Master's degree in Business Management

Master's degree in Business Management - ICHEC program

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Level

Master

Credits

120

Duration

2 year(s)

Course schedule

Day

Languages

Bilingual

Overview

Programme structure

Tuition fees

Admission

360° Management!
Develop highly specialised
subject knowledge thanks to
a wide range of options !

This Master is mostly taught in french.

We propose its equivalent in english.

At the end of the two years of study, students of the Master's in Business Management will have acquired broad management knowledge.

They also develop highly specialised subject knowledge thanks to a wide range of options: Financial Assets, Financial Markets, International Business and Management, Development and Management: North-South Perspectives, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Perspectives, Fiscality, Sustainable New Business Models, Marketing Expertise, Marketing Decisions, Accounting Expertise, Auditing.

In the 2nd year of the master's course, within the context of a long-term internship at a company, students complete a real-life assignmentwhile writing their thesis. This allows students to connect theoretical knowledge with in the field reality.

International mobility

ICHEC considers international exposure to be one of its academic cornerstones and encourages students to give their learning journey an international dimension, particularly in the second year of their master's degree:

  • Semester 1: follow your specialisation course in one of our partner universities abroad.
  • Semester 2: conduct your internship and final thesis abroad.

 

Double Degree ICHEC-La Rochelle

ICHEC offers students on the Business Management course a double degree in « Premium Marketing Management » in partnership with La Rochelle Business School.

This programme lasts two years and takes place partly in Brussels and partly in La Rochelle. In addition to classes, it also includes a thesis element and an internship.

What prospects does this programme offer?

Students of the Master's in Business Management are trained to take managerial positions with a focus on one of their areas of specialisation.

This Master's programme, true to ICHEC's mission, trains Managers:

  • with broad subject knowledge and specialist knowledge in one or two management fields
  • to have operational skills, that is to say, to be able to act practically, on their own or as part of a team, to develop and implement solutions incorporating aspects from their field of specialisation.
  • that are responsible for their own future and that of the company
  • that have an international outlook, mindful of complexity and maintaining a critical mindset
  • that are able to communicate orally and in writing in several languages

 

Professional situation after 2 years

 

Departments - Positions

 

 

In addition

ICHEC offers two variants of the Master's in Business Management course in order to provide students with the best opportunities for training in their preferred fields.

 

 

The "Financial Management Track", a Master's in management with financial focus co-awarded by ICHEC-UCL (LSM)

The Master's degree in Business Management co-awarded by ICHEC-UCL-ULB

Core programme
Code Course Hours Quadri Credits Teachers
Gestion
21GE015 Human Resource Management
OU
 60 Q2 5
  • Michael VERBEEK
21GE016 Management organisationnel et humain 60 Q2 5
  • Anne Rousseau
21GE022 Digital Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • José FERNANDEZ
21GE030 Corporate Strategy 60 Q1 Q2 5
  • Luc MOEREMANS
21GE040 Management Accounting Control 60 Q2 5
  • Benoît STEVENS
21GE050 Advanced Finance 60 Q1 5
  • Valérie KINON
Informatique et systèmes d'information
21IF010 Strategy for digital business
OU
 60 Q2 5
  • Alain EJZYN
21IF030 Strategy for digital Business 60 Q2 5
  • Jacques FOLON
Core programme
Code Course Hours Quadri Credits Teachers
Economie
22EC010 International Economics and Business Cycles 60 Q1 5
  • Christian OST
Gestion
22GE010 Supply Chain Management 60 Q1 5
  • François GRISAY
Mémoire et Stage
22XP052 Parcours stage et mémoire 200 Q1 Q2 10
  • Solange SIMONS
22XP060 Thesis 190 Q2 20
  • Solange SIMONS
Sciences humaines
22SH020 CSR and Ethics
OU
 60 Q1 5
  • Coline RUWET
22SH032 CSR and Ethics 60 Q1 Q2 5
  • Catherine DAL FIOR


Options 1 (S1) and Option 2(S2) (see below)
Code Course Hours Quadri Credits Teachers
Advanced International Business Management
21IDM25 International Management and Negotiation 60 Q2 5
  • Sed Saad
21IDM40 International Finance and Fiscality 60 Q2 5
  • Luc VLAMINCK
21IDM60 International Trade and Innovation 50 Q2 5
  • Amina SISSOKO
Audit
22MRE40 International Standards of Auditing 60 Q1 5
  • Eric VAN HOOF
22MRE50 Audit et compétences professionnelles 72 Q1 6
22MRE60 Déontologie et indépendance du reviseur 48 Q1 4
Contrôle
22MRE12 Contrôle interne et gestion des risques 72 Q2 6
  • Stéphane NOLF
22MRE14 Corporate Governance 30 Q2 3
  • Patrick SAERENS
22MRE16 Exigences légales du contrôle 30 Q2 3
  • Marie Delacroix
22MRE18 Contrôle de gestion avancé 30 Q2 3
  • Brigitte Marchand
Décisions Marketing
21IDM30 Brand, Product, Price 60 Q2 5
  • Isabelle de QUIRINI
21IDM50 Communication 60 Q2 5
  • Nathalie STAS
21IDM70 Sales and Retail Strategy 50 Q2 5
  • Claude BOFFA
Développement et gestion Nord-Sud
22MPD10 Project Management in Southern Countries 60 Q1 5
  • Catherine DAL FIOR
22MPD20 North-South Development and Management 60 Q1 5
  • Pierre GREGA
22MPD30 Development Economics and Politics 60 Q1 5
  • Gaëtan VANLOQUEREN
Entreprenariat et PME
22MPM10 Company Start Up 60 Q1 5
  • Xavier DE POORTER
22MPM20 Family Business 60 Q1 5
  • Valérie DENIS
22MPM30 Entrepreneurship and SME's 60 Q1 5
  • Vincent HUART
European perspectives
22MEP10 European Economics 60 Q1 5
  • Ivo MAES
22MEP20 European History and Institutions 60 Q1 5
  • Sabine GODTS-PETERS
22MEP40 European Management in a globalized World 60 Q1 5
  • Jean-Claude Lecoyer
Expertise Comptable
21MRE12 Pratiques des groupes internationaux 48 Q1 4
  • Alexis De Méyère
21MRE14 Expertise comptable 60 Q1 5
  • Anne GOMEZ
21MRE16 Aspects légaux de la comptabilité 72 Q1 6
  • Mohamed EL BAKKALI
Expertise Marketing
22MMK10 Data Analysis in Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Mohamed Selmouni
22MMK30 Performance marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Isabelle de QUIRINI
22MMK60 CRM and Data Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Siska BOSSUYT
Financial Assets
21FFM70 Derivatives 60 Q1 5
  • Mathilde FOX
21FFS10 Fixed Income 60 Q1 5
  • Mathilde FOX
21FFS30 Equity 60 Q1 5
  • Brigitte CHANOINE
Financial Markets and Sustainability
21FFM12 Gestion de portefeuille et durabilité 60 Q2 5
  • Grégoire DELOUCHE
21FFM22 Economie, critères ESG et marchés financiers 60 Q2 5
  • Bruno du BUS de WARNAFFE
21FFM40 Risk Management and Financial Institutions 60 Q2 5
  • Mathilde FOX
Fiscalité
22SF020 Introduction à la fiscalité internationale et européenne 30 Q1 4
  • Isabelle Richelle
  • Philippe MALHERBE
22SF030 Séminaire de résolution de cas pratiques 10 Q1 3
  • Benoît Nibelle
  • Xavier Clarebout
22SF040 Fiscalité des fusions et acquisitions 20 Q1 3
  • Thierry Blockerye
22SF050 Impôt des sociétés et pratique de la déclaration 60 Q1 5
International Business and Management
21ICI10 Export-Import Strategy 60 Q1 5
  • Marie-Lise HEINEN
21IDM10 International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution
OU
 60 Q1 5
  • Patrick SAERENS
21IDM20 International commercial Law and Dispute Resolution 60 Q1 5
  • Niuscha BASSIRI
21IEM10 International Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Marie-Isabelle MUNINGER
Nouveaux Business Models durables
22MGD40 New business models: context and tools 60 Q1 5
  • Brigitte HUDLOT
22MGD50 New business models: social economy, circular economy, economy of functionality 60 Q1 5
  • Philippe DROUILLON
22MGD60 New business models : impact on companies 60 Q1 5
  • Pascal VERHASSELT


Option 3 (see below)
Code Course Hours Quadri Credits Teachers
Audit
22MRE40 International Standards of Auditing 60 Q1 5
  • Eric VAN HOOF
22MRE50 Audit et compétences professionnelles 72 Q1 6
22MRE60 Déontologie et indépendance du reviseur 48 Q1 4
Développement et gestion Nord-Sud
22MPD10 Project Management in Southern Countries 60 Q1 5
  • Catherine DAL FIOR
22MPD20 North-South Development and Management 60 Q1 5
  • Pierre GREGA
22MPD30 Development Economics and Politics 60 Q1 5
  • Gaëtan VANLOQUEREN
Entreprenariat et PME
22MPM10 Company Start Up 60 Q1 5
  • Xavier DE POORTER
22MPM20 Family Business 60 Q1 5
  • Valérie DENIS
22MPM30 Entrepreneurship and SME's 60 Q1 5
  • Vincent HUART
European perspectives
22MEP10 European Economics 60 Q1 5
  • Ivo MAES
22MEP20 European History and Institutions 60 Q1 5
  • Sabine GODTS-PETERS
22MEP40 European Management in a globalized World 60 Q1 5
  • Jean-Claude Lecoyer
Expertise Comptable
21MRE12 Pratiques des groupes internationaux 48 Q1 4
  • Alexis De Méyère
21MRE14 Expertise comptable 60 Q1 5
  • Anne GOMEZ
21MRE16 Aspects légaux de la comptabilité 72 Q1 6
  • Mohamed EL BAKKALI
Expertise Marketing
22MMK10 Data Analysis in Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Mohamed Selmouni
22MMK30 Performance marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Isabelle de QUIRINI
22MMK60 CRM and Data Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Siska BOSSUYT
Financial Assets
21FFM70 Derivatives 60 Q1 5
  • Mathilde FOX
21FFS10 Fixed Income 60 Q1 5
  • Mathilde FOX
21FFS30 Equity 60 Q1 5
  • Brigitte CHANOINE
Fiscalité
22SF020 Introduction à la fiscalité internationale et européenne 30 Q1 4
  • Isabelle Richelle
  • Philippe MALHERBE
22SF030 Séminaire de résolution de cas pratiques 10 Q1 3
  • Benoît Nibelle
  • Xavier Clarebout
22SF040 Fiscalité des fusions et acquisitions 20 Q1 3
  • Thierry Blockerye
22SF050 Impôt des sociétés et pratique de la déclaration 60 Q1 5
International Business and Management
21ICI10 Export-Import Strategy 60 Q1 5
  • Marie-Lise HEINEN
21IDM10 International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution
OU
 60 Q1 5
  • Patrick SAERENS
21IDM20 International commercial Law and Dispute Resolution 60 Q1 5
  • Niuscha BASSIRI
21IEM10 International Marketing 60 Q1 5
  • Marie-Isabelle MUNINGER
Nouveaux Business Models durables
22MGD40 New business models: context and tools 60 Q1 5
  • Brigitte HUDLOT
22MGD50 New business models: social economy, circular economy, economy of functionality 60 Q1 5
  • Philippe DROUILLON
22MGD60 New business models : impact on companies 60 Q1 5
  • Pascal VERHASSELT

Student status

Fees/year of study

Belgian

836€*

From the European Union

836€*

From outside the European Union

3.212€*

*This amount is subject to change as a result of any possible legislative changes

    Bachelor's degree obtained in Belgium

    Admission requirements

    The following Bachelor's degrees grant immediate access to the Master's programme:

    • Successful bachelor's degree in economics, economics and management, management sciences, management engineering from a university subsidised by the French Community of Belgium
    • Successful bachelor's degree in economics or management from a Haute Ecole [vocational university] subsidised by the French Community of Belgium

    Graduates of short full-time Bachelor's degree programmes or of Bachelor's degrees completed as adult education from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Bachelor's degree programmes from the Flemish Community of Belgium can access directly to Master's courses by following an additional programme of 60 ECTS credits maximum.

     

    Graduates of other bachelor's degree programmes must submit a case review request to martine.janssens@ichec.be

    Admission procedure

    • Complete your preregistration online between 17 June and 15 September.
    • We will set up a meeting to finalise your registration on campus once we have received all documentation.

      Bachelor's degree obtained from within the European Union

      Admission requirements

      The following Bachelor's degrees grant access to the Master's programme following a case review

      • Successful bachelor's degree from a European University (Bologna process) in the field of economics or management

      Admissions Procedure

          Bachelor's degree obtained from outside the European Union

          Admission requirements

          The following Bachelor's degrees grant access to the Master's programme following a case review

          • 4-year post-A-Level degree [Baccalaureate] in the field of economics or management at a university-level institution that does not operate under the Bologna process

          Admissions Procedure

          • Admissions open on 1 January and close on 30 April.
          • Please submit a case review request toMartine Janssens