Application & Admission

Check if you satisfy the Master in Business Engineering (120) or Management (120) Admission Requirements (registration at UCLouvain/LSM is not required at this stage of the application process).

Please note: academic verification requests will be considered only for candidates and after the online application period.

You can apply for the CEMS MIM only if:

• you are gained ALL the PREREQUISITE CREDITS. If you need to take 1 or more prerequisite courses (for example Econometrics for ICHEC students who don't have Statistics and econometrics during the 3rd year of bachelor), you can NOT apply for the CEMS MIM;
• you are able to FOLLOW ALL COURSES of the 2-year Master 120 in CEMS-Business Engineering (INGE2MS/G) or CEMS-Management (GEST2MS/GE). No exemption from part of the CEMS study programme will be granted in the course of the annual validation of the student’s programme. You cannot apply if you have or are enrolled in a Master's degree (at LSM or elsewhere) with similar courses. Overlaps between your current studies and the CEMS MiM are forbidden.

In addition to LSM Masters admission requirements, you also need to be able to provide the following CEMS specific proof of academic and English preparation by March 12 2023 or your application cannot be considered :

• Weighted average of 67,00% out of a Belgian Bachelor degree  (or on 2 years and a half of the Bachelor degree if not graduated yet) OR GMAT total score of min. 600 (Please note: your GMAT score will be available to you within 20 calendar days of your GMAT exam) OR GRE min. quantitative score 158 and verbal reasoning score 158. Students with a non-Belgian Bachelor's degree from a CEMS School or one of our DD Partner Schools can be exempted from the GMAT if they have a min. B grade (ECTS grading scale). 
• Proof of English proficiency*:
  • Mother tongue declaration form
  • TOEFL iBT: min. 100
  • IELTS Academic test: min. 7.0
  • Pearson test of English Academic (PTE): min. 68
  • Cambridge Advanced English (CAE): min. B grade
  • Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC): min. higher B grade
  • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): higher or equal to 200
  • A Bachelor's or Master's diploma entirely taught in English from an English speaking country or a CEMS or EQUIS/AACSB accredited institution

Please note that CEMS does not accept TOEFL MyBest Scores. We only accept results from specific test dates. 

*If you cannot pass the English test by March 12 2023 due to academic reasons, you could send it by the end of August. In this case, please send your request to lsm-cems@uclouvain.be
 

All applicants meeting the admission requirements and with an online application fully and properly completed will be invited by email for an interview on April 17 2023 at LSM (online in Teams for applicants living abroad). If you cannot attend it for academic reasons, please inform us by March 12, 2023.

The selection interview lasts approximately 20 minutes and is held in English and in the other languages spoken by the candidate. Representatives from the CEMS Corporate Partners, the LSM and the CEMS Office will be present.

The following CEMS-wide selection criteria will be assessed:

1. intellectual potential and knowledge
2. attitude and soft skills
3. international orientation
4. motivation for the CEMS MIM.

Your motivation and CV submitted in your application will be used by the interviewers as preparation material for the interviews. Knowledge of a third language (or second is English native speaker) is an asset, however it is not required to enter the CEMS MIM at LSM. Students are selected for CEMS MIM for their outstanding profile and on the basis of their potential for an international career.

Candidates will be notified by email of the jury's decision within a week or two of the interview. Accepted candidates will receive a conditional offer of admission until successful completion of their Bachelor (and confirmation of the 67,00% weighted average for Belgian diplomas).