The requirements you have to satisfy depend on previously obtained diploma’s. We distinguish three cases: (i) students with a master degree in philosophy and/or moral sciences, (ii) students with only a bachelor degree in these disciplines and (iii) students without any degree in philosophy or moral sciences.
1. You have a master degree in philosophy and/ or moral sciences
These students can be exempt from 60 credits of the programme and obtain the degree upon the successful completion of a track of 60 credits. There are three subgroups:
1A. Students who have achieved great distinction or greatest distinction in a master’s degree in Philosophy, in Moral Sciences or in Philosophy and Moral Sciences at a Flemish University.
These students are admitted en can enroll after the programme coordinators have checked and confirmed that they indeed satisfy this requirement. This means that students in these categories who want to enroll have to send an email the programme coordinators at RM.Phil@ugent.be. Attach the relevant documents to this email and explain which research seminars you want to follow (and why).
1B. Students who hold a master’s degree in Philosophy, in Moral Sciences or in Philosophy and Moral Sciences from Flemish University without the required degree (see 1A).
These students can be admitted after a review procedure. Details about the application procedure can be found here.
Special case: Flemish students who expect to obtain their master degree between July and October 2023, should follow the admission procedure for 1B students.
1C. Students with an master degree in Philosophy obtained outside the Flemish community.
These students can be admitted after a review procedure. Details about the application procedure can be found here.
2. You have a bachelor degree in philosophy and/ or moral sciences, but no master degree in these domains.
These students are required to attend the full programme of 120 credits. There are three subgroups.
2A. Students who hold a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, in Moral Sciences or in Philosophy and Moral Sciences from a Flemish university.
We recommend that these student finish their regular 1-year master programme first. Contact the programme coordinators at RM.Phil@ugent.be to discuss this.
2B. Students with a bachelor degree in Philosophy obtained outside the Flemish community
These students can be admitted after a review procedure. Details about the application procedure can be found here.
Special case: if you expect to obtain your bachelor degree in Philosophy before October 2023, you also are in this category.
3. You have no bachelor or master degree in philosophy or moral sciences
Again, there are two subgroups.
3A. Students with a master degree in a different discipline
These students can only be admitted after a review procedure if they have attended sufficient philosophical/moral science course units. By this we mean: a package amounting to at least 60 credits that includes philosophical/moral science methodology courses, and courses at an advanced level.
Details about the application procedure can be found here.
If admitted, these students follow the full programme of 120 credits.
3B. Students who only have a bachelor degree in a different discipline
These students cannot be admitted to the programme.
4. Language certificates
If you have obtained your bachelor or master degree outside the Flemish community, you have to prove English language proficiency at B2 level. Click here for an overview of types of proof that are accepted.