HE Studies Programmes

Types of Certificates and Degrees susceptible to receive validation or to be awarded as first or double degrees

Academic Level Type of Certificate	Code	General Disciplines Validated or Awarded
Bachelor Degree	BD	Arts, Business, Science or specific subject
Master Degree	MD	Arts (*), Business, Science, Philosophy or specific subject
Doctorate Degree	DD	Arts, Business, Philosophy or specific subject

(*) Master of Arts is a degree susceptible of validation exclusively; Master of Arts Degree is reserved by the University as an honorary degree to be awarded for other specific purposes than academic studies programmes.

Doctoral Degrees Validation and Awarding include Higher Doctorate Degrees

Subjects covered by studies validation process or related to first and double degree’s awarding

Business Management and Economics Subjects

Subject	BD	MD	DD
Accounting, Finance	X	X	X
Business, Management	X	X	X
Change, Conflict, Crisis			X
Economics	X	X	X
Human Resources	X	X	X
Information, Knowledge		X	X
Leadership		X	X
Logistics, Distribution	X	X	X
Manufacturing, Operations, Production	X	X	X
Marketing	X	X	X

X = Validation and Degrees Awarding

Engineering and Technology Subjects

Subject	BD	MD	DD
Aerospace Technology	X	X	X
Aerospace Engineering	X	X	X
Agricultural Technology	X	X	X
Agricultural Engineering	X	X	X
Civil Engineering	X	X	X
Chemical Technology	X	X	X
Chemical Engineering	X	X	X
Computer Technology	X	X	X
Computer Engineering	X	X	X
Construction and Building Technology	X	X	X
Electricity Technology	X	X	X
Electrical Engineering	X	X	X
Electronics Technology	X	X	X
Electronics Engineering	X	X	X
Energy Technology	X	X	X
Food Technology	X	X	X
Industrial Design	X	X	X
Information Technology	X	X	X
Internet Technology	X	X	X
Mechanics Technology	X	X	X
Mechanical Engineering	X	X	X
Mechatronics and Robotics	X	X	X
Nanotechnology	X	X	X
Software Technology	X	X	X
Software Engineering	X	X	X
Transport Technology	X	X	X
Transport Engineering	X	X	X

X = Validation and Degrees Awarding

Natural Science Subjects

Subject	BD	MD	DD
Area Studies	X	X
Atmospheres, Oceans, Climate	X	X	X
Atomic physics, optical physics	X	X	X
Astrophysics, Physical cosmology	X	X	X
Biochemistry	X	X	X
Biophysics	X	X	X
Bioengineering	X	X	X
Biological Chemistry	X	X	X
Cell biology	X	X	X
Computational and Systems Biology	X	X	X
Computational Science, Numerical Analysis	X	X	X
Combinatronics		X	X
Condensed matter physics	X	X	X
Environmental Chemistry	X	X	X
Environment Protection	X	X	X
Genetics	X	X	X
Geology	X	X	X
Geochemistry	X	X	X
Geobiology	X	X	X
Geophysics	X	X	X
Inorganic Chemistry	X	X	X
Materials Chemistry	X	X	X
Microbiology	X	X	X
Nanoscience	X	X	X
Neurobiology	X	X	X
Neuroscience	X	X	X
Organic Chemistry	X	X	X
Particle physics	X	X	X
Physical Applied Mathematics	X	X	X
Physical Chemistry	X	X	X
Pure Mathematics	X	X	X
Theoretical Computer Science	X	X	X
Zoology	X	X	X

X = Validation and Degrees Awarding

Social Science Subjects

Subject	BD	MD	DD
Anthropology	X	X	X
Archaeology	X	X	X
Architecture	X	X	X
Communication, Media and Publishing	X	X	X
Cultural Studies	X	X	X
Education	X	X	X
Geography	X	X	X
Graphic Design	X	X	X
History	X	X	X
Landscape Design	X	X	X
Language – Chinese (Mandarin)	X	X
Language and Literature – Dutch	X	X
Language and Literature – English	X	X	X
Language and Literature – Flemish	X	X
Language and Literature – French	X	X	X
Language and Literature – German	X	X	X
Language and Literature – Japanese	X	X	X
Language and Literature – Russian	X	X	X
Language and Literature – Spanish	X	X	X
Philosophy and Religion	X	X	X
Politics	X	X	X
Performing Arts	X	X	X
Psychology	X	X	X
Social Work	X	X
Sociology	X	X	X
Sports Science	X	X
Tourism, Catering, Food, Leisure Services	X	X
Visual Arts	X	X	X