Management Hasselt University

Overview

The Master of  Management  at Hasselt University is tailored at bachelor and master graduates who aim to widen their scope of international management as well as to deepen their knowledge of and capabilities in one of three specializations: Business Process Management (BPM), Strategy and Innovation Management (SIM) or International Marketing Strategy (IMS). The programme does not only apply to (business) economics students but also to university graduates in non-economic subject areas, such as engineers, lawyers and psychologists. 

Strengths of the programme

• The graduate of the Master of Management is capable of identifying and deconstructing complex business problems, stemming from both an organizational and a strategic origin.

• The graduate is capable of evaluating, selecting, and applying suitable methodologies, tools, and techniques to analyze complex business problems in order to make hands-on, high-quality recommendationsto improve both tactic and strategic decisions.

• The graduate is capable of defending suitable, high-quality business strategy options on the basis of their implications.

• The graduate is capable of translating strategic decisions into lower-level goals and key performance indicators.

• The graduate is capable of working in a multinational and interdisciplinary context, with an attitude that reflects the following elements: critical reflection, constructive arguing, professional communication, efficient collaboration, effective self-management, ethical behavior, and sustainability.

Career

This programme enables students to function optimally within organizations and to assume management functions, especially in the context of dynamic international markets.  Competences such as project team work, creative business problem solving and management reporting will be developed. Alumni occupy prominent functions in companies all around the world. They testify to the dynamism of our high-level training.

Graduates with the specialization International Marketing Strategy (IMS) take up marketing management functions in high-tech multinational firms.  Graduates with the specialization Management Information Systems (MIS) become ICT consultants or ICT project managers.

Accreditation

• Faculty of Business Economics obtains prestigious international accreditation AACSB

After several site visits by an external jury and an extensive evaluation over several years, UHasselt's Faculty of Business Economics receives the prestigious AACSB quality label from the American Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.