NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

For all the abovementioned courses it is also possible to obtain the following qualifications:
Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur (qualification to teach in higher secondary education): one year
(during or after the second degree)
Doctorat (doctorate): in general five years (at least one year after the second degree)
Agrégation de l’enseignement supérieur (qualification to teach in higher education): after the doctorate
NB: This list does not mention the various possibilities of third-cycle specialisations or studies offered by various Frenchspeaking
universities in Belgium.
The reform of the organisation of university education which came into force in September 1995 divided the studies into
three sectors and 22 fields. This new distribution will lead to a modification of qualification titles which is not yet known.
Curriculum — Long-course education
Institut supérieur de commerce
Candidat(e) en sciences commerciales (Diploma in Business Sciences) (two years of studies)
A year of studies comprises 30 weeks of lectures with an average of 24 hours of lectures a week. The figures given in brackets
in the list of lectures indicate the number of hours of lectures a week.
Compulsory lectures of first year:
English (minimum two h) plus two languages chosen from Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese
(minimum
two h for each language);
mathematics (minimum two h);
philosophy, psychology, sociology (three h);
finance and accounting (three h);
general and industrial economics, macroeconomics (four h);
European law and constitutional law, private law (three h).
Compulsory lectures of second year:
English (minimum two h) plus the continuation of two languages
chosen in the first year (minimum two h for each language);
mathematics, probability, statistics (minimum three h);
personnel management (one h);
computer science (two h);
analytical accounting (one h);
marketing (one h);
microeconomics, introduction to the public economy (three h);
business law (two h);
logistics and production (one h);
Summary work assessed at two hours a week which relates to a theoretical or applied subject. This work is carried out by a
team of two students and is completed by the writing and defence of a report of a dozen pages. The objective of this is to
reveal the student’s capacity to express his or her thoughts orally and in writing, and their ability to summarise a variety of
subjects and to work as a team.
Licencié(e) en sciences commerciales et financières (degree in commercial and financial studies)
Finance option (two years of studies)
One year of studies comprises 30 weeks of lectures with an average
26 hours of lectures a week. The figures given in brackets in the list of lectures indicate the number of hours of lectures a
week.