Top Master's Programs in the Brussels in Belgium 2019

Today, a wide range of activities needs a physicist’s skills:

With their strong analytical capabilities, physicists are very much in demand on the job market.... [-]

Statisticians are found in all industries.

Many jobs involving statistics are available in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials, and agribusiness, but also in banks, insurance companies, and official statistics institutes.

There are also many opportunities in research (both theoretical and applied) in statistics, especially in the academic sector.

The Master in Statistics teaches students the difficult art of transforming data into information and helping decision-makers and researchers in other fields analyze this information most efficiently. The program offers three specializations, with specific learning outcomes and objectives:... [-]

Graduates of the Master in Mathematics go on to work in a wide variety of careers. Ten years after graduation, 7% are pursuing further studies, 15% are teaching (either in secondary schools or in higher education), 36% are pursuing a career in research (either in a university or another institution), and 42% are working in a wide variety of jobs in the private sector (banks, pharmaceutical industry, etc.).

While the demand for mathematics teachers remains high, options for graduates of a Master in Mathematics are particularly varied and include: high-level positions in financial organizations, conducting studies in statistics or bio-statistics, consulting in network management, etc.... [-]

Environmental consulting, mineral and oil exploration, research, civil engineering, etc.

Geologists can be involved in local, regional, or even global issues, while their background can lead them to positions in the public or private sectors. The technical skills acquired in the Master of Geology are highly valued in industrial sectors that deal with geomaterials (civil engineering, cement, etc.) and geological resources (water, mining, oil, etc.). An increasing number of opportunities also exist in the public and non-governmental sector related to the management of natural hazards, land use planning, and the decontamination of soils and aquifers.

The idea that geography studies are only for future geography teachers is a myth: graduates in geography can work in a wide range of professional capacities, as they are appreciated in many environments for their knowledge and skills, as well as for their ability to combine different disciplines. Our former students are now experts in urban planning, regional development, and environmental management; designers of geographic information systems; spatial data analysts; project managers in the fields of tourism, transportation, retail, real estate, civil safety; but others are involved in associations, research, or indeed teaching in secondary or post-secondary education.... [-]

In the professional world, graduates of this program put their knowledge and skills into practice as chemists in research laboratories and production units, or as scientific experts and advisors. They are often hired in leading-edge chemical industries, in which they can quickly reach senior positions.

A Master's degree in Chemistry opens up job opportunities in the following areas:

Chemists can be viewed as architects, creating new molecules, developing new materials, developing and optimizing manufacturing processes, contributing to improving the quality of life in many areas (medicine, environment, energy, food, cosmetics, etc.).... [-]

The Master in Bioinformatics and Modelling enables graduates to adapt to a variety of jobs in many fields of activity. Upon completing the program, they can pursue careers in the industrial sector (pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, food, etc.) or in the public sector (environment and sustainable development, quality control, biosecurity, scientific outreach), or remain in the academic sector (teaching and research in secondary or post-secondary schools).

Whatever direction the graduates decide on, their interdisciplinary training will be a major asset.

The response to current biological problems—from genome sequencing to the study of biomolecular structures and the analysis of dynamical cellular processes—increasingly relies on the complementarity between experimental and theoretical approaches, which allows biological systems to be analyzed, modelled, and simulated on computers from the molecular and cellular scales up to entire organisms and even populations. To meet this trend, the program trains students from a variety of academic backgrounds on computational genomics and proteomics, structural bioinformatics, and modeling of dynamical processes. Graduates of this Master are able to use and design bioinformatics and modeling tools to address all aspects of a biological question, in close collaboration with experimental researchers.... [-]

As a multi-purpose and practical program, this Master can lead to a number of careers, whether in fields directly related to art and architecture or in other industries, such as museums, heritage restoration and conservation, art galleries, excavation sites, cultural departments within companies or ministries, secondary or post-secondary teaching, associations, and socio-cultural organisations.

This program helps students understand, explain, interpret, and put to use the major artistic trends and the many different facets of tangible culture produced by the human race. With a strong grounding in practice (visits, work placements in museums, excavation sites, conservation and restoration of works of art, etc.), direct contact with objects, images, and buildings, and through individual work, the program develops the students' independence and expertise. Another goal of the Master in Archaeology and Art History is to provide students with advanced knowledge in a specific field of study, covering all periods and a large part of the world: Prehistory / Protohistory; Antiquity; the Middle Ages / Renaissance / Modern Times; Contemporary Art; Ancient America and Asia; Africa.... [-]

Graduates of the Master in History possess—on top of their vast cultural knowledge and summarising skills—a specific ability to critically analyze information and any existing type of document. This is why studies in history can lead to a great variety of careers: teaching; administration; libraries and documentation centers; museums and cultural centers; any event that involves ‘memory’ or references to the past; those, and many more, are opportunities for a historian's skills to shine. In addition, the very object of their study gives graduates a strong sense of humanity and the concrete conditions governing its existence, as well as the evolution of these conditions, allow them—as do their methodological and organisational skills—to work in many professions that place humans at the forefront: NGOs, social work, etc.... [-]