Bachelor of Business Administration

The Business Administration program prepares you to solve complex business problems and develops your understanding of firms' challenges in an interconnected and digitalized world. It is a well-rounded program covering all management domains. You will develop your entrepreneurial, cross-cultural, and language skills in all stages.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration prepares you to find your way in an increasingly complex business environment. Globalization has extended markets far beyond national borders and technology keeps global commerce moving 24 hours a day.

Some products and services become increasingly complex, while others are becoming obsolete. Consumers demand prompt and customized service at the best price. Businesses require complex networks of distribution. These are just some examples of the issues you will address as a student in the Business Administration program.

The three-year program is both hands-on and academic. It follows a practice-as-orientation and science-as-foundation approach. Business Administrators are managers who can make informed strategic decisions in response to economic challenges and opportunities.

The program is taught in English and has a strong international focus. Our students participate in exchange programs with numerous partners both within and outside Europe. Selected students can pursue a double degree with Kedge Business School (Marseille).

This double degree takes four years of study: 4 semesters in Brussels and 4 semesters in Marseille.

Our mathematics courses assume and build on a foundation of mathematical knowledge and skills. This minimum prerequisite knowledge includes basic algebra, linear, and quadratic functions, including graphical aspects and applications.

Business administrators are managers who can make informed strategic decisions in response to economic challenges and opportunities. The majority of students continue their education in KU Leuven's Master of Science in Business Administration program in Antwerp or Brussels. Although many graduates go on to graduate-level studies, your bachelor's degree in Business Administration certainly has value in its own right in today’s job market. As a Bachelor of Business Administration graduate, you have knowledge that can be successfully applied in a wide range of vacancies and sectors. Depending on your personal interests and career goals, your degree will give you access to positions in purchasing, sales, marketing, production control, planning and budgeting, financial management, and ICT. Graduates also find employment in banks and insurance companies, join the civil service or one of the European institutions, or start their own company.

Through assignments and projects, in close contact with organizations (e.g. management projects, bachelor's thesis, and career development courses), you develop general and specific management competencies, career and research skills, and a sense of entrepreneurship.

Students and young graduates can consult relevant job vacancies and internships with the help of our online career platform Career Corner. You will also have the opportunity to meet potential employers at job and internship fairs organized throughout the year and during campus recruitment activities.

The courses are fully taught in English and also available in Dutch.

• Credits: 180 ECTS
• Degree Type: Bachelor
• Specifications: Bachelor of Science.

What sets us apart as a university?

A highly-ranked university

KU Leuven is among the best 100 universities in the world according to both Times Higher Education World Rankings and QS World University Rankings. All of KU Leuven’s disciplines proudly belong to the top 100 of their field. Furthermore, KU Leuven was ranked by Reuters as the most innovative university in Europe in 2016.

Research-based education

Education at KU Leuven is research-based, which means students will learn from the same professors who are performing the ground-breaking research you read about in the press. New insights are instantly integrated into classes and students are encouraged to perform their research. In our FabLab, students can use several high-tech machines to create whatever they want – all free of charge.

Affordable tuition fees

Higher education is highly valued in Belgium and therefore subsidised by the government. This allows KU Leuven to keep tuition fees relatively low, which gives you a price/quality ratio very few top-100 universities can match. We take pride in keeping our programs as accessible as possible to allow the brightest students from around the globe to join our courses.

International student life with respect for diversity

According to Times Higher Education, KU Leuven is in the top 50 of most international universities worldwide with staff and students from over 150 different nationalities. For all our international students, the Pangaea student center is their home away from home. Our university also strives for diversity and inclusion and wants to work together on a pact for more respect.

Learn more about why you should choose KU Leuven.

KU Leuven combines the best of both worlds by hosting both online and live info sessions. You choose how, where and when to get your information in your search for the right program

KU Leuven is among the best 100 universities in the world according to both Times Higher Education World Rankings and QS World University Rankings. All of KU Leuven’s disciplines proudly belong to the top 100 of their field. Furthermore, KU Leuven was ranked by Reuters as the most innovative university in Europe in 2016.