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Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

 

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Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Business Economics

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

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Objectives

The programme Master of Business Economics expects students to acquire certain knowledge, skills and attitudes and therefore formulates the following programme-specific learning outcomes:
1. Economic analysis
The graduate uses the economic framework as a background when analysing and solving business-economic problems.
2. Management of business domains
The graduate solves business-economic problems - specific to the specialisation - based on advanced knowledge of and insight into the concepts, principles and argumentation methods, while considering the business context.
Based on their expertise and specialist knowledge and insight, and based on the familiarity with the general business operation, processes and strategy, the graduate gives well-founded advice in response to questions, paying specific critical attention to the broad framework of business, the environmental factors and the relevant public stakeholders.
The graduate detects and monitors important evolutions and innovations within the specialisation, and assesses whether these are relevant for the specific business context.
3. Design of business processes
The graduate plans, organises and evaluates business processes specific to the specialisation, taking into account the specific business context.
4. Research skills
The graduate can go through the different stages of research to analyse business problems, to formulate and evaluate solutions and to communicate about this.
5. Behavioural and social sciences
The graduate has extensive knowledge of and insight into related human sciences and can use them purposefully in the analysis of business economic problems and in assessing the consequences of these problems for society.
6. International orientation
The graduate is able to analyse business-economic questions in an international framework.
7. Entrepreneurship & innovation
The graduate has the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to develop innovative ideas in a business and/or socio-economic context.
8. Languages
The graduate communicates in a professional and scientifically correct, fluent and clear manner, both in writing and orally, in the language of instruction, and in at least one other language in case the language of instruction is not English.
9. Professional skills and preparation for the labour market
The graduate develops professional skills in preparation for the transition to the labour market (leadership skills, teamwork, communication skills...)
10. Ethics, responsibility and sustainability
The graduate recognises and critically reflects on the social, ethical and environmental aspects of business operations.

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration encourages and pursues developmental aspects in all its courses in the field of:

Professional skills and employability

-          The student develops a professional attitude as well as professional and academic skills that enable him/her to deliver a meaningful contribution to society.

-          The student actively searches for settings to broaden and/or deepen his/her competences in accordance with his/her disciplinary future self.

-          The student acknowledges the importance of continuing education and shows willingness to participate in lifelong learning.

 

Ethics, responsibility and sustainability

-          In his/her thinking and acting the student shows attention for the environment, man, and society and develops a critical attitude towards these topics.

-          The student adopts an ethical approach when solving problems in a business context.

 

International orientation

-          The student pays attention to international and intercultural dimensions of business and policy.

-          The student acknowledges the added value of an international context for their own environment and the society in general.

 

Entrepreneurship and innovation

-          The student develops a proactive stance and entrepreneurial attitude, characterised by creativity and  a sense of innovation.

 

When, within a programme, a developmental objective also constitutes a learning outcome, this is also mentioned within the objectives of the programme or the course and becomes binding.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_BA_MA_Business Economics.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA report_Master_Business Economics.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents