UCL - Admission and registration

Admission and registration

ADMISSION CONDITIONS

An undergraduate qualification in economics with honors is required for entry (for instance, a British or American B.A., a French Maîtrise, a Belgian Licence or Maîtrise, or a German Diploma).

Students who have another undergraduate degree, in particular in engineering, mathematics, or management, are also eligible to enter this program provided that they have a good background in microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods.

Admissions are decided by the Program Committee, which is composed of representatives of the two universities.
Students who want to be admitted in the European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics must follow specific admission procedures described on www.core.ucl.ac.be/edp/

1. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

admission form
French PDF

English PDF

financial statement

a complete CV including:

· personal information (name, citizenship,·)
· mailing address and possibly telephone/fax
· e-mail address (absolutely necessary)
· university degrees
· list of publications
· possible professional experience

official transcripts giving year by year the courses followed and the results obtained

a copy of your work and publications

a report detailing your motivations, objectives and research project

information on how you plan to finance your MA

two letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes.

proof of linguistic ability (English) : TOEFL, Degree from an English speaking university, ...)

GRE "Graduate Record Examinations" (required for non EU degree holders, otherwise recommended).

2 certified copies of all your diplomas and certificates with translation in French, English or Spanish if they are not in French, Dutch, English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.

official certificates of your jobs, trainings, studies ... since the date of your first university degree.

a citizenship certificate (or copy of passport or ID if you are a EU citizen)

for non EU nationals an education project describing how your achieving this degree would benefit your country's population (this document is necessary to obtain exemption of additional tuition fees - please also specify whether you would like to obtain this exemption)

The admission file should be returned to:

Doctoral School
Département des Sciences Economiques
Université Catholique de Louvain
Collège L.H. Dupriez
Place Montesquieu 3
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgique

2. DEADLINES

before March 31 for non E.U. citizens
before July 31 for E.U. citizens and Belgian permanent residents

Tuition fees

Academic year 2005-2006 Registration fee Courses Exams Total

Ordinary registration 31,00 697, 00 31,00 759,00

Additional tuition fees for non-EU nationals: 3.095,00 EUR (waived if you submit an education project describing how your achieving this degree would benefit your country's population)

Information about cost of living (in French)