Established 1953 Campus Urban Phone +32 9 210 97 11 Founder André Vlerick | Administrative staff 300 Undergraduate tuition and fees 38,000 EUR (2017) Number of students 380 Dean Marion Debruyne | |
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Type Autonomous school of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Location Leuven, Ghent and Brussels (Belgium), Saint-Petersburg (Russia) Affiliations Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Address Reep 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium Affiliation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Notable alumni Frank Donck, Paul Bulcke, Bart Verhaeghe, Gilles Van Bouwel Similar Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ghent University, Antwerp Management School, Solvay Brussels School of, University of Antwerp Profiles | ||
The Vlerick Business School ("Vlerick") is the autonomous management school of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Vlerick was founded in 1953 by professor, politician and entrepreneur Baron André Vlerick.
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building
The building was built in 1905 by Mgr Antoon Stillemans, as Mayor seminary of the Ghent Diocese. The dioces sold the building to the Province.
Organisation
Vlerick has four international campuses in Brussels, Ghent, Leuven (Belgium) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Vlerick also has a cooperative program with BiMBA of Peking University's China Center for Economic Research in Beijing (China).
Vlerick offers MBA & Masters in Management, as well as general and specialized courses for managers, and custom-designed training for individual companies. Over 17,000 alumni in more than 100 different countries are alumni of the management schools. In 2015, Vlerick MBA Program was ranked top 100 MBA Programs and Top 10 MBA Program in Entrepreneurship worldwide by Financial Times.
Accreditation
Vlerick Business School holds three international accreditations: the American AACSB, the British AMBA, and the European EQUIS.
Ranking
Vlerick ranks high amongst international and European business schools: