Develop your leadership potential to steer the fast-moving world of business. 

If you’re a graduate who wants to gain vital and hands-on insights into how a company should be run, our Masters in General Management is perfect for you. You’ll live and learn the cutting-edge knowledge, skills and specialist principles that are in high demand today. And you’ll gain a blend of theoretical insight and practical business experience that will allow you to leap to the top of recruiters’ lists. 

The Masters in General Management programme runs full-time from early September until the end of June - entailing 60 ECTS credits. Classes take place from 9am to 5.30pm and are a dynamic mix of working on real-life business cases, class interaction, company visits and group exercises.

Through a diverse choice of electives and bootcamps, you can customise your curriculum to align with your personal and professional goals.

FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

• Deep Dive Challenge: Working with senior management, begin to link management theory and practice by working on challenges from a real-life business case.

• International study trip to Berlin: The theme is Impossible Futures – you’ll discover how to use societal changes to become future proof and create more effective organisations.

• Company project: Over two months, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned to a real business challenge of your choice – either in a consultancy project or a global social project for an NGO.

• IMEx business simulation: Work as a team to manage a fictitious company and compete against other teams on economic, social and environmental metrics – the triple bottom line.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Continuous feedback and coaching

• Targeted skill development

• Comprehensive career services

• Multiple networking opportunities

• Personal development portfolio

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME INCLUDE

• My Vlerick Development Portfolio: Gain insight into your own strengths and weaknesses, and be challenged to reflect and take actions to improve.

• Management Skills Seminar: Join us off-campus for three days to focus on leadership development and the management skills you need for the digital age.

• Diversity and inclusion: Understand your own assumptions, biases and preconceived ideas about how the world works – or should work. Discover which behaviours are acceptable, open your mind – and begin to develop a broader world view.

• Career Coaching: Stay aligned to the current global job market as you gain the skills, insights and instincts to make a difference and explore your true potential.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Broaden your knowledge of all core areas of management – and tailor your curriculum as you select focus areas

• Develop real, hands-on leadership skills through interactive classes, real-life business cases, business simulations and in-company projects

• Put your skills into action in a two-month consultancy project in an industry of your choice

• Witness first-hand how today’s trends are shaping the future of business on an immersive trip to vibrant Berlin

• Lay the groundwork for a career in consultancy, business development or any managerial function

• Give your career an extra boost by choosing to complete a Vlerick Certificate in Sales, Strategy Consulting or European HRM