Economics and management adopt complementary points of view regarding the economic reality in which we live.

Economists analyse the mechanisms that organise exchanges among individuals, companies - both private and public, the State and countries.  They study the functioning of financial markets, the labour market, international markets …

Does globalisation organise exchanges for the benefit of all countries?  Do certain market practices result in waste?  Do they stimulate innovation and technological developments?  Do they ensure a sufficient level of employment?  By answering these questions, economists provide advice to companies and to public authorities for use in their decision-making process.

Managers consider economic questions from the viewpoint of organisations active within the economic system, be they private entities (companies) or public entities (government authorities, semi-public organisations, …).

How can sales be increased?  How can production and inventory management be optimised?  Which financial investments should be made?  Where is it best to invest?  How can the personnel be motivated?  Who should be hired?  By developing methods that provide assistance to decision makers, managers give corporate leaders the means to best reach their defined goals.

The Bachelor in Economics and Management is a 3-year programme. It provides the opportunity to progressively discover economics and management within one course of study.

The two first years are devoted, in addition to economics and management, to the study of the main disciplines of the human and social sciences (psychology, philosophy, political science) as well as quantitative methods (mathematics, statistics).

The third year focuses on developing the students’ knowledge of the main disciplines in economics and management.

Students can choose one of 4 programmes in the Bachelor in Economics and Management course of study:

• Unilingual Programme: the programme is taught in French with the exception of one course to be followed in Dutch or in English during the second term of the 3rd year. 
• Bilingual French-English Programme: each year, three courses are taught in English.
• Bilingual French-Dutch Programme: each year, three courses are taught in Dutch.
• Trilingual French-Dutch-English Programme: each year, two courses are taught in English and two courses are taught in Dutch.