Bachelor of Business Management

Bachelor of Business Management

The Bachelor of Business Management program is designed for Belgian and international students who wish to gain a profound knowledge of different management domains and obtain an international business degree within the intercultural context of a globalised world. International fellow students, foreign lecturers, study trips and exchange possibilities will enhance the cross-cultural awareness and communication.

The program provides a solid knowledge of the different functional areas of management for mastering business operations and setting up a company, together with training to hone your communication skills and personal development.

The program will offer you a profound knowledge of corporate life and practice-oriented education to obtain the required skills in key managerial responsibilities in an international environment. Developing ICT-skills, communication and language skills and the capacity for teamwork and leadership are also an important part of the program.

Cross-cultural and teamwork skills are encouraged and developed within different group projects, the internship and the bachelor thesis.

The Bachelor of Business Management program is designed for Belgian and international students who wish to gain a profound knowledge of different management domains and obtain an international business degree within the intercultural context of a globalised world. International fellow students, foreign lecturers, study trips and exchange possibilities will enhance the cross-cultural awareness and communication.

For Belgian and EEA students the admission requirements for a Bachelor’s program apply. For non- EEA students the equivalence of the obtained degree will be first checked by our admission office.

• Fluency in English level B2 (IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550) both written and spoken is required.
• Candidates who obtained the CPE Certificate or the CAE Certificate meet the minimum requirement of the English language proficiency as well.
• An exemption from TOEFL or IELTS is possible for applicants with a university degree or high school / college degree earned in Australia, English speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or the USA: the certified degree and transcripts suffice, provided they confirm that the entire study was completed in English.

For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.

Year 1

Entrepreneurship

• Marketing management
• Product development & innovation

Tax & legal

• International law & European law
• International commercial law
• Accountancy 1

Management

• Introduction to marketing
• Comparative economics
• International financial management
• Statistics & application to business decisions

ICT-skills

• Business Office Skills
• MS Excel

Communication

• Foreign language 1
• Foreign language 2
• Foreign language 3
• Communication skills & talent development
• Practice-oriented training
• Introduction to philosophy

Year 2

Entrepreneurship

• Internal organisation & total quality management
• Sales training
• Import/export
• Financial management

Tax & legal

• Accountancy 2 (IAS standards)
• International taxes

Management

• Strategic management & innovation processes
• Marketing management 2
• Market research
• Workshop market research
• Intercultural management
• MS Excel II

Communication

• Foreign language 1
• Foreign language 2
• Foreign language 3 or optional course intercultural management

Personal development

• Practice-oriented training
• Business ethics & research methods

Year 3

Entrepreneurship

• Supply chain management & ERP
• Risk management
• (e-)marketing & e-commerce
• Doing business outside Europe
• Financial analysis
• Cost & management accounting
• Creativity and innovation

Tax & legal

• Labour & social protection

Communication

• Foreign language 1
• Foreign language 2

Personal development

• Human resources management
• Internship
• Creative business project

There are currently no scholarships available for international or European students.

Are any study trips part of the programme?

Within the programme you will have several opportunities to go on a student trip abroad to a country within or outside of Europe, as far as China or Colombia if you like!

Erasmus exchange

You can study at a foreign partner university as an Erasmus+ exchange student in the course of one term during your final year. Doing an internship abroad within the Erasmus+ programme, will also be encouraged.

• Belgian and EEA students: €938,80
• Non-EEA students: €4.900,00 euros

The Bachelor of Business Management (Specialisation Business Management & Entrepreneurship) is a three year full-time professional bachelor program that consists of 180 ECTS credits.

Double degree programs

Within the program it is possible to obtain a double degree at one of our partner universities. If you are fluent in French, you can obtain a double degree at one of our Walloon partner university colleges in Belgium or study one year in France. You can also earn a second degree at one of our Danish partner universities or even in South Korea. In that case, you have a full English program.

Further study opportunities include:

• One-year Advanced Bachelor’s Degree International Management to further deepen your knowledge (program entirely in English or Dutch and English)
• Postgraduate degrees that can be combined with a first job opportunity
• An extra professional Bachelor’s degree within our field of study can be obtained in 1 or 1.5 year (programs in Dutch) at our University of Applied Sciences
• Master’s degree at a university
• Study opportunities abroad

• Various positions and managerial responsibilities within SMEs or multinational companies
• Becoming an independent entrepreneur