Institut des hautes études des communications sociales
The IHECS or officially, the Institut des Hautes Études des Communications sociales – École de Journalisme de Bruxelles (French for: Institute of Higher Studies in Social Communication – Brussels School of Journalism) is a French-speaking Belgian catholic college of Communication based in Brussels, proposing Bachelors and Masters in Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Socio-Cultural Animation & Education founded in Tournai in 1958.
The IHECS works as the "Social" branch of the Brussels' Haute École Galilée and is an autonomous (catholic) college subsidized by the French Community of Belgium.
The institution also offers specializations or Third-Cycle Education. IHECS proposes Postgraduate Degrees (Diplôme d'Enseignement Supérieur Spécialisé – DESS) in Economic and Financial Information, European Journalism, Communication and European Affairs, Communication and Development as well as Strategic and Commercial Communication. The articulation of theoretical and practical courses proposed by IHECS has enabled the institution to be considered as one of the best communication schools in Belgium.