The Graduation Challenge is Here!

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 9:09 | Category : Masters
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With our amazing year at Vlerick coming to a close, we have a final Graduation Challenge where each class has the chance to showcase what they’ve been up to this past year in their respective programs. Watch the videos here, and vote by clicking “like” under your favorite video on YouTube! Thanks and don’t forget […]

FinTech Bootcamp embarks to London

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 like […]

Brussels Job Fair

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 goodies. […]

The European Silicon Valley: M3’s International Study Trip to Dublin!

As a student in marketing management, there are endless possibilities for what type of position you can end up with: sales, consulting, branding, product management, corporate communications, business development, the list goes on and on. But what if you could work in these types of positions for some of the biggest tech companies in the […]

MFM London Study Trip

Friday, 12 February 2016, 15:24 | Category : Masters
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Having a career in London is probably a shared dream of many young finance professionals. Not only is London the biggest financial centre of the world where all the top banks are located, it is also one of the biggest cities on earth. And it was during the Vlerick London Trip that those ungraspable dreams […]

Industrat Offers B2B Marketing Simulation for M3

The Christmas holidays came and went, but the Masters in Marketing Management (M3) students had one more big challenge before their winter break: the Industrat business game simulation. Over the course of four days, the marketing students rolled up their sleeves and put their B2B decision-making skills to the test. The game simulated eight years […]

Studying in the heart of Europe: Vlerick Brussels

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 my […]

MGM Ghent’s last week of the semester: cracking the Goldstein case

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 9:30 | Category : Masters
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The last mile is the longest In the final week of an intensive, yet incredibly satisfying, first semester, taking it slow was not an option. From Monday morning until Thursday morning, the single most important thing on every MGM-Ghent student’s mind was how to improve the Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) of the Goldstein Brewery. […]

Digital Marketing Bootcamp: 3 weeks hydration and brainstorming sponsored by Coca-Cola

Time to get happily serious and plan for fun. On the eve of Digital Marketing Bootcamp Vlerick, my expectations were enormous. We were going to see – and learn – in all colors! It must be said that the challenge was exciting: in three weeks and as a team, we had to design a powerful app […]

Why you should not hire a random business school graduate

  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 Belgium […]