Master's Programmes - Economics School of Louvain

Fields of expertise: Macroeconomics / Public Economics / Labour Economics / Industrial Organisation / International Economics / Family Economics / Development Economics/ Econometrics / Game Theory/ Social Choice Theory / Economics of Poverty / The Economics of the Third Sector/ Behavioural Economics

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• The Research Masters provide rigorous training for admission in top doctoral programmes and high profile international careers.
• The Professional Masters offer a training to pursue a highly professional, technically demanding career in finance, consulting, the private and the non-profit sector. Additional benefits: Internship and International Exchange opportunities.
• The Double Degree Masters are highly selective programmes combining the best courses in Economics of the Partner Universities and leading to a double degree. Participating students spend one year abroad and the other at ESL. Partners: Bocconi University/Maastricht University/Warsaw University/Universidade Catolica Portuguesa/Università degli studi di Milano/Universidade de Sao Paulo/ EAFIT universitad

More info on ESL's Masters:

The ESL’s assets

• Teaching and Research Excellence
• Strong international experience
• Internationally renowned Professors
• A high-level Research
• A multi-cultural environment
• A financial support scheme

UCLouvain official application procedure:

All prospective students are required to fill in the UCLouvain official on-line application form via the link:
https://uclouvain.be/en/study/inscriptions/diplome-non-belge.html

Deadlines :

· 30 April 2022 for Non-EU students

· 31 August 2022 for EU students

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

1. An academic pre-selection is possible for students applying BEFORE March 15 (Y-1). It is HIGHLY recommended before going through the application procedure.

For this pre-selection process, students are required to send a "light application file" by email to Mrs. Stéphanie Pavlovitch - stephanie.pavlovitch@uclouvain.be - including the following documents:

• a CV
• a transcript of records
• a motivation letter
• a recommendation letter from an academic professor

If your application is accepted at this pre-selection stage, you will then be required to fill in the UCLouvain online application form and meet the deadlines and the administrative requirements (see above).

PLEASE NOTE: The acceptance at the pre-selection stage does not automatically imply official admission.

3. Double degree master programmes

Through partnerships with 7 prestigious universities in and outside Europe, ESL offers you the opportunity to study a Masters program delivered at the host institution of your choice and at UCLouvain ESL over the course of 2 years.

Click here to consult the list of Double degree masters

For those masters, a specific procedure is required, please click here for futher details