      
FR q1  15h  2 credits      
FR q2  30h+15h  3 credits      
Optional BMHCG1282  Outils informatiques
FR q1  0h+30h  2 credits      
FR q2  30h  3 credits      
Optional BMHNE1342  Dutch: Culture
NL q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BMHNE1352  Dutch : Translation
NL q2  45h  5 credits      
Optional BMHAL1342  German: Culture
DE q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BMHAL1353  German: Interpreting
DE q2  45h  5 credits      
Optional BMHES1342  Spanish: Culture
ES q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BMHES1352  Spanish: Translation
ES q2  45h  5 credits      
Optional BMHES1353  Spanish: Interpreting
ES q2  45h  5 credits      
Optional BMHRU1342  Russian: Culture
RU q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BMHRU1352  Russian : Translation
RU q2  45h  5 credits      
RU q2  45h  5 credits