Erasmus Mundus Master in Documentary Film Directing
Doc Nomads / 120 ECTS / 2 year - Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon / English
Campus Brussel / Sint-Lukas
Campus Brussel / Sint-Lukas
Documentary Film Directing
International Master / Joint Master Degree
NOTE: the current DocNomads consortium ends in 2026. The programme continues under the name DocNomadsPlus and with a new mobility track (Lisbon, Vilnius and Brussels) from September 2025 onwards. More info on docnomadsplus.eu
Documentary Film Directing, aka Doc Nomads is an international two-year master degree in documentary filmmaking. Students come from all over the world to study successively at Lisbon, Budapest and Brussels. DocNomads was the first film course in the world supported by Erasmus Mundus. Students can apply for travel and accommodation grants.
In each edition, about twenty-four students from all around the world follow a mobility track from Lisbon to Brussels, via Budapest. In doing so, students are immersed within different cultural environments, learning how to make use of their abilities outside their usual social contexts.
Curriculum
Taught entirely in English and taking a practical approach, Doc Nomads’ unique curriculum and supportive faculty aims at expanding students' skills and creativity, while providing an integrated training that combines a focus on the arts with contemporary practices in film production.
About LUCA School of Arts
LUCA School of Arts is the only University of Applied Sciences (and Arts ) in Flanders exclusively dedicated to art and design, making it unique in the region. As a School of Arts LUCA combines the strengths and expertise of five renowned Flemish higher education institutions for art and design, spread across Brussels, Genk, Ghent and Leuven. LUCA also gives form to the associated Faculty of Arts of the KU Leuven which is an intensive collaboration between LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven. Whereas LUCA, as a college, is responsible for bachelor and master degrees in the arts, KU Leuven, as a university, is authorized for doctorates. Artistic research is therefore situated at a crossroads, which explains the faculty's associated status. It is an "in-between space", in which the assets of the School of Arts and the Research University reinforce each other. LUCA participates as such on the open day of the KU Leuven. LUCA will be presenting its even full-English MA programmes on its campuses in Brussels, Genk, Ghent and Leuven.
Discover LUCA’s workshops
In our audiovisual workshops you enter a professional environment where image and sound come together.
You work in spacious film studios equipped with sound absorbing materials, suitable for both large-scale productions and intimate recordings. Combined with the camera, lighting and audio equipment available through the equipment lending service, you have everything you need to realise your audiovisual ideas both technically and creatively.
From recording to editing and colour grading: all spaces and equipment are tailored for students who want to develop their audiovisual projects with strong technical and creative skills.
As a LUCA student, you have access to every workshop across all LUCA campuses.
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Facilities & campus life
- Lusófona University in Lisbon
- SZFE in Budapest
- LUCA Sint-Lukas campus in Brussels
Kwaliteit is de drijfveer van LUCA
Als de grondhouding van het beleidsplan inhoudt dat ‘kwaliteit onze drijfveer’ is, en dat elk aspect van het beleid hieraan kan worden getoetst, dan wil LUCA ontegensprekelijk een sterke kwaliteitscultuur uitbouwen en voeden: een cultuur die vertrekt vanuit vertrouwen in mensen met talent en expertise, en die gericht is op waarderen, inspireren en verbeteren.
Het formele kwaliteitskader voor opleidingen binnen LUCA kreeg de naam KOPERA wat staat voor: Kritisch de Kwaliteit van Opleidingen met Peers in Eigen Regie Analyseren.
LUCA vertrekt voor KOPERA vanuit een visie op kwaliteitszorg die vertrekt vanuit vertrouwen en gericht is op waarderen, inspireren en verbeteren.
Tijdens de zesjarige KOPERA-cyclus ontvangt elke opleiding een panel van kritische vrienden die de invulling van de kwaliteitskenmerken nagaan en bekijken hoe de opleiding bijdraagt tot het algemene LUCA-beleid.
Het sluitstuk van KOPERA is de uiteindelijke borging van de opleidingskwaliteit. De kernvraag daarbij luidt: "heeft de opleiding een goede kwaliteitscultuur die de ‘plan-do-check-act’-cirkel volgt?"
Van elke opleiding publiceert LUCA een kwaliteitsfiche. Je kan deze terugvinden op de pagina 'Kwaliteitszorg'.
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