Bachelor of Business Administration
Career perspectives
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration
Business administrators are managers who can make informed strategic decisions in response to economic challenges and opportunities. The majority of students continue their education in KU Leuven's Master of Science in Business Administration programme in Antwerp or Brussels. Although many graduates go on to graduate-level studies, your bachelor's degree in Business Administration certainly has value in its own right in today’s job market. As a Bachelor of Business Administration graduate, you have knowledge that can be successfully applied in a wide range of vacancies and sectors. Depending on your personal interests and career goals, your degree will give you access to positions in purchasing, sales, marketing, production control, planning and budgeting, financial management and ICT. Graduates also find employment in banks and insurance companies, join the civil service or one of the European institutions, or start their own company.
Through assignments and projects, in close contact with organizations (e.g. management projects, bachelor's thesis and career development courses), you develop general and specific management competencies, career and research skills and a sense of entrepreneurship.
Students and young graduates can consult relevant job vacancies and internships with the help of our online career platform Career Corner. You will also have the opportunity to meet potential employers at job and internship fairs organised throughout the year and during campus recruitment activities.
An ideal way to kick start your career!
We actively encourage you to invest in practical experiences as a valuable addition to your educational programme.
Advantages:
- Gain relevant experience in an interesting environment
- Explore the labour market and work life
- Put theory from your programme into practice
- Gain and develop new skills
During your studies you can take part in both intra-curricular and extra-curricular internships. The perfect way to gain insights into your future career and to add relevant working experience to your cv. It is in many cases the first step to your first full time job. Intra-curricular internships are part of your programme and can be accredited.
Career Corner
Career Corner is the online career development platform of the Faculty of Economics and Business. The place to look for internship and/or job opportunities to help you find your future employer and activities that can boost your career development.
The participation in certain career development activities, but also practical experiences like internships, can be certified by our Faculty via Career Corner Portfolio. These certificates are a real added value for your cv and future interviews with employers. Via your Portfolio on Career Corner you can have the activities certified and signed by the Dean.
Facts & figures
3 months upon graduation, 81% of our graduates have found a job.
84% of our graduates immediately hold a contract of indeterminate duration.
92% of our graduates experience that enough descipline-specific and/or general professional skills are taught for their current career.
Employment record Faculty of Economics and Business graduates 2019-2020. Results Alumni Survey Faculty of Economics and Business December 21 - January 22.
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