Now more than ever, the worlds needs leaders with a critical, global mindset. With your one-year Master in Business Economics (60 ECTS credits), you:

• learn to analyse business economic issues in a methodologically rigorous and effective way,
• develop an ethical reflection on the position of the manager in society,
• and focus on your areas of interest by choosing a major and minor in Accounting, Data Science, Digital Organisation, Finance, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing or Strategy and Organisation.

Become a business economics expert in one year:

With this programme, you’ll learn to analyse business economics issues, while also taking into account the ethical position of the manager in society, changes in the corporate world and the imperative of sustainability in today’s globalised economy.

To apply, you’d need to:

• have an academic Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business Economics or equivalent. Other degrees might be eligible through a preparatory programme
• have a GMAT or GRE
• to be proficient in English.

Career prospects:

After you finish this Master's degree, ample job opportunities are available in the consultancy, audit and assurance, banking and insurance sectors, as well as in industrial and commercial corporations.

Over 85% of graduates found a job within 6 months after graduation. This high rate is also reflected in our University's 166th rank in the Times Higher Global University Employability Ranking 2021.

Our Business Economics graduates work in 49 countries all over the world. Some became consultants, business developers, auditors, managers... for organisations like the European Commission, PwC, Deloitte, DHL and The National Bank. Others became researchers at top universities or founded their own company.

Best value for money:

Choosing to study at the University of Antwerp means choosing a top-quality education.

• Our AACSB and EFMD-programme accreditations illustrate our high-quality teaching and research and offer our students a range of international opportunities in all continents.
• The Financial Times ranked the University of Antwerp in the best Masters in Management ranking. The programme received sixth place worldwide in terms of 'value for money'.

Double degree:

The Master in Business Economics also offers a unique double degree programme, together with the highly-ranked and accredited Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (ULB). This gives you the opportunity to study at two top schools in Belgium and obtain two Master's degrees in just two years' time.

In the first year, you study Economics in Brussels, and in your second year Business Economics in Antwerp.