Why the Vlerick MBA?

• Research conducted by the Financial Times indicated that many Vlerick MBAs received job offers from the companies where they did their internships.

• The average annual salary of Vlerick MBAs aftergraduation was € 71,000 ($92,000), an increase of 65% on the pre-MBA income.

• The Vlerick MBA is the most international MBA with 95% of the students from countries outside Belgium, whilst the number of students from each nationality is limited to ensure a rich diversity of cultures. The incoming class represents at least 40 nationalities.

• The Vlerick MBA has an academic-based entrepreneurship focus. Backed by its two parent universities, the Catholic University of Leuven and Gent University, Vlerick ensures the academic credibility of its programme. In order to ensure that participants are able to apply their knowledge in the real world, the programme is presented in an applied context.

• Given the importance of conducting business across cultures, an important part of the programme involves courses delivered during the compulsory study trip to China. This reinforces the international nature of the programme.

• Female friendly course structure. Our proportions of female faculty and female students are both ranked at N° 7 of all MBA programmes. (Source Financial Times research 2008.)

• Vlerick has an increasingly large global network of alumni numbering 14,000 members in over 100 countries. Vlerick graduates are eligible to become members of the Vlerick Alumni Organisation, which introduces them to a wide network of past graduated and employees.