NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

The academic year for university and non-university courses lasts from 1 October to the end of the following June.
Application for enrolment must be forwarded to the administration of the institute concerned before 1 September.
The academic year at the Cunlux, the CC and IST is divided into two semesters. Study at the ISERP and at the IEES takes
three years.
The IUIL does not offer regular, full-year courses of study, but only
seminars, and specialised and general training courses of three to four weeks each. These are offered regularly throughout the
year. The IUIL organises courses especially during springtime.
At institutions of university and non-university higher education, students do not attend lectures during periods of examination
preparation or
during summer holidays. The programmes of the IUIL do not consist of lectures in the normal way, but essentially of full-time
seminars.
Teaching methods at university and non-university institutes are similar: lectures, independent study, seminars, practical
courses and exercises.
For the IUIL, teaching methods mainly consist of seminars and independent study.
Centre universitaire de Luxembourg (Cunlux)
The Cunlux offers only the first year of university studies. The Cunlux has the following departments which, in turn, are
divided into several subject areas:
1. département de droit et des sciences économiques (Law and Economics)
2. département des lettres et des sciences humaines (Arts and Humanities)
3. département des sciences (Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy).
The courses of the different departments are compatible with the syllabuses of universities in neighbouring countries.
Even though the first year at the Cunlux is a general year, students have already chosen their future specialisation by taking a
prescribed number of compulsory and optional subjects in their field of study. There is, however, no preliminary year. The
Cunlux is considered to be the first year of university study. The first year at the Cunlux is concluded with an examination,
which the student can retake once in case of failure.
The département des sciences also offers a training of two years (cycle préparatoire polytechnique européen) preparing for
admission without selective examination to one of the 21 French grandes écoles d’ingénieur (engineering colleges) of the
three Instituts nationaux polytechniques de Grenoble, de Nancy, and de Toulouse.
Cycle court (CC)
Studies at the CC last two years. The CC is part of the Department of Law and Economics of the Cunlux and is divided into
three departments:
1. section informatique de gestion (computer science applied to economics)
2. section commerce et banque (commerce and banking) with a subsection assurance
3. section gestion et contrôle.
The two-year course at the CC is intended for students interested in entering their chosen profession as quickly as possible.
The CC is already highly specialised in banking, finance, commerce, accounting and
computer science applied to economics. There is no period of general or preliminary study.