Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

Vlerick Business School
Type Autonomous school of Ghent University and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [1]
Established 1953 [2]
Dean Marion Debruyne
Administrative staff
300
Students 380
Location Leuven, Ghent and Brussels (Belgium), Saint-Petersburg (Russia) [1]
51°03′06″N 3°43′45″E / 51.051777°N 3.729110°E / 51.051777; 3.729110Coordinates: 51°03′06″N 3°43′45″E / 51.051777°N 3.729110°E / 51.051777; 3.729110
Campus Urban
Affiliations Ghent University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Website www.vlerick.com
Vlerick management school in Ghent

The Vlerick Business School ("Vlerick") is the autonomous management school of Ghent University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Vlerick was founded in 1953 by professor, politician and entrepreneur Baron André Vlerick.[3]

Vlerick has four international campuses in Brussels, Ghent, Leuven (Belgium) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Vlerick also has a cooperative program with BiMBA of Peking University's China Center for Economic Research in Beijing (China).[4]

Vlerick offers MBA & Masters in Management, as well as general and specialized courses for managers, and custom-designed training for individual companies. Over 17,000 alumni in more than 100 different countries are alumni of the management schools.[5][6] In 2015, Vlerick MBA Program was ranked top 100 MBA Programs and Top 10 MBA Program in Entrepreneurship worldwide by Financial Times.[7][8]

Accreditation

Vlerick Business School holds three international accreditations: the American AACSB, the British AMBA, and the European EQUIS.[9][10]

Ranking

Vlerick ranks high amongst international and European business schools:

Notable alumni

See also

References

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