Marketing - Track in Belgium (BBM) (Engelstalig traject)

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Welcome! We foster a fun and multicultural community of adventurous, open-minded, and ambitious students and staff. Join this hands-on, practice-oriented marketing programme, taught in English and fully in Belgium. In 3 years, you will become a Moving Mind, a skilled marketer with a bright career ahead!

Our Bachelor’s in Business and Marketing offers two tracks: one fully in Belgium, the other across Europe. Explore both to find your next adventure!

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16 januari 2025

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Dina De Cuyper

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bbm@ucll.be

About this programme

International Business Management, Marketing (track in Belgium)

Type: professional bachelor (your first or second bachelor degree)
Campus: campus Proximus, Leuven
Language of instruction: English
Schedule: full-time
Workload: 180 ECTS
Duration: 3 years
Tuition fee: check here
Next intake: September 2025 (applications open in December 2024)
Application deadline: May 1, 2025 (non-EU students requiring study visa for Belgium), August 31, 2025 (EU students)

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The business world will open up to you through cases, company projects, booster weeks, soft skills development sessions, and an (international) internship as a compulsory part of the programme curriculum. You will experience close collaboration with companies throughout your learning journey. International exchange and double degree opportunities will bring a different perspective to your learning experience. After 3 years, you will be fully prepared for the job market.

Our programmes are invariably situated at the bachelor level, or at EQF 6 in official European standards and they are profession-oriented. More information about professional bachelor in Flemish Higher Education system can be found here.

Studying in a highly international environment will not only take your English to the highest level, but also provide you with a unique opportunity to build wide international network and gain experience in working in multicultural teams. You will also have a chance to brush up a second foreign language and learn more about other cultures through intercultural events organized by our students.

Last but not least, This study programme offers a double degree option, allowing you to earn two diplomas in just three years. By choosing the double degree, you'll spend both semesters of your final year abroad, studying and doing an internship. You'll graduate with a degree from UCLL and the partner institution if you meet both institutions' requirements.

You can do a double degree in English at the following institutions:

Finland: Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki)
France: Université Clermont Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
Germany: FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Aachen)
Hungary: Budapest Business University (Budapest)

Finally, you can also do a double degree in French at EPHEC in Belgium (Brussels).

Programme

You get to know the business world via cases, projects, company visits and your own internship. Your degree will cross borders via an international week, a European or worldwide study exchange or an international internship.

You can find a detailed overview of the programme via this link:

Campus

Location

UC Leuven-Limburg locates its campuses in the immediate proximity of relevant businesses to stimulate collaboration in terms of education, research and services. Our university college also creates opportunities for lifelong learning by nestling itself in this research and business park.

If you wish to find out quickly how you can reach Proximus Campus, you can download the M-App. This will provide you with customised and realtime advice to reach the campuses in Leuven.

Campus Proximus

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After your studies

Where can you work?

After this degree, you'll be ready for a job as:

a marketing manager, product manager
a brand manager
a communication manager
a social media specialist
a business project manager
a market researcher

Applying for an international role in a company or organisation? This international experience on your CV gives you a clear advantage.

Do you want to continue studying?

These are the possibilities:

You can move straight on to several international master's programmes.
After a bridging programme you can go for a master’s in Belgium.
You can opt for the banaba in Advanced Business Management, option International Management or option Design Thinking & Innovation at UC Leuven-Limburg.

Practical info

The average cost of living in Leuven is around €750 per month. You can find more information on the tuition fee of our degree programmes here.

You may be eligible for exemptions. Contact us to get an analysis on which courses and numbers of credits you can be exempt from after a comparison in detail.

For admission questions (practical info on application): please check the admission procedure. For questions on content, courses or about the start of the academic year, you can contact bbm@ucll.be.

The International Bachelor Business Management, Marketing programme requires (at least) a degree that provides admission into higher education in the country where the degree was issued. To apply for this programme, please check our Application Requirements .

Processing time of applications: 1-3 weeks. Deadline:

non-EEA students requiring a study visa for Belgium: 1 May
all other students: 15 August (!! earlier deadline for track across Europe (BME): 15 June)

On-campus learning will remain our top priority and at the same time, we will embed the best practices of online learning in our programmes. We have decided to offer a mix of on-campus and off-campus activities. Find more information and latest updates on our dedicated webpage.