Medecine études

Competitive entry

In addition to the general conditions listed on the registration site, access to bachelor's studies in medicine is conditional on the ranking in useful order determined during the single entrance examination for all universities in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

Competition preparation

Introducing the bachelor

To enable you to understand the human body in all its subtleties, the start of your bachelor's degree broadens the foundation of your knowledge acquired in the basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology).

Rapidly, you learn to describe the human being in its normal functioning from a morphological (histology, anatomy) and functional (biochemistry, physiology) point of view, and you deepen your knowledge in these fields, notably via genetics, embryology, immunology and so on.

You then gradually move on to the study of pathologies (pathological anatomy, physiopathology, immunopathology), their diagnosis (semiology) and therapeutics (pharmacology). You then enter the clinical approach: you learn how to examine patients, take pneumology and cardiology courses and complete a three-week internship with a general practitioner.

In parallel, psychology courses introduce you to the specifics of patient-physician relationships and develop your skills as communicators, while training in the humanities leads you to reflect on bioethical issues related to medical practice and the healthcare system.

Finally, this training enables you to become open-minded practitioners and teaches you to listen to others and consider patients in their uniqueness. It gives you a taste for continuing education, which will follow you throughout your career.

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You're off to a good start

  • you are passionate about the medical world;
  • you are sensitive to the suffering of others and possess a fine quality of listening;
  • you enjoy teamwork;
  • you have excellent observation and analysis skills and work rigorously;
  • you feel at home in scientific subjects and enjoy communicating your knowledge.

Teaching methods

Theory, exercise sessions, laboratories... everything is done to ensure mastery of concepts and develop practical skills.

Organized in small groups, practical work and exercise sessions enable you to delve deeper into part of the subject matter and introduce you to techniques specific to each discipline. You learn to observe and verify experimentally certain laws or phenomena exposed in the theoretical teaching units (UE).

Medecine études

In the physics, chemistry and biology labs, you perform experiments and discover the anatomy and physiology of a small mammal before tackling that of the human body.

In histology, you observe tissues and organs and simultaneously practice differential diagnosis.

Significant resources are offered to enable you to easily initiate yourself into microscopic practice: collection of microscopic sections of human specimens, binocular microscopes, electron micrographs, video films as well as permanent online access to a virtual microscopic atlas.

Thanks to the very fine collection of anatomical parts (skeletons, plastinated organs, 3D models) in the anatomy library and thanks to digital tools, you study the structure of the human body.

In epistemology and philosophy of biomedicine, you take a critical look at the medical discipline and discover, with the help of conceptual tools, other world medicines.

Further

In addition to complementary activities such as "One Health - une seule santé", "Artificial Intelligence" and "Etudiant-chercheur", you have the opportunity to broaden your learning horizons in a proactive approach by taking part in conferences organized by the Faculties.

Success aids

Succeeding in a year of study at university involves many challenges.

To help you meet them, UNamur supports you in developing your disciplinary, methodological and human skills... with the support of numerous professionals.

Preparatory courses, individualized help...

Discover how to succeed in medicine

After the baccalauréat

After obtaining the bachelor's degree in medicine, you have access to the master's degree in medicine (3 years) organized in the other universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation: the Université catholique de Louvain, the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Université de Liège.

The master's degree gives access to the doctor's diploma, but must be completed by a master's degree of specialization, the duration of which varies according to the specialty chosen (general medicine or another specialty).

During this specialization master's degree, you perfect your skills by practicing medicine, under the responsibility of an internship supervisor, and are then of course remunerated.

As bachelor of medicine graduates, you can also access the :

organized at UNamur.

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Medecine études

New at UNamur! The Master of Specialization in General Medicine

From September 2024, UNamur will offer the opportunity to specialize in general medicine!

This specialization master, co-graduated with UCLouvain, guarantees a multidisciplinary, professionalizing and innovative education that exploits the expertise developed by each of the two universities.

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Les métiers des médecins

Métiers des médecins

Doctors' professions

For various health policy reasons, the number of doctors who will be admitted to practice general or specialist medicine under the INAMI, i.e. Belgian Social Security, is limited.

Generalists and specialists

After a 6-year core curriculum (3 years bachelor's degree and 3 years master's degree), students who become doctors can complete their studies with a master's degree specializing in either general or specialist medicine.

The general medicine is a primary care-oriented clinical specialty with its own unique characteristics: varied activity embracing all fields of medicine with a comprehensive and longitudinal (over time), person-centered approach, and intervening at an early and undifferentiated stage of disease development. GPs establish a long-lasting and privileged relationship of trust with their patients, enabling them to play a central role in patient care. General medical practices are varied (solo, group or network practice, medical home, etc.).

The distinctive feature of specialized medicine is that it focuses the doctor's activity in a field that has his or her predilection, enabling him or her to acquire in-depth skills and accumulate specific experience, over time. Some specialties are practiced only in hospitals, others either privately or in hospitals. Some are very close to patients, others less so (laboratories). Some require hard work and long working hours, while others are more comfortable and can be adapted to suit individual needs. All provide great intellectual satisfaction. All are very useful to those who suffer.

Other possibilities

Other opportunities include scientific research, for example through the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, which grants Research Aspirant mandates, public health (occupational medicine, expert appraisals, hygiene, hospital management), tropical medicine and development cooperation, medical informatics, pharmacology, toxicology, scientific journalism, medical law.