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bachelor of
Business Management
VIVES campus Kortrijk
English programme
specialisation
Business Management
& Entrepreneurship
WHAT IS THE PROGRAMME ABOUT?
The Bachelor of Business Management spe-
cialisation Business Management & Entre-
preneurship is a three-year full-time profes-
sional bachelor programme that consists of
180 ECTS credits.
The programme provides a solid knowledge
of the different functional areas of manage-
ment for mastering business operations and
setting up a company, together with training
to hone your communication skills and per-
sonal development.
The programme will offer you a profound
knowledge of corporate life and practice-ori-
ented education to obtain the required skills
in key managerial responsibilities in an inter-
national environment. Developing ICT skills,
communication and language skills and the
capacity for teamwork and leadership are
also an important part of the programme.
Cross-cultural and teamwork skills are en-
couraged and developed within different
team projects, the internship and the bach- WHY FLANDERS?
elor thesis. Although the Dutch speaking region of Bel- heart of Flemish entrepreneurship and de-
gium has no natural resources, it is still one sign fostering innovation and creativity. The
of the richest regions in the world. This has city harbours various large multinationals
been achieved through human ‘capital’: hard like Barco, Bekaert, etc. but also a wide range
working people, a high level of education, of industry or service-oriented SMEs. This
openness towards the world and innovative provides the region with the second lowest
28% entrepreneurs. unemployment rate within Europe. The an-
cient historic town centre offers an inspiring
WHY KORTRIJK? backdrop and the vibrant university (college)
of all students who opt for The programme is organised at VIVES Uni- town is strategically located in and part of the
a professional bachelor’s degree versity of Applied Sciences, Department of Belgian-French metropolis of Kortrijk, Lille
in Flanders, choose to study Commercial Sciences and Business Manage- and Tournai.
Commercial Sciences & Business ment, campus Kortrijk. Kortrijk is the beating
Management.
FOR WHOM?
The Bachelor of Business Management pro-
gramme is designed for Belgian and interna-
tional students who wish to gain a profound
knowledge of different management domains
and obtain an international business degree
within the intercultural context of a glo-
balised world. International fellow students,
foreign lecturers, study trips and exchange
possibilities will enhance the cross-cultural
awareness and communication.
WHY ENROL?
Does this apply to you?
· You would like to set up your own company.
· You want to hold a general management
position within a small or medium sized en-
terprise or pursue a management position
in one of a wide range of domains within an
international company.
· You have an international focus.
· You are interested in intercultural relations
and keen to work in multicultural teams.
Yes?
Then this study programme is cut out for you.
More than
2,300
students study
Commercial Sciences & Business
Management.
CURRICULUM
PROGRAMME YEAR 1 PROGRAMME YEAR 2 PROGRAMME YEAR 3
Courses ECTS Courses ECTS Courses ECTS “MW
Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship
Marketing management 4 Internal organisation & total 3 Supply chain management 4
quality management & ERP
Product development & 3
innovation Sales training 3 Risk management 3
Tax & legal Import/export 3 (e-)marketing & e-commerce 3
International law & European 3 Financial management 4 Doing business outside 3
law Europe
Tax & legal
International commercial law 3 Financial analysis 3
Accountancy 2 4
Accountancy 1 4 (IAS standards) Cost & management 4
accounting
Management International taxes 4
Tax & legal
Introduction to marketing 4 Management
Labour & social protection 3
Comparative economics 3 Strategic management & 4
innovation processes Communication
International financial 3
management Marketing management 2 3 Foreign language 1 (= English 3
except for native speakers)
Statistics & application to 4 Market research 4
business decisions Foreign language 2 3
Digital business management 3 (*, not mother tongue)
ICT-skills
Business development 3 (*) French 3 / German 3 / Spanish 3 / Italian 3 /
MS Word & office skills 3 Chinese 3 /Dutch 3
Intercultural management 3
MS Excel 3 Personal development
MS Excel II 3
Communication Human resources manage- 3
Communication ment
Foreign language 1 (= English 6
except for native speakers) Foreign language 1a (= 3 Internship 14
English except for native
Foreign language 2 6 speakers) Creative business project 14
(*, not mother tongue)
Foreign language 1b (= 3 CBP 5 (8 stp)
(*) French 1 / German 1 / Spanish 1 / English except for native
Italian 1 / Chinese 1 / Dutch 1 CBP 6 (6 stp)
speakers)
Personal development Foreign language 2a (*, not 3 60
Communication skills & 4 mother tongue)
talent development Foreign language 2b 3 · Possibilty to take part in an Erasmus exchange
VIVES Department of Pratical training & projects 4 (*, not mother tongue) programme.
(*) French 2 / German 2 / Spanish 2 / · The courses of the mobility window (MW) will
Commercial Sciences & Business Introduction to philosophy 3
Italian 2 / Chinese 2 / Dutch 2 be replaced by the programme of the foreign
60 institution.
Management, where Personal development
150
Business ethics & research 4
methods
60
lecturers, administrative,
technical staff and management
are ready to support you.
LANGUAGES Within the programme you choose two for- eign languages each year. For non-native speakers, English as the first foreign lan- guage is mandatory. The second foreign language can be chosen freely but has to be different from the mother tongue. Native English speakers can choose the for- eign languages from the range CVO Miras offers: French, Dutch, Spanish, German, Ital- ian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Arabic etc. STUDY TRIPS ABROAD 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 universi- ty as an Erasmus+ exchange student in the course of one term during your final year. Do- ing an internship abroad within the Erasmus+ programme, will also be encouraged. DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES Within the programme it is possible to ob- tain 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 Wal- loon 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 programme.
In your last year you can, if you wish, study
a complete semester abroad (or complete
your internship): within our department
742 105
we have an agreement with 140 European
partner universities from 22 different coun-
tries: from Finland to Greece, from Ireland
to Poland. Within Europe, you have different
number of lecturers possibilities for a double degree. Or do you
going abroad
prefer to go to China, Canada, India, South
average of 5 days number of incoming
lecturers from abroad Korea, Chile, Colombia or any other distant
destination for a semester of study or intern-
ship? It is possible!
330
European partners
80
567 232
number of students
intercontinental partners going abroad
average of 4 months number of incoming
students from abroad
STUDENTS AND STAFF ABROAD
STUDY TRIPS INTERNSHIP/ PROJECTS
STUDY
China Europe Europe
Spain South-Korea Sri Lanka
Japan China Japan
USA Canada New York
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Various positions and managerial responsi-
Further studies
bilities within SMEs or multinational compa-
41% nies.
Becoming an independent entrepreneur.
of the students continue to study
FURTHER STUDIES
(either a second bachelor’s degree or an
One-year Advanced Bachelor’s Degree Inter-
advanced bachelor’s degree in VIVES
the Department of Commercial Sciences national Management to further deepen your
& Business Management, or a transition knowledge (programme entirely in English or
programme to a master’s degree) Dutch and English).
Postgraduate degrees that can be combined
with a first job opportunity.
Employment rates after graduation
An extra professional Bachelor’s degree with-
Of the group of graduates
in our field of study can be obtained in 1 or 1.5
(i. e. the remaining 59%)
who were looking for a job: year (programmes in Dutch) at our University
of Applied Sciences.
56% Master’s degree at a university.
Study opportunities abroad.
already signed a contract
before the end of June
less than 1 month after graduation,
78%
was already at work
Less than 4 months after graduation:
100% has a job
(The highest figure in Flanders - source: VLHORA)
When asked whether this job was at the level of a
professional bachelor’s degree, 97% answered yes!
Of course, these are nice figures that show that the
business community appreciates our graduates.
ENROLMENT FEE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR
2018-2019
Belgian and EEA students: 922.30 euros.
Non-EEA students: 4,900.00 euros
Included: all student facilities at VIVES. Ex-
cluded: estimated additional cost of course
material, books, living, housing and travel
expenses.
ADMISSION
For Belgian and EEA students the admission guage proficiency as well. An exemption from
requirements for a Bachelor’s programme apply. TOEFL or IELTS is possible for applicants with
For non- EEA students the equivalence of the a university degree or high school / college
obtained degree will be first checked by our degree earned in Australia, English speaking
admission office. Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United King-
Fluency in English level B2 (IELTS 6.5, TOEFL dom or the USA: the certified degree and
iBT79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550) both written and transcripts suffice, provided they confirm that
spoken is required. Candidates who obtained the entire study was completed in English.
the CPE Certificate or the CAE Certificate meet Students who have obtained a Flemish diploma
the minimum requirement of the English lan- of secondary education are also exempted.
EXAMPLE OF AN ACADEMIC YEAR
09-2018 10-2018 11-2018 12-2018 01-2019 02-2019 03-2019 04-2019 05-2019 06-2019 07-2019 08-2019
1 SA 1 MO 1 TH 1 SA 1 TU 1 FR 1 FR 1 MO 1 WE LABOUR DAY 1 SA 1 MO 1 TH
2 SU 2 TU 2 FR 2 SU 2 WE 2 SA 2 SA 2 TU 2 TH 2 SU 2 TU 2 FR
3 MO 3 WE 3 SA 3 MO 3 TH 3 SU 3 SU 3 WE 3 FR 3 MO EXAMS 3 WE 3 SA
4 TU 4 TH 4 SU 4 TU 4 FR 4 MO NO CLASSES 4 MO SPRING BREAK 4 TH 4 SA 4 TU 4 TH 4 SU
5 WE 5 FR 5 MO 5 WE 5 SA 5 TU NO CLASSES 5 TU 5 FR 5 SU 5 WE 5 FR 5 MO
6 TH 6 SA 6 TU 6 TH 6 SU 6 WE NO CLASSES 6 WE 6 SA 6 MO 6 TH 6 SA 6 TU
7 FR 7 SU 7 WE 7 FR 7 MO 7 TH NO CLASSES 7 TH 7 SU 7 TU 7 FR 7 SU 7 WE
8 SA 8 MO 8 TH 8 SA 8 TU START EXAMS 8 FR NO CLASSES 8 FR 8 MO EASTER BREAK 8 WE 8 SA 8 MO 8 TH
9 SU 9 TU 9 FR 9 SU 9 WE 9 SA 9 SA 9 TU 9 TH 9 SU PENTECOST 9 TU 9 FR
10 MO 10 WE 10 SA 10 MO 10 TH 10 SU 10 SU 10 WE 10 FR 10 MO PENT. MONDAY 10 WE 10 SA
11 TU 11 TH 11 SU 11 TU 11 FR 11 MO 11 MO L18 11 TH 11 SA 11 TU EXAMS 11 TH HOL. FLEM. COMM. 11 SU
12 WE ACAD.OPENING 12 FR 12 MO 12 WE 12 SA 12 TU 12 TU 12 FR 12 SU 12 WE 12 FR 12 MO
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14 FR 14 SU 14 WE 14 FR 14 MO EXAMS 14 TH 14 TH 14 SU 14 TU 14 FR 14 SU 14 WE
15 SA 15 MO 15 TH 15 SA 15 TU 15 FR 15 FR 15 MO 15 WE 15 SA 15 MO 15 TH ASSU. OF MARY
16 SU 16 TU 16 FR 16 SU 16 WE 16 SA 16 SA 16 TU 16 TH 16 SU 16 TU 16 FR START EXAMS
17 MO START 1ST SEM. 17 WE 17 SA 17 MO 17 TH 17 SU 17 SU 17 WE 17 FR END 2ND SEM. 17 MO EXAMS 17 WE 17 SA
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19 WE 19 FR 19 MO 19 WE 19 SA 19 TU 19 TU 19 FR 19 SU 19 WE 19 FR 19 MO
20 TH 20 SA 20 TU INT. STAFF DAYS 20 TH 20 SU 20 WE 20 WE 20 SA 20 MO STUDY PERIOD 20 TH 20 SA 20 TU
21 FR 21 SU 21 WE INT. STAFF DAYS 21 FR END 1ST SEM. 21 MO EXAMS 21 TH 21 TH 21 SU EASTER 21 TU 21 FR 21 SU BEL. NAT. HOLIDAY 21 WE
22 SA 22 MO 22 TH INT. STAFF DAYS 22 SA 22 TU 22 FR 22 FR 22 MO EASTER MONDAY 22 WE 22 SA 22 MO 22 TH
23 SU 23 TU 23 FR 23 SU 23 WE 23 SA 23 SA 23 TU 23 TH 23 SU 23 TU 23 FR
24 MO 24 WE 24 SA 24 MO CHRISTM. BREAK 24 TH 24 SU 24 SU 24 WE 24 FR 24 MO 24 WE 24 SA
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27 TH 27 SA 27 TU 27 TH 27 SU 27 WE 27 WE 27 SA 27 MO 27 TH 27 SA 27 TU
28 FR 28 SU 28 WE 28 FR 28 MO START 2ND SEM. 28 TH 28 TH 28 SU 28 TU 28 FR GRAD. CEREM. 28 SU 28 WE
29 SA 29 MO AUTUMN BREAK 29 TH 29 SA 29 TU 29 FR 29 MO 29 WE START EXAMS 29 SA 29 MO 29 TH
30 SO 30 TU 30 FR 30 SU 30 WE 30 SA 30 TU 30 TH ASCENSION 30 SU 30 TU 30 FR
31 WE 31 MO 31 TH 31 SU 31 FR HOLIDAY 31 WE 31 SA
CLASSES BREAK EXAMS
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Deadline for application of non-EEA students is April 30, 2018.
Belgian and EEA students can enrol until the start of the academic year
(September 17, 2018).
MORE INFORMATION
www.vives.be/bm/bme
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