Business Administration

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is taught in English and has a strong international focus. It is both hands-on and academic. It follows a 'practice-as-orientation' and 'science-as-foundation' approach. Business Administrators are managers who can take informed strategic decisions in response to economic challenges and opportunities.

Compulsory courses

• Philosophy
• Psychology
• English I
• Management
• Research Methods 1
• Statistics for Business Economists 1
• Financial Institutions and Markets
• Introduction to Law
• Financial Accounting
• Management Project 1
• Mathematics for Business Economists 1
• Managerial Economics
• Statistics for Business Economists 2
• English 2
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Strategic Management
• Research Methods 2
• Economic History
• Economic Sociology
• Corporate Law and Accounting
• Mathematics for Business Economists 2
• Macro-economics and Economic Policy
• Management Project 2
• Management Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• Operational Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
• Multinationals and European Institutions
• Principles of Taxation
• ICT Management
• Innovation Management
• Bachelor Thesis
• International Economics
• Economics and Ethics
• Research Methods 3

Elective: language choice

• French
• Dutch
• Spanish
• German

Elective: KU Leuven Campus Brussels or Université Saint-Louis

Elective: KU Leuven Campus Brussels

• Personnel and Organization
• Marketing

Elective: Université Saint-Louis (provisional programme)

• Marketing (USL)
• Théorie des organisations (USL)
• Gestion des ressources humaines (USL)

Requirements

• A Belgian degree of secondary education;
• A Belgian degree of short-course higher education;
• A Belgian degree of higher education for social advancement, with the exception of the certificate of pedagogic aptitude;
• A degree or certificate, awarded in the context of the Flemish HBO;
• A degree or certificate which, pursuant to a law, Decree or European guideline or another international agreement, is deemed equivalent to the certificates mentioned in the categories above.
• KU Leuven may admit candidates who have obtained a degree or certificate in a country outside of the European Union, which is not deemed equivalent as mentioned in 5°. This is only possible on the condition that this document gives admission to a Bachelor's programme in the country where it has been awarded, comparable to a Flemish Bachelor's degree, and on the condition that the degree or certificate in question is authenticated. Candidate students who fall into this category file their application with the International Admissions and Mobility Unit
• Applicants are required to prove their proficiency in mathematics by submitting a SAT test result with a minimum score of 500 on the mathematics section. Note that the test required is the general SAT test, not the mathematics subject test. Alternatively, ACT test results may be submitted with a minimum score of 21 for the mathematics test. Applicants who obtain a score between 500 and 550 for SAT or between 21 and 23 for ACT are obliged to register for the slow track of the courses Mathematics for Business Economists 1 and Statistics for Business Economists 1. Applicants are responsible to timely make an appointment for one of both tests themselves. Test results are valid for maximum 5 years. An exemption from this requirement is granted to applicants with a high school or university degree awarded by a recognized educational institution from a country that has ratified the Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Union. A list of the countries that ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention can you find here.
• Applicants must prove their English language proficiency by means of a IELTS or TOEFL test. The minimum score for IELTS is 6.5 (with a minimum subscore of 5.5 for each of the four skills Listening, Writing, Speaking and Reading). The minimum score for TOEFL internet based test is 90 (with a minimum subscore of 20 for each of the four skills Listening, Writing, Speaking and Reading). An exemption from TOEFL or IELTS is possible for applicants wiht a university degree or high school 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.
• Applicants who have been awarded the General Certificate of Education (GCE) can be eligible for admission if they can prove to have passed at least 3 A Level subjects. Of these A Level subjects, at least 1 has to be relevant (f.ex. mathematics of business studies). If the GCE A Level certificates have been obtained in a country that has not ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention, candidates are required to submit an additional proof of proficiency in mathematics (SAT/ACT, cf. supra).
• Applicants who did not obtain their GCE A Level certificates in Australia, English speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or the USA have to submit a proof of proficiency in English (IELTS/TOEFL, cf. supra) as well.

Scholarships

• Erasmus+
• VLIR-UOS scholarship.