Pre/selection Process (LSM as home university): COHORT 2024-26
The application will open from December 1st, 2023 till February 25th, 2024.
This pre/selection process aims at determining whether access to the chosen Double Degree can be granted or not on the basis of your current situation.
NOTE: If you are interested in a Double Degree with LSM and your home university is one of the DD Partner Universities, please refer to your home university's website in order to get information about requirements and procedures. Note that you will also have to respect the LSM academic access requirements.
STEP 1 - Double Degree Requirements at LSM
Academic requirements:
- Meet the requirements to access the LSM Master in Business Engineering or the Master 120 in Management. Please note that you must satisfy the LSM academic access requirements to access the master. The requirements and the access process differ according to your academic profile (PLEASE CHECK THE SPECIFIC DEADLINES).
- For (future) holder of a non-Belgian degree: you must submit, for your Master application, a GMAT total score of min. 550 (unless holding a degree from a CEMS or Double Degree partner university, in this case, we require a B ECTS grade).
- For (future) holder of a Belgian degree: you must prove an average of 67% out of your Belgian Bachelor's university degree or submit a GMAT 550 if under that average at the time of the application.
Language requirements
- The English level required for the Double degree is equivalent to a C1 level. An English certificate is not requested for the DD application. Please note that students with a non-Belgian degree will have to submit an English B2 certificate (IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 89) for the Master's application. For all DD applicants, the C1 level in English will be evaluated during the pre/selection interview. In case your level of English is not good enough duing the interview but your profile corresponds to the Double degree, the selection jury could decide to preselect you and ask for an official C1 certificate (TOEFL, IETLS,...) to be handed in by July 1st, 2025.
Please note that some DD partner universities could request an English test by the time of the official registration to their university. - If applying for the Dutch/English LSM/KU Leuven Double Degree: a B2 level in Dutch (CEFR) is required. It will evaluated during the pre/selection interview, in addition to the English level. In case you are preselected, KU Leuven will request later on an official certificate of Dutch knowledge.
Procedure requirement
- Fill in the DD application form presenting your individual skills, professional projects, motivation, and academic project for the chosen Double Degree. (see STEP 2 here below)
Please note: your pre/selection for your Double degree remains PROVISIONAL until the results of the June 2025 exam session. Indeed, you must acquire min. 60 ECTS credits of LSM Master's level courses (languages courses and prerequisite courses excluded). If you fail 1 or more exams in January or June, you will be DROPPED OUT of the Double degree and put back into the regular LSM Master’s degree, without any exchange.
STEP 2 - Online DD Application - Open from December 1st, 2023 till February 25th, 2024
Choose the Double degree
Check first our list of DD partners to get detailed DD information for each partnership and choose the DD you wish to acquire.
Apply following the instructions
Fill in, in English, the online application as of December 1st, 2023, and not later than February 25th, 2024 for the 2024-2026 intake.
The application should feature the following documents merged in one single PDF file respecting the following order:
- A motivation letter in English (max. two pages including a strong academic project into the chosen Double Degree (a course plan for each academic year of your Double Degree))
- Your CV in English (max. 2 pages)
- All transcripts of records of all university studies (and degree(s) if already any). if you are doing a Bachelor's at UCL, we do not need an official transcript of records but a screenshot of your UCL virtual office only.
- The proof of payment of the DD Application fee of 85 euros is to be paid on IBAN BE13 3701 2884 0339 with the communication: “43.11000.017 DD, First Name, Last Name”.
Please note: this fee is not refundable. Please note that only complete applications respecting the requirements, payment, and deadline will be taken into account. Please note that in case of non-respect, the applicant will not be invited to the interview nor be reimbursed for the application fee.
Most of the spots are allocated during the February-April 2024 pre/selection (first round). A second round could take place in September/October 2024 if they are still places at our partner universities.
STEP 3 - Preselection
Applicants who meet the access requirements for the LSM Master in Business Engineering or the Master 120 in Management, who have paid the application fee, who respect the deadline and with an online application fully and properly completed will be invited by email at LSM for a joint interview, by videoconference, in front of representatives of the DD Partner University and LSM.
The preselection interview lasts approximately 20 minutes and is held in English (and in Dutch for the Dutch/English LSM/KU Leuven Double degree).
Please note that in case of non-respect, the applicant will not be invited to the interview nor be reimbursed for the application fee.
DD Criteria and Preselection Results
Three criteria will be taken into account during the selection :
- Academic results of each university studies year;
- The applicant's profile is based on motivation, professional experience, personal skills (initiative, leadership, entrepreneurship, team spirit, cultural openness, etc.), and a strong academic project for the chosen Double Degree;
- Language skills: the English level required for the Double degree is equivalent to a C1 level. An English certificate is not requested for the DD application. Please note that students with a non-Belgian degree will have to submit an English B2 certificate (IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 89) for the Master's application. For all DD applicants, the C1 level in English will be evaluated during the pre/selection interview. In case your level of English is not good enough during the interview but your profile corresponds to the Double degree, the selection jury could decide to preselect you and ask for an official certificate (TOEFL, IETLS,...) to be handed in by July 1st, 2025.
The selection jury could preselect you under certain condition(s) such as proving you have improvement:
- in English in case of a level under the requirement. In this case, an English certificate must be submitted by July 1st, 2025.
- on academic results for a future exam session.
Within a week or two after the interview, candidates will be notified of the jury's decision.
STEP 4 - Official enrollment and selection
If preselected to the Double degree, please enroll in LSM Master's degree in Business Engineering (INGE2MS/G) or Management (GEST2MS/GE) as soon as possible (the sooner you are enrolled at UCLouvain/LSM, the sooner you will get your access). UCLouvain students and new students need to register online through this portal: https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/futurs-etudiants.html
Please note:
- Candidates with a non-Belgian Bachelor's degree must provide a GMAT 550 or TageMage 240 or GRE 155 in Quantitative Reasoning test for the official enrollment (holders of a degree from a CEMS or Double Degree partner university are exempted from providing the test).
- When starting the Master's at the Louvain School of Management in September 2024, the Double degree student must hold a Bachelor's university degree (For DD students who have done a preparatory module, because they hold a short type Bachelor, they must have finished and successfully passed every course of the LSM preparatory module).
Your preselection for your Double degree remains PROVISIONAL until the results of the June 2025 exam session. Indeed, you must acquire min. 60 ECTS credits of LSM Master's level courses (languages courses and prerequisite courses excluded). If you fail 1 or more exams in January or June, you will be DROPPED OUT of the Double degree and put back into the Annual Block 2 of the regular LSM Master’s degree, without any exchange.