Apply if LSM is your HOME university

Academic requirements:

Meet the requirements to access the LSM Master 120 in Business Engineering or the Master 120 in Management. 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).

Language requirements

A C1 English level is required for the Double Degree. 

No certificate is required for the DD application; however, students with a non-Belgian degree must already provide a B2 certificate (IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 89) for the Master’s application. 

English proficiency will be assessed during the DD interview. If your level is insufficient but your profile is strong, the jury may preselect you and request an official C1 certificate (e.g., IELTS, TOEFL) by July 1, 2026. 

Note: Some partner universities may also require an English test at registration.

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 below)
 

Please note: your pre-selection for your Double degree remains PROVISIONAL until the results of the June 2026 exam session. 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.

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.

Application Timeline

Applications run from December 1, 2025, until March 1st, 2026.

First round (most places allocated): March – April 2026 

Possible second round (if spots remain): September–October 2026

Application instructions

Fill out, in English, the online application as of December 1st, 2025, until March 1st, 2026, for the 2026-2028 intake.

Required Application Documents (one single PDF, in order):

1) Motivation letter (max. 2 pages, in English) including an academic project into the chosen Double Degree (a course plan for each academic year of your Double Degree)

2) CV in English (max. 2 pages)

3) Transcripts of records of all university studies (and degree(s) if already any). UCLouvain students must submit a screenshot of their UCLouvain virtual office instead.

4) Proof of payment of the DD Application fee of 85€ is to be paid on IBAN BE13 3701 2884 0339 with the communication: “IBAN BE13 3701 2884 0339 with the communication: “43.11000.017 DD 2026, First Name, Last Name”.

Please note: The application fee is non-refundable. Only applications that meet all requirements, include proof of payment, and are submitted before the deadline will be considered. Applicants who do not meet these conditions will not be invited to the interview and will not receive a refund.

To be invited to the interview, applicants must:

1) Meet the access requirements for the LSM Master 120 in Business Engineering or the Master 120 in Management.

2) Pay the application fee, and respect the deadline.

3) Submit an online application fully and properly completed. 

If you meet all these requirements, you will be invited by email to an interview at LSM, conducted via video conference, in front of representatives from the DD Partner University and LSM.

The pre-selection 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 Pre-selection Results

Three criteria will be taken into account during the selection :

1) Academic results of each university studies year;

2) 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;

3) Language skills: the English level required for the Double degree is equivalent to a C1 level. An English certificate is not required 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, 2026.
 

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, 2026.
• 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.

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 2025, 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 2026 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.