Strong connections with the corporate world
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School prides itself on its strong connections with the corporate world. Continual close contact with the world of business and industry provides us with the practical, hands-on experience and knowledge that we test our academic theory against and apply our academic solutions to.
The School maintains its corporate connections pro-actively in a variety of ways:
Company-specific programmes
In today's ever-changing world, companies need a solid continuous training platform. Leveraging over 50 years of experience in management development, our deep understanding of business issues, and a talent for transferring knowledge, we partner with organisations to design and deliver learning experiences tailored to their particular needs.
Research for your organisation
As an academic management school, research is central to our mission. Excellence in research is a key factor for our international reputation, giving the School visibility in the academic community and with our stakeholders.
In addition to conducting research that contributes to fundamental academic knowledge, our research approach also encompasses practice-based research, which draws upon the findings of core academic knowledge. Organisations worldwide engage Vlerick to conduct studies and to research topics that are of strategic importance to the organisation.
Corporate partnerships
As an autonomous Management School, we rely on our own income to provide students and managers with innovative research, world-class faculty and services as well as top-level Executive Education Programmes. A portion of this income is derived from Belgian and international companies/organisations in the form of Corporate Partnerships.
In addition, the School has launched a 'Giving Campaign' with a target of 3 million euro. The Giving Campaign aims to secure the necessary funding to pursue our mission and implement our strategy for internationalisation. The campaign has two major objectives: 1) to create 5 new academic chairs to further develop areas of excellence, and 2) to develop the new Leuven Campus with world-class facilities and services.
Alliances with other organisations
Over the years, Vlerick Leuven Gent Managment School has created a number of alliances with organisations to strenghten management in Belgium and throughout Europe.