Online MBA

The Online MBA is designed to give you the practical skills and robust knowledge to tackle any business situation. We challenge your ideas, take you through real-world simulations and encourage you to broaden your perspective and push your thinking.  

There are 12 courses, covering topics like leadership, strategy, global business and digital trends. And there are opportunities to test your skills – including the Knowledge-in-Action project and the IMEx game. 

Kick-off

Explore the Virtual Learning Environment, discover how to interact with faculty and our support teams online and meet your fellow participants.

Mastering The Fundamentals  

• Introductory courses on Statistics, Finance and Accounting

Core courses

• Leadership development
• Doing business in a global world
• Financial and managerial accounting
• Marketing
• Corporate finance
• Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Human resource management
• Operations and supply chain management
• Digital strategy
• Innovation
• Negotiation

Become a better leader

By the end of the MBA you’ll be ready to step confidently into any leadership role. Your leadership journey spans the programme - starting with a seven-week Leadership Development course, then additional courses on topics including:

• Think like a leader, act like a leader
• The leader as a coach
• 360° feedback and action plan

Integrated Management Exercise (IMEx)

Put your skills to the test in this intensive, interactive business game where your team competes to run the best company over seven weeks.

Knowledge-In-Action project

Apply everything you’ve learned in a focused project, with expert guidance and feedback throughout.

Optional international trips

Spend five days immersed in international business in China, the USA or South Africa.

• Master the skills to succeed in business: This highly interactive online learning space is the ideal environment to sharpen your thinking and develop your skillset 
• Experience collaborative, dynamic learning: Take part in real-time group work, co-create live sessions and assignments and work with a network of peers who will support you during your MBA – and for your entire career afterwards 
• Flex the pace to suit your schedule: Spread out your programme over 2 - 5 years. Go at the speed that’s right for you.
• Make connections across borders and industries: Meet and work with professionals from around the world and from different sectors and disciplines
• Develop an international mindset: Share experiences and insights with classmates and faculty from diverse backgrounds – and join optional trips to Silicon Valley, Shanghai or Cape Town for a first-hand look at international business in practice
• Get personal career advice and guidance: Benefit from individual coaching sessions and self-assessment tools that will help you shape your professional goals

Wherever you want to take your career next, our advisors are here to support you. They’ll offer advice, answer questions – and encourage you to expand your opportunities through our regular career events:  

• Career coaching and using our career self-management tool 
• Company presentations 
• Networking opportunities 
• Mentorship programmes 
• Distinguished speaker series 

We welcome participants from diverse professional, social and cultural backgrounds. The group you join will be made up of people from across the world and from many different sectors – giving you plenty of opportunities to learn how other countries do business, gain fresh insights from different industries and expand your international network. 

This is what our typical OMBA class looks like: 

Professional background

You can start the MBA at two points each year – January and September.  

And you can schedule the admissions test at a time that suits you – and it takes just an hour and a half to complete. 

The tuition fee for the Online MBA is €37,500 

This includes: 

• Full tuition  
• Course materials 
• Executive coaching 
• Alumni membership during the programme 

Financing your MBA

Joining a Vlerick programme can be a significant financial investment. But there are many options available – and we’re here to help you explore what types of support you might be eligible for. Find out more about our scholarships and grants. 

Loans 

You could consider getting a loan to cover your programme fees. Please get in touch with your bank to find out more – or email sihame.ghaddab@vlerick.com for more information. 

Funding for Flanders based SMEs 

If you work at a Flemish SME, you could use the KMO-portefeuille to partially fund your programme. You can apply for the subsidy before you pay for the programme – so there’s no need to wait to apply. Get more information about this here.

There are four steps to applying for your Online MBA programme at Vlerick: 

 1. Check your eligibility 

What you need:

• A degree from an accredited university 
• At least four years’ full-time and relevant work experience 

2. Submit your application 

Use our application tool to create your profile and start completing your application. We process applications on a rolling basis.

3. Go through the admissions process 

We’ll get in touch a few days after you submit your application. 

If you meet our criteria and we feel the Online MBA programme is a good fit for you, we’ll invite you to an admissions test and interview. Your admission test will take place online via Zoom. 

 4. Get your results 

We’ll let you know your decision within two days of you taking the test. If you’re successful, we’ll enrol you onto the programme. If not, you’ll get individual feedback – and you can retake your admissions test once more in the same academic year.