1. Master of Advanced Studies in Economics PhD in Economics programme coordinator: Prof. Frederic Vermeulen
September 23, 2019

2. Admission and registration
Faculty of Economics and Business

3. Registration Registration after admission only
Registrar’s office at Naamsestraat 22 (or KU Loket when former KU Leuven student)
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4. MASE versus Doctum Colloquium
Students who pass for the MASE get an official Master’s degree (KU Leuven diploma).
Students who pass for the MASE with at least distinction are admitted to the PhD programme, under the condition that they have a promotor.
Students admitted directly to the PhD programme follow the MASE programme as a Doctum Colloquium. The student does not get an official MASE degree, he/she gets a certificate from the Faculty.
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5. MASE versus Doctum Colloquium
Students who already followed an Advanced Research Master’s programme can get a reduced Doctum Colloquium programme or be exempted for the Doctum Colloquium.
Exemptions for individual courses in the Doctum Colloquium are possible, under the condition that the courses already followed are at an Advanced Master’s or PhD level.
Students need to have distinction in the Doctum Colloquium to continue with the PhD programme.
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6. Programme
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7. Where to find the courses?
Master of Advanced Studies in Economics programme: Programme guide
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8. MASE programme: Core courses
Master’s project
Advanced Econometrics
Dynamic Methods
Advanced Microeconomics II
Advanced Macroeconomics II
Research Workshop
Students have to take all these courses. If a student has already taken one or more of these courses, he/she cannot take the course again/exempt it. In that case the student takes additional courses from the list of Electives.
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9. MASE programme: Electives
Students supplement their programme with electives to a minimum of 60 ECTS.
None of these courses can be followed by students who have already taken this or a similar course and no exemptions can therefore be given for one of these courses if it has been added to the Individual Study Programme.
In addition to the list of elective courses, electives can be taken from other Research Master Programmes at KU Leuven or other universities. These electives should be approved.
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10. Submission of the programme
MASE students submit their programme through ISP (KU Loket), the courses are automatically registered in Toledo as well.
More information and procedure: 1/ISP_IES
Doctum Colloquim students submit their programme with a form in their KU Loket, PhD progress file. They have to enroll manually for the courses in Toledo. Doctoral students DO NOT submit their programme in ISP.
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11. PhD progress tool
EEA Doctoral students with a Flemish degree send me, as soon as they are registered, a (preliminary) title of their PhD, the name of their promotor and the starting-date of their PhD. With this information I can activate the personal PhD progress file.
Students who applied through the International Admission Office should add some information in their KU Loket, Research, PhD application. After completing this, the personal PhD progress file will be active.
More information about the PhD Progress tool on:
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12. PhD progress file
It is important to check this PhD progress tool regularly through the course of the PhD.
In this tool you find an overview of all the milestones which you need to achieve throughout your PhD. First milestone is the submission of the doctum colloquium.
The tool indicates the deadline and possible approval date of each milestone. When a deadline is coming close, you will be notified by .
Tab texts: this tab shows the title of your PhD as well as the summaries. You can modify the summaries yourself throughout your PhD.
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13. Further questions?
Questions: More information about the PhD programme on: (doctoral regulations of the KU Leuven/Faculty and general information) and (information about the PhD in Economics, steps you need to take, forms you need to submit etc.)
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14. Ombudsperson
Ombudsperson Master of Advanced Studies in Economics: Maria Clara Geurs
Ombudspersons PhD students: prof. Katrien Antonio; prof. Filip Abraham
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15. Questions?
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