UCLouvain is a publicly funded Belgian university, so tuition is low for European students. For 2026/27 the Wallonia-Brussels Federation reformed its regulated minerval into an income-scaled scale: the standard full fee is about €1,194 a year (roughly €2,388 across the two-year master's), reduced for lower-income households to about €835 (intermediate income), €374 (modest income) or €0 for recognised grant holders. Students from outside the EEA pay a €4,175 supplementary contribution on top of the €1,194 base, bringing the total to about €5,369 a year (with a transitional reduced rate for some nationalities). The reformed amounts were still published as pending final government approval when we re-read the page on 9 September 2026, so confirm the current figure for your situation on UCLouvain's own enrolment pages. Two charges sit outside the minerval and are not included in any of those figures: a €200 application fee for non-EU applicants who are not assimilated to Belgian students, payable after confirming the application online, deducted from the enrolment fee if you are accepted and non-refundable if you are not; and unspecified additional costs "particularly for sports membership", which UCLouvain notes scholarship holders still owe. Either way the headline tuition is a fraction of what private European business schools charge for an FT-ranked degree, and Belgian living costs are modest by Western-European standards.
Tuition for the Louvain School of Management Master in Management is €1,194/year EU (income-scaled lower; ≈€2,388 total) / €5,369/year non-EEA, public university (2026/27) for the 24 months program.
| Total tuition | €1,194/year EU (income-scaled lower; ≈€2,388 total) / €5,369/year non-EEA, public university (2026/27) |
|---|---|
| Tuition (numeric) | €2,388 |
| Program length | 24 months |
| Median tuition (80 euro-priced MiMs we track) | €23,157 |
On tuition, the Louvain School of Management MiM ranks #11 of 80 euro-priced MiMs we track — at or below the €23,157 median. See how it stacks up on our cheapest MiMs in Europe and best-value shortlists.
Tuition figures are the published rate for the 2026–27 cycle and exclude living costs, travel, and optional exchange fees. Scholarships and need-based aid can materially reduce the net cost — see the FAQs below.
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- Master [120] in Management (GEST2M) — official programme page, 2026-2027 catalogue edition. UPDATED 2026-09-04: this profile previously cited UCLouvain's 2025-2026 edition (…/en-prog-2025-gest2m), which is still live and still says "Study programme 2025-2026" at the top; the 2026-2027 edition exists at the same slug with the year advanced, and en-prog-2027-gest2m is not published yet (500). SCOPE CHECKED the same read: this page carries the programme's access requirements and structure and states NO application deadline of any kind — UCLouvain publishes those centrally, not per programme ↗ — UCLouvain — Louvain School of Management
- UCLouvain enrolment — registration fee amount (2026/27 income-scaled minerval reform; EU €1,194 full / non-EEA €5,369). RE-READ 2026-09-09 for the fee-convention sweep, and the whole page rather than the tuition rows. Still "currently pending approval by the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation" nine weeks on. EU/assimilated: €1,194.00 full, €835.00 intermediate, €374.00 low-income, €0.00 for FWB grant recipients. Non-EU additional contribution €4,175 "in accordance with ARES Circular No. 2026-001", giving €5,369. TWO CHARGES OUTSIDE THE MINERVAL, both quoted verbatim: "Students who have a non-EU nationality and are not assimilated to Belgian students (except for specialised master's degrees, doctorates, international joint degrees, or Erasmus Mundus exchanges) will be asked to pay a €200 application fee after confirming their application online. If their application for enrolment is accepted, this fee will be deducted from the enrolment fees for the programme in which they are enrolled. In all other cases, this fee will not be refunded." And: "In addition to these fees, there are additional costs, particularly for sports membership. Please note that students receiving a scholarship are still liable for these costs." The page gives the ARES circular's date as 12 February 2025 in the body and 12 February 2026 in its annex list, so the circular is cited here by number only ↗ — UCLouvain
- UCLouvain enrolment — application deadlines. SCOPE CHECKED 2026-09-04: this is a UNIVERSITY-WIDE calendar and it is keyed to nationality and diploma type, not to a programme — the table is headed "General deadlines" under "Prepare your application", and says "These dates vary according to your nationality and the type of application". The 2026-2027 rows read: 31 March 2026 for a non-EU national not resident in Belgium and requiring a visa; 13 September 2026 for an EU/visa-exempt national with an eligible foreign diploma, and for a non-EU national resident in Belgium not requiring a visa; 30 September 2026 for an EU/visa-exempt national whose entry qualification is a Belgian diploma, IBO or Schola Europaea. The page names NO faculty or programme exceptions, and the LSM programme page publishes no dates of its own, so these ARE this programme's deadlines ↗ — UCLouvain
- Louvain School of Management receives five-year EQUIS accreditation ↗ — UCLouvain — Louvain School of Management
- Financial Times — Masters in Management 2025 ↗ — Financial Times