K.U.Leuven is a modern university offering an ideal research and learning environment rooted in a solid and venerable tradition but with its sights set squarely on the future. Wanting its students to become independent and critical thinkers, the university trains them as professional specialists and as individuals characterized by intellectual openness, a genuine taste for culture, and a sense of civic responsibility.

At present, K.U.Leuven caters to more than 31,000 students, around 12% of whom are international students from over 120 nations.

K.U.Leuven is a charter member of the League of European Research Universities, together with Cambridge, Oxford, Leiden, Edinburgh, Geneva, Strasbourg, Heidelberg, and others. European surveys rank K.U.Leuven among the top-ten European universities in terms of scholarly output, and the ‘Times Higher Education Supplement’ ranks it the sixty-first in the world. Likewise, several quality surveys demonstrate that K.U.Leuven’s teaching stands on par with internationally respected institutions in a large number of fields.

This academic reputation attracts students from all over the world. Hosting scholars and students from across the globe, Leuven has an international outlook, and its own alumni are found all over the world. K.U.Leuven thrives in a bustling student town with a strong international allure, where various cultures meet and experiences are exchanged.

K.U.Leuven Faculty of Business and Economics
As one of the thirteen faculties of the K.U. Leuven, the Faculty of Business and Economics carries out education and research activities in five departments:

• Economics
  
• Marketing and Organization Studies
  
• Accountancy, Finance, and Insurance
  
• Managerial Economics, Strategy, and Innovation
  
• Decision Sciences and Information Management

One of the faculty's most important assets is its vast national and international network. We maintain strong links with the business and financial community by organizing regular workshops with captains of industry and the European Commission, situated only half an hour from our campus. Many of our alumni work at European institutions, and many of our colleagues advise various European bodies and international companies.

K.u. Leuven have a broad international network for student exchange programmes. Not only do we participate extensively in the Erasmus programme, but we also have numerous agreements with leading universities outside the EU, such as the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago Business School, and Cornell University in the USA, the University of British Columbia, Queen's University, the University of Toronto, and the Université de Montréal in Canada, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and Bangalore in India, the Chinese University and the City University in Hong Kong, the Singapore Management University, and sixty-five universities throughout Europe.

K.U. Leuven School of Business and Economics
As part of the Faculty of Business and Economics, the LSBE offers an extensive range of Master’s programmes and doctoral programmes.

The mission of the LSBE is to develop participants’ critical, conceptual, problem-solving and decision-making skills. It equips students with fundamental and conceptual knowledge and with analytical tools to cope effectively with the problems of the current and constantly changing business and economic environment.

Adopting a research-based approach, the School focuses on the disciplines that underlie business operations and economic
decisions. This enables its graduates to acquire the necessary skills and tools for coping with current and future challenges.

A variety of teaching methods (lectures, case discussions, exercises, computer-assisted problem- solving and personal research) is used to enhance students’ educational experience.
Students are expected to participate actively. The Faculty evaluates classroom work, written assignments and examinations on a regular basis. The workload is demanding, as is customary in high-quality graduate schools.

The K.U. Leuven Faculty of Business and Economics' international credentials and academic reputation guarantee the quality of the programme offered to participants of the Leuven School of Business and Economics.