How studies are organised

The LMD system

Licence, Master, Doctorate: the degree structure behind our programmes, which makes your achievements recognisable everywhere.

The Licence – Master – Doctorat (Bachelor – Master – Doctorate) system organises higher education into three levels, divided into semesters and measured in transferable credits. Adopted by all institutions in the sub-region, it makes study paths comparable from one university to another and makes it easier to continue studying and to have degrees recognised abroad.

ISEIG SUP applies this framework to all its programmes, under the academic supervision of its partner universities.

The three levels

Licence (Bachelor)

A level + 3 · 6 semesters · 180 credits

The first level of higher education. Three years that build the fundamentals of a discipline, followed by progressive specialisation. The professional Licence leads directly to employment; the academic Licence prepares for a Master's.

Master

A level + 5 · 4 semesters · 120 credits

Two years of in-depth study and specialisation, built around a professional or research dissertation. The Master's confers the degree that gives access to doctoral study.

Doctorate

A level + 8 · 3 years or more · 180 credits

Training through and for research, completed by defending a thesis. It is prepared within a doctoral school, under the supervision of an accredited research lecturer.

Credits and validation

A credit represents a student's workload: lectures, tutorials, personal study and assessments. A completed semester is worth 30 credits, a year 60 credits.

Credits are cumulative: a subject once passed stays passed.
They are transferable: they follow you if you change institution.
Compensation between subjects within the same semester applies according to the institution's rules.

The exact rules on assessment, compensation and resits are set by the ISEIG SUP academic regulations and communicated at the start of the academic year.

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