EPHEC University College (Belgium)

2014-2015

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EPHEC in brief

EPHEC stands for “Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales” (EPHEC University College)

EPHEC’s main campus is based in Brussels, a cosmopolitan city in the heart of Europe

EPHEC is situated on 3 different university campuses, 2 in Brussels (Woluwé, Schaerbeek) and 1 in Louvain-La-Neuve (30 km south)

EPHEC offers a multicultural environment : regular EPHEC students represent more than 50 different nationalities

EPHEC is renowned for its Bachelor degrees in Business : Accounting, Law, Marketing, International Trade, E-Business & IT (± 3000 full-time students)

EPHEC offers BA degrees in Automation and Electromechanics

EPHEC has been granted the new EC Erasmus+ University Charter and uses the ECTS system

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In the actual Heart of Europe

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The EPHEC locations

BRUSSELS

LOUVAIN

LA-NEUVE

Where we belong…

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We are part of

Le Pôle Louvain

We are recognized and subsidized by the

« Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles »

We are taking part in the European

Erasmus+ Programme

• 1 university : UCL Université Catholique de Louvain (created in 1425)

• 9 Institutions of Higher Education in French-speaking Belgium

• 40.000 students

The French Community of Belgium is the

political body responsible for

Education, Culture, Sports, Youth, Health,

… for the French-speaking Belgians

We have been granted the new Erasmus+ University Charter

We use the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System)

Our links with professional bodies

How we connect …

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Network Memberships Participation in international

conferences and workshops

The Business World

BUSINET Network for the Development of Business Education Programmes EDCOM European Institute for Commercial Communications Education LEO-NET Internship support network in Europe & beyond

ERACON European Association of Erasmus Coordinators

ACA Academic Cooperation Association AIPU Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire

More than 600 partner companies •More than 1000 work placement offers •More than 300 job offers

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The main EPHEC campus in Brussels

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The EPHEC campus in Louvain-la-Neuve

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The pedagogical approach at EPHEC

A practical approach and a close link with companies:

Practical assignments (sometimes commissioned by companies)

Permanent teaching staff often with previous business experience

Associate lecturers from the business world

Most students do 2 work placement periods:

3 weeks between Year 1 and Year 2

14 weeks in Semester 6 (in Belgium or abroad)

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Bachelor Degrees at EPHEC 3 years to become a junior professional

1st year : discovering the basics in each field of study

2nd year : deeper knowledge of the chosen study path

& practical projects integrating several aspects

of the future profession

3rd year : Semester 5: specialisation courses

Semester 6: work placement & final project (TFE)

Interactive classes and multi-disciplinary assignments

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The EPHEC organisation:10 departments

A “department”=a BA degree programme on a campus

Between 200 and 500 students in a department

A common team: one Head of department, one secretary, one student coordinator, full-time and part-time lecturers

Teaching in classes of 20 to 50 students

Each group supervised by a main teacher-tutor

How successful we are… Students’ activity rate one year after graduation

Amount of surveyed graduates 524

Total answers 307 100%

Job (only) 139 45.3%

Job + further education 64 20.8%

Employment rate 203 66.1%

Further education (only) 78 25.4%

Activity rate 281 91.5%

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Survey carried out in 2012 (among 4 business degrees)

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A few examples :

In Belgium ICHEC UCL FUCAM ULB HUB KUL

In France ESSCA Angers IDRAC Lyon

In the UK : Manchester Metropolitan University University of East London London School of Commerce University of Abertay Dundee

In Austria, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands , China ...

Where our students go on studying...

Cellule Contacts Extérieurs

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The international dimension at EPHEC

EPHEC has about 80 ERASMUS partners

EPHEC has further academic partnerships with institutions in Canada, China, Brazil, India, Ireland, Mexico, Russia and the USA

EPHEC is a member of several European or international associations (BUSINET, EDCOM, LEO-NET ...)

EPHEC organises “International Project Weeks” for Law and Marketing students

EPHEC organises an International Lecturers Week attended by 2nd-year Business students

EPHEC students carry out integrated fieldwork exchange projects and business missions abroad

EPHEC sends students for work placements in companies in more than 30 countries

Study Exchange Programmes

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Within the Erasmus + programme

With a bilateral agreement Within the Erasmus Belgica programme

Austria Bulgaria Cyprus

Denmark Estonia Finland France

Germany Hungary

Italy Latvia

Lithuania Norway Poland

Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia

Spain Sweden

Switzerland The Czech Republic

The Netherlands The UK

Brazil Universidade de São Paulo

Canada Collège Edouard Montpetit

University of the Fraser Valley

China Fudan University (Shangai) University of International

Business & Economics (Beijing)

India Chandigarh Business School

Ireland Athlone Institute of Technology

Mexico TEC de Monterrey

Russia Plekhanov Russian Academy of

Economics (Moscow)

Scotland University of Abertay Dundee

USA University of California Riverside

Manhattan Institute of Management

HUB-KAHO

Artesis-Plantijn Hogeschool

Thomas More Kempen

Thomas More Mechelen

Artevelde Hogeschool

Hogeschool Gent

Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen

Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven

Katholieke Hogeschool VIVES

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Steyr

St Pölten

Villach

Wien Alicante

Almeria

Barcelona

Cartagena

Madrid

Oviedo

Pamplona

Sevilla

Valencia

Vic

Zaragoza

Espoo / Vantaa

Pori / Rauma

Coimbra

Lisboa

Santarém

Budapest / Debrecen

Györ / Szolnok

Bologna

Forli

Milano

Padova

Genève

Yverdon

Den Haag

Enschede

Rotterdam

Tilburg/Venlo

Utrecht

Haugesund

Hønefoss/Kongsberg

Kǿbenhavn

Kolding

Limassol / Nicosia

Gdansk

Lodz

Lublin

Poznan

Wroclaw

Vilnius

Moscow*

Our Erasmus partners (Business Studies)

Baia Mare / Bucuresti / Cluj-Napoca

Tallinn

Ceské Budejovice

Jihlava

Pardubice

Praha

Riga

Bratislava

Athlone*

Istanbul

Sile

Angers

Caen/Le Havre

Lyon/Montpellier

Rodez

St Denis

Crewe

Dundee*

Durham

London

Aschaffenburg

Bamberg

Berlin

Bremen

Dresden

Gelsenkirchen

Heilbronn

Leipzig

Nordhausen

Nürtingen

Reutlingen

Blagoevgrad

Huddinge

Ljubljana

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Our ERASMUS partners (Technical studies)

Sankt-Pölten

Béthune

Kaunas

Vilnius

Yverdon

Baia Mare

Cartagena

Zaragoza

Bamberg

Warszawa

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Our Flemish academic partners University Colleges in Belgium

HUB-KAHO (Aalst)

Artesis-Plantijn Hogeschool (Antwerpen)

Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (Brugge-Kortrijk)

HUB Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel

Thomas More Kempen & Mechelen

Artevelde Hogeschool (Gent)

Hogeschool Gent

Katholieke Hogeschool VIVES (Kortrijk)

Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven

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Everyday life for guest students

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Getting ECTS credits in French?

If you want to study IN FRENCH, you can join any of the 8 professional Bachelor degree programmes :

Marketing with 3rd year specialisations in : Communication, International marketing, Trade management, Purchasing and supply chain, Sales

International trade with specialisations : International supply chain, International SME management, Doing business with emerging markets, EU Affairs

Law (specialisations : Judiciary world, Public sector, Company Law)

Accounting (specialisations : Taxation, Management)

E-Business

Information Technology (Louvain-la-Neuve campus)

Automation (ISAT campus)

Electro-Mechanics (ISAT campus)

For more details on programme availability per campus consult our

International Student Guide and course module descriptions

(available in French or in English)

NB: Year 3 modules are available in the fall semester only !

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Getting ECTS credits in English?

If your knowledge of French needs improving ...

you can also study IN ENGLISH :

You can get classes of French as a foreign language

You can attend special modules aimed at guest students, e.g.

“Brussels and Belgium at the heart of Europe” “Intercultural Business Communication in the EU”

You can join classes taught in English - mostly in the

fall semester (see our list of modules in English)

You can find a work placement (18 ECTS) in Brussels in English or French (preferably spring semester) thanks to our database of companies (application procedures upon request)

You can work on an extended project under the supervision of one of our specialised lecturers (conditions to be agreed upon)

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Activities & visits for guest students

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Academic calendar - Fall semester

Academic calendar - Spring semester

Finding student accommodation

Application details

Practical information for incoming students

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Academic calendar 2014-2015: Fall semester*

Application deadline June 1

Summer holidays EPHEC closed July 1-August 18 !

Orientation day September 8

Beginning of semester September 15

Days off October 27- November 2

November 11

Special test days Late October

Christmas holidays December 22-January 4

Examination weeks January 7-18

Communication of results Mid February

Resit examinations Late August – Early September*

*NB: Final dates to be confirmed at the start of the semester

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Academic calendar 2014-2015: Spring semester*

Application deadline December 15

Beginning of semester January 26

Week off (Carnival break) February 16-22

Easter holidays April 6-19

Days off May 1, May 14-15, May 25

Examination weeks June 1-19

Communication of results End of June

Summer holidays EPHEC closed July 1-August 18 !

Resit examinations Late August – Early September*

Communication of resit results Mid-September

*NB: Final dates to be confirmed at the start of the semester

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Finding student accommodation

Unfortunately we do not own student residences or flats.

Students have to find accommodation on the private market

Fortunately we can give you some tips and useful addresses

Get in touch with former guest students at EPHEC for tips

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Hôtel de Jeunes Sleep Well – Rue du Damier 23 1000 BRUSSELS, Tel. 32-2-218.50.50 ,

www.sleepwell.be

Centre Vincent Van Gogh – Rue Traversière 8 1210 BRUSSELS, Tel. 32-2-217.01.58, www.ping.be/chab

Auberge de Jeunesse Bruegel – Rue Saint-Esprit 2 1000 BRUSSELS, Tel 32-2-511.04.36,

brussel@vjh.be

Génération Europe - Rue de l’Eléphant, 4 1080 BRUSSELS, Tel. 32-2-410.38.58, Brussels.europe@laj.be

Auberge de Jeunesse Jacques Brel – Rue de la Sablonnière 30 1000 BRUSSELS, Tel. 32-2-218.01.87 www.planet.be/aubjeun - brussels.brel@laj.be

Brussels guest houses booking center : www.BnB-Brussels.be

Information about temporary accommodation in Brussels

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Information about permanent accommodation in Brussels

Renting a student room in Brussels costs on average 350-400€/month

Sign a contract and pay a deposit with your landlord

Check specialised publications and Internet sites: www.vlan.be / www.kot.be / www.brukot.be / www.immoweb.be / www.inforjeunes.be / www.housinganywhere.com /

www.bruxelles-j.be etc

UCL University Accommodation Office : www.loge.ucl.ac.be

Contact former guest students at EPHEC

An EPHEC student or member of staff may give you some tips

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Interested in a study period at EPHEC ?

Check our English pages at http://www.ephec.be/international/presentation

Your International Coordinator should send us your official nomination You send us your application file (by post and e-mail) containing - the “EPHEC Guest student Info Sheet” - a motivation letter stating your expectations - a CV with picture - a transcript of records (previous curriculum) - a draft ECTS “Learning Agreement”

Fill in the online application form

Deadlines : - 1st June for the Fall semester - 15th December for the Spring semester Contact the EPHEC International Office : international@ephec.be EPHEC is closed for the summer break (July 1-August 15): we are out of office !

Edition : JM. GREGOIRE - April 2014 – jm.gregoire@ephec.be / international@ephec.be