The Louvain School of Engineering or ''École polytechnique de Louvain'' (EPL) is a faculty of the

University of Louvain A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

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, founded in 1864. Known as the Faculty of Applied Sciences (''Faculté des sciences appliquées'') prior to 2008, it currently operates on the campuses of

Louvain-la-Neuve Louvain-la-Neuve (, French for ''New Leuven''; wa, Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was ...

and

UCLouvain Charleroi UCLouvain Charleroi is a campus of the University of Louvain in Charleroi, Belgium. Consisting of 3 faculties and a series of research centers and institutes, UCLouvain Charleroi consists of the Maison Georges Lemaître, in the center of the city, ...

Description

The Louvain School of Engineering is one of the four components of the Science and Technology Sector (SST) of UCLouvain. The other three are the Faculty of Science (SC), the Faculty of Bioengineers (AGRO) and, since 2009, the Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning (LOCI). The EPL organizes studies in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

. Studies in architectural civil engineering are organized jointly with the LOCI Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning. These are LOCI's only studies organised in Louvain-la-Neuve instead of its

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( Saint-Gilles) and

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...

campuses. Together, the Louvain School of Engineering and LOCI hold 40% of

Wallonia-Brussels Federation In Belgium, the French Community (french: Communauté française; ) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (french: Fédé ...

engineering students, making it the country's largest

engineering school Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

, by far. The faculty headquarters are located in

since 1972. From 2018, the faculty is also establishing on the

campus, starting with a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in September 2020.

Studies

All courses are organised on the

campus. The

is also taught in

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

. Only a minor amount of courses of the

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

are held at Louvain-la-Neuve, it being a joint degree between UCLouvain, the Royal Military Academy, the University of Namur, the '' Université libre de Bruxelles'', the Bruxelles-Brabant College (HE2B) and the ''Haute École libre de Bruxelles - Ilya Prigogine'', with courses in Louvain-la-Neuve,

Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...

and

. The faculty has also developed specific programs in collaboration with other universities. While students can choose to swap some courses with courses given in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

at sister university

KU Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, ...

's Faculty of Engineering science; other partnerships include MIT and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

Undergraduate studies Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...
(3 years)

* Bachelor in engineering science, orientation civil engineer * Bachelor in computer science

Graduate studies Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and struc ...
(2 years)

* Master : mechanical civil engineer * Master : electrical civil engineer * Master : electromechanical civil engineer * Master : civil engineer physicist * Master : biomedical civil engineer * Master : civil construction engineer * Master : civil engineer in computer science * Master : civil engineer in chemistry and materials science * Master : civil engineer in applied mathematics * Master in computer science (120 ECTS) * Master in computer science (60 ECTS) * Master in cybersecurity * Master in data science, orientation information technology

=
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programs

= * European Master of research on information and communication technologies (MERIT) * European Master in functionalised advanced materials and engineering (FAME) * European Master in engineering rheology (EURHEO)

Specialized masters (1 year)

* Specialized Master's degree in nuclear engineering * Specialized Master's degree in nanotechnology

Doctoral studies A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

* Doctorate in engineering sciences * Doctorate in construction engineering and urban planning

Structure

Within the Louvain School of Engineering, ten different so-called ''Commissions de programme'' organise and supervise the teaching curricula: one commission for the bachelor's degrees (BTCI), and one commission for each graduate field of studies. In addition to these commissions which can be considered as graduate school departments, the School of urbanism and territorial planning (URBA) coordinates teaching and research in urban planning. Four research institutes are attached to the Louvain School of Engineering: the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM), the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), the Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC) and Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in economics and statistics (LIDAM). Post-doctoral research is mainly done through independent research institutes within UCLouvain's Sciences and Technology Sector (SST). In engineering, these notably include the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IBST), Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTM), the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), the Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC), the Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique including the Cyclotron Research Center and

particle accelerator A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams. Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...

, the Biological imaging technology platform, the inter-institute Serres-Phytotron technological platform the Institute of Intensive Computing and Mass Storage or the Earth and Life Institute. These further include numerous research centers and individual laboratories primarily in

, the

Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park Created in 1971, Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park is the first of its kind in Belgium and is the largest in Wallonia (the French-speaking part of Belgium). It covers 231 hectares spread over the area of the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve ...

, in

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

( Aéropole Science Park) and other sciences parks of Wallonia. The Louvain School of Engineering is part of the

Conférence des Grandes écoles The ''Conférence des Grandes Écoles'' (CGE), French for "Conference of Grandes Écoles", is a French national institution, created in 1973. It mainly acts as an association of ''Grandes Écoles'', providing representation, research and accredi ...

History

Leuven

Inspired by the

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, the ''École des Arts et Manufactures'' and the ''École des Mines'' were founded in 1864 within the Faculty of Science of the (still unitary)

Catholic University of Louvain The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Louvain Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic c ...

(''Leuven''). The studies lasted four years and allowed recruitment from private companies. Courses were given at the Marie-Thérèse College and the Pope's College. In 1867, the Schools were renamed into the Special Schools of Arts and Manufacturing, Civil Engineering and Mines (''Écoles spéciales des Arts et Manufactures, du Génie Civil et des Mines'') to which was later added ''d'Architecture et d'Électricité'', which led to the long lasting name of ''Écoles spéciales''. The Union of Engineers from the Louvain Special Schools (''Union des Ingénieurs sortis des Écoles Spéciales de Louvain''), now called AILouvain (''Alumni Ingénieurs de Louvain'') was founded in

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

in 1872, as was the Cercle industriel. Castle Arenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven adj

Until 1889, the diplomas awarded by the ''Écoles spéciales'' were considered as "scientific" diplomas because only the

State Universities A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, territory or federal district. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country. State univers ...

, which were

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

and

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

, were authorised to award "legal" diplomas, which were necessary for

civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

and

public works Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. They include public buildings ( municipal buildings, sc ...

engineers. The abolition of the monopoly of state universities enabled the

to organise 5-year courses in

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

and

from 1890 onwards. In addition, a training as engineer-

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

leading to a university degree was created. The Institute for Electromechanics (''Institut d'Électromécanique'') was inaugurated in 1901, in new buildings in the center of Leuven, the first proper buildings built for the Special Schools. Further institutes were created in the Arenberg Castle park in 1925, and the ''Écoles spéciales'' moved into the castle in 1931, in

Heverlee Heverlee () is a town in Belgium. It is a borough of the city of Leuven. Heverlee is bordered by Herent, Bertem, Oud Heverlee and several other municipalities that are part of Leuven (including Leuven proper and Kessel-Lo). The town is the loca ...

. The first courses in

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were given in 1914. A 1929 law greatly broadened the offer of "legal" diplomas and 9 new engineering courses were created in

and ''Courtrai'' (

textile industry The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of yarn, cloth and clothing. The raw material may be natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry. Industry process Cotton manufacturi ...

). The courses of

physical Physical may refer to: *Physical examination In a physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. It generally co ...

engineering and

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engineering began in 1945 and were the only ones not to be duplicated when the university was split: they were transferred entirely to

. Programs in

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

and labour sciences were created in the 1950s. The School of Urban and Regional Planning (URBA), whose structure within the faculty has remained intact since then, was founded in 1961. In the same year, the ''Écoles spéciales'' became the Faculty of Applied Sciences (''Faculté des sciences appliquées'', FSA), as an entity which for the first time was independent from the Faculty of Science, and the

Business Engineering A business process, business method or business function is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks by people or equipment in which a specific sequence produces a service or product (serves a particular business goal) for a parti ...

and Applied Mathematics Engineering programs were created. Training in management and labour sciences was transferred to the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, founded simultaneously. The Faculty was linguistically separated in 1964 into the

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''Faculteit ingenieurswetenschappen'' and the

francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

''Faculté des sciences appliquées''.

The split

At the beginning of the 1960s, the practical split of the

Catholic University of Leuven University of Leuven or University of Louvain (french: Université de Louvain, link=no; nl, Universiteit Leuven, link=no) may refer to: * Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) * State University of Leuven (1817–1835) * Catholic University of ...

became inevitable and serious consideration was already being given to transferring the

French-speaking French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

part outside

. Following the Leuven crisis, the transfer was formally decided at the end of 1968: the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical science was to be located in

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, Brussels (

UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe, also known as Louvain-en-Woluwe or Alma, is a campus of the University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium. The campus, built in the 1970s following the Leuven crisis, houses the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, Pharmac ...

) and the other faculties in

(between the French-speaking municipalities of

Ottignies Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (; wa, Ocgniye-Li Noû Lovén) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,521. The total area ...

and

Wavre Wavre (; nl, Waver, ; wa, Wåve) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Wavre is in the Dyle valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and " ...

); while the (Flemish)

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would remain in Leuven. In 1971, the French-speaking programmes of the Faculty of Applied Sciences were offered on the

campus, on the outskirts of the city of Louvain (''Leuven''). From 1973, the programs for the last three years of

were given at the new

site, while the ''candidature'' degrees (undergraduate) were still being taught at Heverlee. In 1975, the entire Faculty of Applied Sciences (FSA) of the UCL was established in Louvain-la-Neuve. The students from the faculty were the first students (and residents) of the city of

. At that time the "city" was only made up of a few academic buildings. The construction site was huge and the city very sparsely populated.

The transfer of the sacred pavement

"The 1972-73 academic year began on October 2. For the first time, students met in Louvain-la-Neuve: the engineers. They inaugurated the Sainte-Barbe auditoriums, walked in boots among the construction sites, walked in all directions through the tiny district of the Kots du Biéreau and the embryo of the rue des Wallons. A little lonely, but full of energy and imagination. An idea emerged: take a pavement from the Place du Vieux-Marché in Leuven (the one bordering the bottom of the Halles) and, in turns, run through the forest and countryside, and transplant it to the only public space existing in Louvain-la-Neuve: Place Sainte-Barbe! This was done on October 12. The first kilometre was solemn in appearance, with the pavement placed on a processional stretcher. The real start took place at Arenberg Castle (Heverlee), whose park had been home to the Faculty of Applied Sciences for decades. - UCLouvain Archives, ''Service des Archives de l'Université catholique de Louvain'', rue Montesquieu 27, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Since 1986, students from

and the Dutch-speaking faculty of the

Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

, based in Louvain, have been allowed to take certain optional courses at the sister university. In 1990, the Faculty of Applied Sciences co-founded CESAER, the

Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research CESAER is a non-profit association of universities of science and technology in Europe. CESAER was founded on 10 May 1990, seated in the Castle of Arenberg in Leuven, Belgium. The association has 58 universities of science and technology in 26 c ...

, in

, with six members originally considered the main institutes for the development of engineering sciences in Europe: the two universities of Louvain, the École des Mines in Paris,

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

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and

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The ''École polytechnique de Louvain''

In 2008, the Faculty of Applied Sciences officially changed its name to ''École polytechnique de Louvain'' (EPL). It uses the English translation Louvain School of Engineering in its international and external communication. It also incorporated UCLouvain's department of

. File:Logo EPL.svg, The Faculty's logo between 2008 and 2018. File:UCLouvain École polytechnique de Louvain.svg, Logo since 2018.

Multi-site faculty

From 2020, the Louvain School of Engineering will organise a

. It thus becomes the first faculty in the University's Science and Technology Sector to become so-called "multi-site" and to be established on two different campuses. It is also the sector's first degree offered in

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

Notably faculty or alumni

* Canon

Georges Lemaître Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître ( ; ; 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain. He was the first to th ...

(1894-1966), author of the Hubble–Lemaître law and the

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theory, teacher at the faculty until his

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in 1964. * Charles-Jean de La Vallée Poussin (1886-1962), civil engineer of mines (1890), renowned mathematician. * Charles Manneback (1894-1975). *

Vitold Belevitch Vitold Belevitch (2 March 1921 – 26 December 1999) was a Belgian mathematician and electrical engineer of Russian origin who produced some important work in the field of electrical network theory. Born to parents fleeing the Bolsheviks, he ...

(1921-1999), civil engineer, author (among others) of mathematical theorems on electrical circuits, professor at the Louvain School of Engineering. * Prof. Baron Marcel Crochet (1938), civil engineer (fluid mechanics), Rector of UCLouvain from 1995 to 2004. *

Alain Hubert Alain Hubert (born September 11, 1953, in Schaerbeek) is a Belgian explorer.State, P. F., ''Historical Dictionary of Brussels'', 2nd ed. ( Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)pp. 209–210 He is a certified mountain and polar guide, a civi ...

, polar explorer *

Jean-Jacques Quisquater Jean-Jacques Quisquater (born 13 January 1945) is a Belgian cryptographer and a professor at University of Louvain (UCLouvain). He received, with Claus P. Schnorr, the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics in 2013, and the ESORICS Outstanding ...

, cryptographer and faculty professor. *

Jean-Pierre Hansen Jean-Pierre Hansen FRS (born 10 May 1942) is a Luxembourgian chemist and an emeritus professor of the University of Cambridge. Education Hansen gained a PhD from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1969, the same year working as a staff scientist for th ...

, civil electrician engineer, currently president of SNCB-Logistics (2012–present), former managing director of Electrabel (1992-1999 and 2005-2010) and Associate Professor of Economics at the EPL. * Stefan Vanoverbeke,

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France. *

Vincent Blondel Vincent Daniel Blondel (born April 28, 1965) is a Belgian professor of applied mathematics and current rector of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Blondel's researc ...

, author of the Louvain method and current rector of UCLouvain

References

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Description

Studies

Undergraduate studies Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ... (3 years)

Graduate studies Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and struc ... (2 years)

= Erasmus Mundus The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme (named after Erasmus, the Renaissance scholar) aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between the EU and the rest of the world. The three main objecti ... programs

Specialized masters (1 year)

Doctoral studies A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

Structure

History

Leuven

The split

The transfer of the sacred pavement

The ''École polytechnique de Louvain''

Multi-site faculty

Notably faculty or alumni

See also

References

Undergraduate studies Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...
(3 years)

Graduate studies Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and struc ...
(2 years)

=
Erasmus Mundus The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme (named after Erasmus, the Renaissance scholar) aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between the EU and the rest of the world. The three main objecti ...
programs