General requirements

• 1. an undergraduate (first-cycle) degree in the same field of study; 

• 2. the same Master’s (second-cycle) degree, but with a different specialization (focus); 

• 3. a long-cycle undergraduate or Master’s degree, in accordance with a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements that they lay down; 

• 4. a degree comparable to those mentioned above, awarded by a higher education institution, within or outside the French Community of Belgium, in accordance with a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements that they lay down; 

• 5. a short-cycle undergraduate degree, in accordance with a decision by the Government or the academic authorities 
• 6. a degree obtained abroad and deemed equivalent to those mentioned above, in accordance with this Decree, a European directive, an international convention or other legislation, subject to the same requirements.