Valorisation de l'expérience (VAE)

Students from a non-European country (except those who have long-term resident status in Belgium) are eligible for the VAE if and only if they meet the minimum criteria set for them by the juries of ULiège. The first contact of these students is thus necessarily the Registration and Admissions Office. If they meet the conditions, their acquired experience will be examined as part of the standard admissions application.

Yes, if you have 5 years or more of relevant experience.

ULiège offers several Masters programmes and with flexible or adapted hours.

If none of these programmes is right for you or available to you, you may be able to go through the jury of the French Community. Contact the Registration and Admissions Office to learn more about this procedure.

The Admission Jury is the body legally responsible for reviewing and deciding on the outcome of the admissions applications, including VAE applications. Within each Faculty, there exists one per study cycle, composed of members of the academic staff.

Yes. The jury can:

• Receive the request and authorise the candidate to enrol in the exam and the programme desired
• Admit the candidate into an exam other than the one requested (example: admission into a first cycle course instead of a Masters)
• Not validate the candidate's experience

No. The VAE is an admissions procedure for a university training programme; it in no way leads to directly obtaining a diploma.

The bridging programme system commonly refers to a procedure reserved for students with a College diploma. Automatic enrolment opportunities are described on the site. The VAE is not conditional to the possession of a prior diploma and is done on a case by case basis. It is sometimes possible to combine the two procedures; for example: you have a diploma, and you rely on your professional experience if applicable to obtain additional exemptions.

Yes, the jury can, where it deems relevant, validate years of university studies up to two years. For a university year to be recognised, you must have acquired at least 60 credits that year.

No, the admissibility of a VAE application is not conditional to the possession of a previously obtained diploma.

The University Orientation Department and the ULiège Information Center on Studies Department can assist you in your reflection.

Yes, your current professional activity may possibly take the place of an internship. It is also possible, in certain cases, to obtain a partial or total exemption from second-cycle internships.

Yes, it's possible. Notice, however: the Masters diploma can only be earned by students having completed at least a year with 60 credits.

Yes, the regulations provide for this situation. If you have earned credits as part of an exam (whether the academic year was successful or not), the jury of the exam that you are requesting can recognise these credits as part of an enrolment. Depending on the number of credits recognised, it could decide upon a reduction of the duration of the studies.

The Registration and Admissions Office will be able to provide you with a more precise response, depending on your academic situation.