Tweet Last month, our fresh (or at least some of them still are) batch of MFM students went to Amsterdam, the city of canals, bikes, parties and, well… finance! The well-filled agenda of this day consisted of 3 company visits, of which the first one definitely the most appealing to most: ABN Amro. A handful […]

Tweet Monday, the 10th of April. After a week in Berlin, visiting start-ups and enjoying each other’s company, it was time for a little competition. This competition, otherwise known as IMEx (short for Integrated Management Exercise) makes you turn around a toy manufacturer that was recently hit by a fire. It brings together everything you’ve […]

Tweet Ni hao. That was basically the only Chinese I knew before visiting the Red Dragon. Most of us only know the People’s Republic from items in the news, articles in news papers and magazines, all kind of literature we bumped into during our studies at Vlerick or prior at university or work or even […]

Tweet During the Fintech bootcamp, our group got the chance to spend a few days in London. Bootcamps are a period of three weeks during which students focus on a subject of their choice. The FinTech bootcamp was the first of its kind ever held at Vlerick, aiming to study the impact of digital disruptors […]

Tweet On February 3rd, a job fair was organized at the Vlerick Brussels campus. We had the opportunity to meet up with almost 40 different companies from various sectors such as retail, chemical industry, consultancy, audit, etc.  Each firms had 2 or 3 spoke persons and would give away many tips, advices, flyers and even […]

Tweet Dear reader, All of my previous academic career years I have been studying in a small town called Leuven not that far from Brussels. I use the words “small” and “town” not for the bad reasons but just to draw an image of a small and cosy town where I spent ten years of […]

Tweet On Saturday the 31th of October 2015 AB InBev organised the first ABI Cup in Leuven, This is an indoor football tournament for students interested to join one of the Belgian brewer’s traineeship. The “Vlerick Bruxzookas” team composed by six MGM and six MFM students from Brussels was determined to make their campus proud! […]

Tweet   First of all, here is an admission, I am completely biased, that is because I have been given a unique opportunity to explore aspects of business, by Vlerick Business School that I could not imagine before. So now that we have that out of our way, read on. As an expat living in […]

Tweet 3 weeks into the programme, our Masters students are getting used to life at Vlerick. On September 3rd, we welcomed over 220 students, from over 25 different countries for their Kick-off! They met our campus, our Faculty and staff and got to know each other. The official Opening by our Dean, followed on Monday, […]

Tweet Dear readers, Brace yourselves, a wall of text is coming… The highlights of the MFM’s venture into London during a study trip are described below, proceed at your own discretion. Day 1 On the Monday morning of January 20th, before sunrise, the MFM class gathered in Brussels to go to London by the Eurostar […]