Overview

If you already have a professional bachelor diploma, but want to further broaden your career opportunities you can by means of a bridge programme obtain your Master in Business Administration (MBA) in two years.

The Bridge programme at KU Leuven for the Master in Business Administration is an academic programme, with courses available during the daytime and is offered on our Brussels campus. With this combination of a professional bachelor and an academic MBA, you are well positioned for a successful future in the business world, with the ideal credentials for an executive job or a management position.

You will learn not only the organisational principles of enterprises, but as well the concrete business realities. You acquire the skills to analyze scientific knowledge for business problems and create new creative solutions to consider. You become an independent and multi-cultural manager with many business competences, such as negotiation, time-management and decision making.

Business-oriented training with an academic diploma

Our programme has a clear business-oriented focus. Choosing for the Bridge programme for the MBA is choosing to create a linkage to a programme with a strong reputation in the corporate world. You test your knowledge and understanding with concrete practice situations. As you learn, you use theory and practice together, adding value to your bachelor study with in-depth knowledge with the business world. With an analytical business management background and a nose for innovation you make the difference and then enter the job market in the lead!

Programme Structure

Common courses

3 ECTS Marketing
3 ECTS Research methods for business economists I
5 ECTS Corporate Finance
3 ECTS Macro-economics and economic policy A
3 ECTS International economics
3 ECTS European policy
6 ECTS Introduction to financial reporting
3 ECTS Principles of Managerial Economics
4 ECTS Statistics for Business Economists A
4 ECTS Mathematics for Business Economists A
3 ECTS Research methods for business economists II
4 ECTS Research project economics and management
4 ECTS Macro-economics and economic policy B
4 ECTS General management and corporate strategy
4 ECTS Statistics for Business Economists B
4 ECTS Mathematics for Business Economists B

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brussels, Belgium

Disciplines

Economics Business Administration View 36 other preparation in Business Administration in Belgium

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

All professional Bachelor's degrees from the field of study of Commercial Sciences and Management
Professional Bachelor's degree in education: secondary education (with mathematics and economics as optional subjects)
For students with a non Belgian degree the faculty will take a motivated decision on the equivalence of the foreign degree with one of the above-mentioned qualifications.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

619 EUR / year

≈ 619 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

619 EUR / year

≈ 619 EUR / year

Additional Details

Definitive amount: € 61,9 fixed fee + € 9,3 per study pointProvisional collected amounts at registration: € 619,9 (full-time registration) or € 340,9 (part-time registration)

Living costs

Brussels

Belgium

885 - 1305 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

EU/EEA Applies to you

Additional Details

Living costs

Brussels

Funding

Scholarships Information

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