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Core courses [75.0]
Dissertation and dissertation seminar
(22 credits)
Stage en entreprise ou service citoyen
(20 credits)
LMULT2990
Work placement (468 h)
L'étudiant effectue un stage de 3 mois minimum dans une des deux langues majeures inscrites à son programme.
LMULT2991
Citizen service
L’étudiant participe pendant 6 mois à des activités et/ou projets dans au moins une des langues inscrites à son programme.
Language courses
(18 credits)
Students must choose, from each of the two groups, the courses for their major languages :
Listening comprehension and oral expression : specialized oral exercises
DE
q1
30h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Caroline Klein (coord.)
> Mélanie Mottin (compensates Caroline Klein)
Specialized written exercises
DE
q2
30h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Caroline Klein (coord.)
> Mélanie Mottin (compensates Caroline Klein)
General courses
(15 credits)
15 credits chosen from the following courses (at least one course of economics and one course of communication) :
Economics course
If certain courses have already been taken in a first cycle programme, they must be replaced with another course from the list and may not form the subject of exemptions.
Communication course
Other Bachelor's degree
Students who do not have a Bachelor's degree in Communication choose a maximum of 2 courses from:
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Sophie Del Fa (compensates François Lambotte)
> Damien Renard
> Damien Renard (compensates François Lambotte)
Sophie Del Fa (compensates François Lambotte), Damien Renard, Damien Renard (compensates François Lambotte)
Bachelor in Information and Communication
Students with a Bachelor in Information and Communication chooses a maximum of 2 communication courses from:
EN
q1
30h
5
credits
FR
q1
15h
5
credits
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Professional Focus : Languages for Business Communication [30.0]
This Professional focus develops communication skills in business in two languages (English, Dutch, German or French), as well as an understanding of the economic, legal, social and political situation in the relevant countries.
Content:
Students must choose 30 credits (15 per language) and take a minimum of 15 credits during the 1st annual block.
Oral communication strategies in a company
(12 credits)
12 credits chosen from :
DE
q1
15h+15h
3
credits
DE
q2
7.5h+15h
3
credits
Reading comprehension and lexical extension : economic and commercial texts
(8 credits)
Two courses chosen from :
LMULT2213
Reading comprehension and vocabulary extension: economic and commercial texts in German
Please note: This course will not be offered in 2026-27.
Economic, legal, social and political situation
(10 credits)
Two courses chosen from :
NL
q1
30h+15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Dag Houdmont
> Matthieu Sergier (compensates Philippe Hiligsmann)
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Options
The 15-credit options and/or optional courses enable students to develop certain skills in relation to their future career.
They choose:- either a 15-credit option;
- or optional courses worth 15 credits, subject to approval by the Examination Board Secretary and the Master's dissertation supervisor (students may, if they wish, study a third language at the Language Institute of the UCLouvain).
Note: Students choosing the Interdisciplinary Program in Entrepreneurship INEO must take between 20 and 30 course credits. In total, the Master's programme will in this case comprise more than 120 credits. Students who do not wish to take more than 120 credits are invited to choose another option or elective courses.
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Employment studies [15.0]
15 credits chosen from :
Content:
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Isabelle Ferreras
> Sebastian Alonso Perez Sepulveda (compensates Matthieu de Nanteuil)
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Strategic Communication [15.0]
Maximum 20 MULT students per year, selected by the jury on the basis of a letter of motivation sent to the president of the jury.
This option must be chosen in the second annual block.
Content:
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Communication: Journalism [15.0]
Content:
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
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Socio-educational communication [15.0]
Content:
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Communication: media literacy [15.0]
Maximum 10 MULT students per year, selected by the jury on the basis of a letter of motivation sent to the president of the jury.
Content:
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Political Science [15.0]
Content:
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Economics [15.0]
Students choosing this option are required to have taken the two economics courses from the core subjects or to have taken at least two economics courses in their bachelor's degree programme.
Content:
LECON2828
Structural change, inequality, and development
Course taught at UCLouvain / Course description available on UNamur ECONM828 / https://directory.unamur.be/teaching/courses/ECONM828
EN
q2
30h
5
credits
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Management [15.0]
Students choosing this option course are required to have taken the Minor in Management.
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Bedrijfscommunicatie [15.0]
This option must be followed at the KU Leuven.
Content:
NL
q1
26h
5
credits
NL
q1
39h
5
credits
NL
q1
39h
5
credits
NL
q1
26h
5
credits
EN
q1
39h
5
credits
EN
q2
26h
5
credits
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Spanish for Business Communication [15.0]
Content:
ES
q1
45h
5
credits
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Digital Culture and Ethics [15.0]
The digital has transformed our lives and culture to the extent to which everything takes place nowadays in “digital space,” as our own space, time, and existence are all deeply digitalized. In the “culture of connectivity,” the digital is ubiquitous, we are, one way or another, always online, while technology is no longer just ‘at hand’, but already intimately infiltrating and fusing with our thoughts, our sensations, and even our bodies.
The Digital Culture and Ethics Option offers courses focusing on such profound changes brought about by the digital in all walks of life and academic disciplines alike. It invites the students to reflect critically and creatively on the resulting large-scale evolutions and equips them with the right skills and tools for approaching their subject matters from cutting-edge and presently much needed, genuinely effective and encompassing perspectives.
The topics and practical applications taught in this option also open up the scope of our specialized fields to wider cross-disciplinary viewpoints, thus making us ready to be professionally versatile and successful in a deeply transformed digital world.
Content:
One course from the list below :
(5 credits)
LHIST2600
Digital Practices in History Professions
Ce cours est accessible uniquement à l'étudiant en
master en histoire ou ayant suivi la mineure en histoire.
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Interdisciplinary Program in Entrepreneurship - INEO
The interdisciplinary program in Entrepreneurship INEO extends over two annual blocks and is part of the Master's programme. Students choosing this program are brought together in cross-disciplinary teams to create businesses. Admission is limited to students selected based on their academic record. Further details are available at: https://uclouvain.be/en/study/ineo.
Note: Students choosing this option must take between 20 and 30 course credits. In this case, the Master's programme will comprise more than 120 credits. Students who do not want to exceed 120 credits are advised to choose another option or optional courses.
From 20 to 30credit(s)
Content:
Prérequis
Ce cours est obligatoire pour l'étudiant qui n'a pas de prérequis en gestion. L'étudiant qui a suivi la mineure en Gestion ou la mineure en Esprit d'entreprendre ne doit pas suivre ce cours.
Cours obligatoires
(20 credits)
Cours complémentaires
(5 credits)
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Optional courses [15.0]
As part of a well-argued educational plan and with the agreement of the select committee, students may choose other courses (max. 15 credits) from the Master's programmes run by the Faculty or the University. Their choice may also include a course in a third language taught by the Language Institute (ILV) or the courses offered in the three genre studies modules.
If certain courses are available in the core curriculum, they must not comprise more than 6 credits. No course from the options in communications can be chosen as optional course.
Content:
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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:
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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).
Languages
Students must choose 2 languages from German, English, French and Dutch according to the languages which he wishes to include in his masters programme.
German
Students choose 15 credits (according to your schedule) :
DEq1+q2 45h+45h 5 credits
Teacher(s):
> Ann Rinder
> Veronique Scheirs (compensates Ferran Suner Munoz)
English
Student choose 15 credits (according to your schedule) :
ENq1+q2 60h+52.5h 5 credits
Teacher(s):
> Estelle Dagneaux
> Sylvie De Cock
> Philippe Denis
> Maïté Dupont
> Gaëtanelle Gilquin
> Claudine Grommersch
> Marielle Henriet
Estelle Dagneaux, Sylvie De Cock, Philippe Denis, Maïté Dupont, Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Claudine Grommersch, Marielle Henriet
ENq1+q2 45h+52.5h 5 credits
Dutch
Student choose 15 credits (according to your schedule) :
French
15 crédits minimum à choisir parmi les cours suivant (selon votre horaire):
(Depending on their file, students may be required to take both courses.)
Pour les non francophones (cours de l'ILV):
FRq1 or q2 60h 5 credits
Teacher(s):
> Cécile Ibarra (compensates Christine Renard)
> Florence Simon (coord.)
Formation générale:
Choisir des cours pour un minimum de 5 crédits parmi ceux présentés ci-dessous OU tout autre cours de niveau bachelier qui est proposé par le jury de master (MULT2M).
