The basic task of regular university education is to accumulate, spread and develop science and technology, and closely combine teaching with scientific research. Regular universities include complete universities and large colleges. At present, there are 20 regular universities in Belgium, six of which are full-time universities: Leuven University in the Netherlands, Leuven University in France, Free University of Brussels in the Netherlands, Free University of Brussels in France, National University of Liege (France) and National Ghent University (Netherlands). A complete university should include at least the following five traditional colleges: School of Philosophy and Liberal Arts, School of Law, School of Science, School of Medicine and School of Engineering.
The academic system of regular universities in Belgium is 4-7 years, 4-5 years for general arts, 5-6 years for engineering, 5 years for agriculture and 7 years for medicine. University study is divided into three stages: the first stage is the basic stage, which provides students with basic education and professional introduction education in 2 ~ 3 years; The second stage is the undergraduate stage, which takes 2 ~ 3 years, also called the bachelor stage, and you can get a bachelor's degree after graduation. Medical, pharmaceutical and engineering graduates are awarded the qualifications of doctors, pharmacists and engineers; The third stage is the research stage of professional disciplines, that is, the doctoral thesis stage or the professional learning stage after university. After graduating from a Belgian university, you can directly register for a doctoral degree for 2 to 3 years.
It is understood that basically, the academic system of Belgian universities is divided into the first cycle and the second cycle: the first phase lasts for two to three years and belongs to general basic subjects; The second stage is two to four years, which belongs to university education. Take the Engineering College of the University of Leuven in the Netherlands as an example: in the first stage, except for the Department of Architecture, only some compulsory subjects-mathematics, physics, chemistry and mechanics were taught; The second stage began to be divided into mechanical department and civil engineering department. . . . Specialized subjects.
There is no difference between a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Belgium. At the end of the first phase, they sent a letter called. Candidate? Degree; At the end of the second phase, a license or certificate will be issued (depending on the department, it will be issued to the license or engineer. For example: doctors, pharmacists, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants? License). So when they graduate in the second stage, they get not only academic certificates, but also licenses. With this diploma, you can start a business. For them, after the second stage, they can apply to enter the doctoral program (the third stage).
It is worth mentioning that there is no technician certification examination in Belgium (such as the college entrance examination for professional technicians in Taiwan Province Province). All business licenses must be obtained through study, even for chefs. Master's and doctoral programs are listed in the third cycle. The third stage must be completed after the first and second stages and can last at least one year. The third stage is all professional courses.
Generally speaking, students who study after graduation from domestic universities can directly enter the third stage. In general universities, the third stage can be divided into three categories: the first category is the two-year master's program after graduation; The second category is a one-year doctoral preparatory course with a master's degree (the second category may not have a diploma, or a professor agrees to add a thesis to the course and award a master's degree); The third category is the doctoral program that can only be participated after the end of the first or second category. Only those who have excellent graduation results in the first or second category (A, 70%) can apply to enter the doctoral program.