ERP (SAP) Technical Consultant (postgraduate certificate)

Online, English-spoken course

Programme to follow on

Almost 2/3rd of all Belgian organisations and companies with at least 50 employees uses an ERP-software package. SAP is the most commonly used system in Belgium, which shows the demand for employees who master this software.

Next info moment

25 June 2024

Inge Stas

Programme coordinator

inge.stas@ucll.be

About

New fully online, English programme

Do you already have a thorough functional knowledge of SAP (through our ERP postgraduate 'practical consultant' course or similar trough experience)? Would you like to continue that basic expertise with additional technical skills? Then you have found the ideal course of study!

Classes

After the first semester, you will have gained basis knowledge of ABAP. This will allow you to both debug SAP programmes on your own and communicate more efficiently with the SAP developer. All classes are only (!) online.

2/3rd of classes are theoretical sessions for the entire group
1/3rd of the classes are work sessions which divides students into groups of maximum 15 students

You will comprehend the information streams between back- and frontend, as well as be informed of the options which exist to build custom SAP applications.

Classes are on Monday evening, from 18:30 to 21:30.

Contents of semester 1: Introduction to SAP Programming

intro & SAP intro
ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming)
CDS/RAP/Fiori elements (low code)/ BTP

In the second semester, your knowledge will be expanded, allowing you to also build your own SAP applications. This includes a new step-up in your career; as a junior developer.

Classes are on Monday evening and Wednesday evening, from 18:30 to 21:30.

Contents of semester 2: advanced SAP Programming

ABAP, Backend
Gateway
Fiori, Frontend

Timing

The first semester exists out of 12 class weeks with one evening class a week of 3 hours per evening.

The second semester exists out of 12 class weeks with 2 evenings class per week of 3 hours per evening. During this semester, you'll continue to build on the knowledge which you learned throughout the first semester.

Who can join?

This posgraduate certificate can be joined by anyone with a healthy interest in IT and determination.
You preferably have a higher education degree.

The goal is to acquire background/basic knowledge on the technical aspect, which will allow more efficient communication with a technical SAP-expert. This is particularly useful when debugging.

Campus

Campus Proximus

Heverlee (Leuven)

Practical

Signing up

If you have any questions, please contact Inge Stas (inge.stas@ucll.be). After an intake conversation, you're ready to join the programme!

Fees

The study fee is dependent of the number of study points you take on during your studies.

Per year: set cost of € 650 + € 50 per study point
Total price for the entire programme = € 2650
Included: a year of acces to the SAP practice (simulation) system

SME-e wallet

Are you a Flemish entrepreneur? Receive up to 30% of the amount in financial aid by the Flemish government by using the 'SME-e wallet'. UC Leuven has DV.O103479 as an identification number within this system. (with a period after capital letter O). For more information, check: https://www.vlaio.be/en/subsidies/sme-e-wallet

If you intend to use this option, we recommend that you immediately request it when you decide to sign up for the programme. It has to be requested within 14 days after signup, otherwise you by default cannot be accepted for the subsidy anymore. The part of the form which requests 'factuurnummer' should be left blank.