International Programmes - KU Leuven

Erasmus Mundus Master
of Theoretical Chemistry and
Computational Modelling (120 ECTS)
ERASMUS
MUNDUS
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Get in at the bleeding edge of contemporary chemistry! Theoretical and computational
chemistry are marking the new era that lies ahead in the molecular sciences.
The Erasmus Mundus Master of Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
is a joint initiative of seven European Universities, including K.U.Leuven. A two-year
Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme co-ordinated by the Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid. It will train you to master a wide range of theoretical and computational
tools. The first year brings all participants to a common level of excellence. The second
year starts with a four-week intensive course taking place in the summer between
the two years. It welcomes several international experts as lecturers and is organised
by one of the participating universities (Valencia in September 2011). The remainder
of the second year is devoted to tutorials on the material of the intensive course
and to a thesis project, carried out in part at one of the other universities in the consortium.
www.kuleuven.be/ma/TCCM
MSc in Tropical Natural
Resources Management (120 ECTS)
Do you agree that alleviating poverty and food insecurity in the tropics while preserving
the natural-resource base is one of the major challenges to humankind? Do you
want to become an expert in maintaining biodiversity and solid productivity in the
tropics and in the economics and policymaking of natural resources? Building on
your broad interest in the natural, agricultural, or economic sciences, the Msc in
Tropical Natural Resources Management provides in-depth coverage of three key
intervention areas: the conservation and management of tropical agro-biodiversity,
the economic and policy aspects of natural resource use, and soil and water
conservation. You’ll learn how to manage biodiversity, and how to use it to improve
biological production systems. You’ll learn to optimise decisions at the micro
(management) and macro (policy) level. You’ll also acquire a better understanding
of the potential and management of tropical soils and of soil degradation and
rehabilitation. In short: a challenging career awaits you in translating your knowledge
into public or private sector projects, innovations, and policies for the sustainable
management of natural resources.
www.kuleuven.be/ma/TROPNRM
Postgraduate Programme
in Biomedical Engineering (39 ECTS)
Biomechanics, biomaterials, and medical information technology all form an exciting
wave in the future of medicine. Are you ready to catch it? Expanding upon your
previously obtained MSc in Engineering, MSc in Bioengineering or four-year Bachelor
of Engineering, K.U.Leuven’s Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering
offers an advanced research-based curriculum. Beyond foundational courses in
human biotechnology and physiology, the programme also provides cutting-edge
offerings in musculoskeletal biomechanics, biofluid biomechanics, biomedical
measurements and stimulation, biomedical data processing, and medical imaging
and analysis. Capping these is a design project providing hands-on practice in medical
device design or medical software design. You can participate in this programme
as part of a predoctoral examination or as the next step towards a successful career
in the medical device industry, health care or government. The choice is yours –
and so is the future.
www.kuleuven.be/ma/PGBIOMENG
ARENBERG DOCTORAL
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
The Arenberg Doctoral School of Science, Engineering & Technology
is located in the old Celestine Convent in the heart of the Arenberg
Campus in Heverlee. It functions as a hub for doctoral researchers in
the Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences and
is an ideal setting to conduct research in the different disciplines of the
Science, Engineering & Technology Group. The Arenberg Doctoral School
stimulates and supports researchers in their endeavour to acquire
knowledge and use it to enhance our world.
Research in the Science, Engineering, and Technology Group is organised
into thematic centres cutting across the traditional disciplinary boundaries.
These research centres are structured around four themes: Information,
Matter, Life and Habitat. From infinity to atoms and from cells to people
and man-made systems, the main research topics can be found in life
sciences, computing and information science, environmental sustainability,
human settlements, agriculture, food research, genomics and biomaterials,
nanoscience and nanofabrication, advanced materials, energy and
optimisation in engineering.
In addition to the research-based scientific training, organised by the
research centres, the Arenberg Doctoral School offers transferable
skills and competencies which go beyond the specific research topic
of the doctorate and which prepare doctoral researchers for a professional
career inside or outside the university.
Our doctoral researchers have the confidence and pride of professionals
who advance the frontier of knowledge and combine their scientific
endeavours with unique professional experience. The Arenberg Doctoral
School offers great opportunities to fulfil your aspirations and pursue
your goals. We challenge you to join us with your ambitions.
set.kuleuven.be/phd/
Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programmes provide an international
environment for PhD research and training with scholarships of the
European Commission in multi-site partnerships and mobility between
European universities and research institutes. K.U.Leuven is partner in
the ERASMUS MUNDUS DOCTORATE IN MEMBRAME ENGINEERING.
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