Dean's Message

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Welcome on the Louvain School of Management website!

Alain Vas The Louvain School of Management combines the history and heritage of the Université catholique de Louvain, almost six-century-old and one of the oldest complete universities in Europe, with a progressive and dynamic approach to business education and research. It gives us the opportunity to explore multidisciplinary perspectives, which are so important in the business world. Our School is a modern world-class school of management promoting intended learning outcomes, transferring cutting-edge knowledge from its centres of excellence and integrating the real life business practices.

Since September 2011, our School expands its activities on two campuses, respectively in Louvain-la-Neuve and Mons. Being close to Brussels, the capital of Europe, Louvain-la-Neuve is a unique pedestrian city that welcomes people from all over the world and provides an ideal environment for studying within a vibrant community and multiculturality. In Mons, our School is located at the edge of the town, close to highway access but in a quiet and green campus, which provides both an ideal atmosphere and all the facilities for studying within this open cultural city officially designated European Capital of Culture in 2015.

Our relentless willingness is to offer a unique added value for all our stakeholders based on:

Strong values of excellence and ethics in business affairs in order to help everyone involved with the School to become a responsible leader and entrepreneur.
Strong academic research values to offer leading-edge courses and a critical mind in Master, Executive and PhD programs.
High educational values based on multicultural, diverse and international faculty and students with exchanges opportunities and corporate exposure across five continents.
High value for money: quality has always been a core value in our educational and research projects and our tuition fees remain highly affordable.

Moreover, our School is an active member of the prestigious CEMS Global alliance that brings together the best international management schools and companies. Together we offer a unique programme called “Master in International Management” (MIM) ranked as the best European master’s by the Financial Times for many years (top 3 worldwide). The CEMS global alliance enables us to maintain close and permanent research relationships with talented faculty and professional partners. We know how valuable the building of an international networking is for a world-class management school today.

To conclude, I would like to share our vision, which reflects our values of humanism, scientific rigor, critical thinking and openness to the world:

"To become the Preferred International Management School in Belgium and a Leader in Responsible Management in Europe"

Studying at the Louvain School of Management is a challenging and life-changing experience and I really look forward to welcoming you.

Prof. Dr. Alain Vas
Dean of the Louvain School of Management