Masters in General Management Curriculum

The academic year for the Masters in General Management starts in early September and ends in the first week of July. A wide range of management courses are covered from September through April; the months of May through June are devoted to in-company projects. Classes are scheduled between 9 am and 12.30 and between 2 pm and 5.30 pm. All classes are conducted in English and, depending on your choice, are delivered at our Leuven Campus or Ghent Campus, in Belgium. 

  • MGM offers you a broad perspective on what business is about.

    Benjamien Deschietere , Belgium

Introduction Module (September - October)

  • Introduction to Statistics

  • Introduction to Economics

  • Introduction to Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Opening Seminar (October)

The one-week opening seminar provides an excellent setting for developing your communication and interaction skills and getting to know your fellow students from a different perspective.

Core Module (November - April)

Management Fields
  • Decision Sciences for Business

  • Human Resource Management

  • International Management

  • Management and Organisation

  • Marketing Management

  • Project Management

  • Value-added ICT

  • Financial Management

  • Innovation Management

  • Management Accounting and Management Control

  • Management of the Legal Function

  • Operations Management

  • Strategic Management

Management Skills
  • Business Ethics and CSR

  • Career Skills

  • Communication & Interaction Skills

  •  Entrepreneurship

  • Negotiation Skills and Conflict Management

International Study Trip

During the 1-week international trip you are offered a combination of lectures, plant visits, sightseeing and networking sessions with other students and Vlerick alumni abroad. The previous destinations of the study trip were Krakow (Poland) and Budapest (Hungary).

Management integration
  • Business Game Gulfways

  • Business Game IMEx

  • Business Plan

In-company project (May - June)

Specialisation subject in any area

Closing seminar (early July)

In the closing seminar, the entire class comes together one last time to reflect on the past year and to forge bonds for the future.

Graduation  (early July)