Faculty of

Economics and Business

KU Leuven

4Campuses, in Antwerp,

Brussels, Kortrijk and Leuven

FEB facts and figures

8,602Students at FEB

746Staff at FEB

Facts and figures

43Overseas, non-European

exchange partners

1,468International students at

FEB

>100KU Leuven

number of spin-offs

49th

FEB on THE in Social

sciences

55th

KU Leuven on THE World

University Ranking

6th

KU Leuven on ranking

number of ERC grants

59th

FEB on QS in Social

sciences & Management

82nd

KU Leuven on QS World

University Ranking

25th

FEB on QS in Statistics

and Operations research

History

1425

Foundation of University by Papal Bull1897

Foundation School for Commercial Sciences

1970

Division into KU Leuven and UC Louvain (French)

1944

Start of degrees in Business Engineering

1929

Start of degrees in Economic Sciences

1950

Foundation Faculty Economic & Social Sciences

1971

Division into FEB and Faculty of Social Sciences1999

Transfer MBA to Vlerick Business School2006

FEB’s reorganization into 5 research departments2013

Integration of Antwerp and Brussels campuses 2014

EQUIS accreditation

Antwerp

Brussels

Kortrijk Leuven

FEB’s 4 Campuses

Campus ANTWERP

The industrial heart of

Flanders

Campus LEUVEN

The oldest university town

in the low countries

Campus BRUSSELS

The political capital

of Europe

Campus KORTRIJK

The Eurometropolis

Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai

FEB’s 4 Campuses

FEB’s

Mission

The primary missions of the FEB are education and research

A FEB education aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial

endeavours and careers in the corporate world, in national and international public

policy-making, or in research. To achieve this the FEB offers high-quality, research-

based degree programmes in the fields of both economics and business, and from

Bachelor to PhD.

Secondly, the FEB wants to foster research with high academic and societal impact,

and high visibility in the corporate world. The FEB’s ambition is to be the leading

learning and research community in Belgium and to excel in the different research

subfields the school hosts, thereby deserving its high rank among the top of

European schools of Economics and Business.

To achieve these twin primary objectives, the FEB wants to develop a stimulating

environment for staff and students, in which they feel free to develop their

innovative, ethical and entrepreneurial expertise in education, research and

business, whilst emphasizing the role of economic policy and business in the

greater society and keeping a global focus through international exchanges and

cooperation.

While pursuing its mission, the FEB is committed to be:

• Rigorous, in what we teach, what we research, and in teaching what we

research

• Relevant, in our dedication to translate practice-based evidence into

evidence-based practice, and to foster research with high academic and

societal impact, and high visibility in the corporate world

• Collegial, in our style of management and towards our relevant internal and

external stakeholders

• Innovative, in education and entrepreneurship, and in our ambition to play at

the forefront of the research community

• Socially responsible, in our role as an open-minded centre for debate on

corporate, economic, societal and ethical issues, with an international and

intercultural focus

Consistent with the identity and mission of KU Leuven, the FEB endorses and advocates the

values of human rights, social justice, and respect for diversity in individuals, communities

and ideas.

FEB’s

Education

Vision of teaching and learning

A FEB education …

aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial endeavours and careers in

the corporate world, in national and international public policy-making, or in

research

is research-driven, pays a great deal of attention to analytic and synthetic skills,

and to the ability to independently formulate a relevant, expert and well-reasoned

point of view

offers students a realistic impression of their disciplinary and professional future

selves through a symbiosis of education with developmental and immersion

initiatives

educates students to become committed and responsible citizens, who recognize

and take into account the complex economic, societal, political, and environmental

context within which they will operate as entrepreneurs, managers, researchers,

politicians or policy advisors

draws on a strong partnership and an ongoing dialogue between students,

lecturers and teaching support staff, each taking responsibility and contributing to

the process of teaching and learning

Business Engineering

IS EngineeringAnalytical rigor

Practice-orientation Business

Administration

Business Economics

Economics

the Evergreens

Accountancy & Auditing

Environmental, Health & Safety management

Actuarial and Financial Engineering

Insurance

School of Professions

Business Engineering

IS Engineering

Information management

Environmental, Health and Safety Management

Economics, Law & Business Studies

Actuarial and Financial Engineering

Interdisciplinary Programmes

Management

International Business Economics &

Management

Economic Policy

Broadening Programmes

Programme portfolio

Research Programmes

Advanced Studies in Economics

Advanced Business Studies

Programmes taught in English

BA (3 years)

Economics

Dutch programme, with many

courses taught in English

A solid education across the

field of economics, encouraging

logical thought and detailed

analysis of economic issues

MASTER (1 year)

Economics

In English

Specialisation in:

- Resesarch in Economics

- Financial Economics

- General Economics

BA (3 years)

Business Economics

Dutch programme, with many

courses taught in English

Economic issues and problems

related to business organisation,

management, strategy and

entrepreneurship

MASTER (1 year)

Business Economics

In English

Majors in:

- Entrepreneurship

- Financial Economics

- International Business,

Strategy and Innovation

- Marketing

BA (3 years)

Business Engineering

Dutch programme, with many

courses taught in English

Business Studies combining

management science and

business economics with

technology and engineering

MASTER (2 years)

Business Engineering

In English (2016)

Majors in:

- Accountancy & Finance

- Marketing

- Production & Logistics

- Quantitative Methods

BA (3 years)

Business Administration

In English

Business studies focusing on

strategy, management and

entrepreneurship, taught to an

international group of students

MASTER (1 year)

Business Administration

In English

Majors in:

- International Business

Management

- International Relations

- Business Information

Management

Brussels, and MSc in

Antwerp as of 2016

Leuven Brussels and Leuven Leuven

Master of Science in Information

Management

Non-technical training in information management, with an emphasis on the

efficient and effective application and management of information technology in

various business contexts

Master of Science in

Financial Economics(Advanced) Master of Science in

Financial and Actuarial Engineering

Expanding students’ understanding of current and future problems and

solutions in insurance and banking; focus on up-to-date, sound and advanced

financial, actuarial and statistical skills

Master of Science in

Advanced Studies in Economics

(Advanced ) Master of Science in

Advanced Studies in Economics

Programme which takes students with an economic background closer to the

research frontier in economics; advanced theoretical and empirical tools to

analyze concrete economic problems

Master programmes taught in English

Master of Science in International

Business Economics and Management

Programme targeting non-economic academic graduates, offering a deep

insight into all major disciplines of business economics and management.

Strong international focus.

Leuven

Brussels

Immersion initiatives

Ekonomika, FEB’s student union stimulating business immersion via

Ekonomika Projects, preparing for the job market through job fairs and campus

recruitment, developing students in management skills programmes

www.ekonomika.be

Academics for Companies, a FEB Junior Enterprise specializing in student

consulting projects, stimulating entrepreneurship and business skills in

students

www.afcleuven.be

Academics for Development, a FEB Junior Enterprise that enables students

to have social impact in developing countries and apply their acquired skills

and knowledge in a purposeful and durable way

www.academicsfordevelopment.be

Leuven Community for Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship, a platform

aiming to stimulate entrepeurship and start-up activity among students and

researchers, via a student incubator, open source hardware, legal advice, etc.

www.lcie.be

FEB’s

Research

30 top journals in which FEB faculty published

in 2012-2013 – Sample (in bold = Financial Times 45)

• Accounting, Organisations and Society

• The Accounting Review

• American Economic Review

• American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

• Behavioral and Brain Sciences

• California Management Review

• Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice

• Human Resource Management

• Journal of the American Statistical Association

• Journal of Applied Psychology

• Journal of Business Ethics

• Journal of Consumer Psychology

• Journal of Economic Literature

• Journal of Economic Theory

• Journal of Monetary Economics

• Journal of International Business Studies

• Journal of Management

• Journal of Marketing

• Journal of Marketing Research

• Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

• Journal of Operations Management

• Journal of Political Economy

• Management Science

• Nature

• Operations Research

• Org Behavior & Human Decision Processes

• Organization Science

• Review of Economics and Statistics

• Science

• Strategic Management Journal

30 top researchers visiting FEB, invited for lectures, seminars, PhD Courses in academic year 2013-14

• Ruth Aguilera, U of Illinois, AFI Seminar

• Kusum Aiwaladi, Dartmouth, Marketing Winter Camp

• Julian Alston, U of California at Davis, PhD Course

• Ashish Arora, Duke U, Visiting

• Abhijit Banerjee, MIT, Distinguished Lecture

• Martin Browning, U of Oxford, CES Seminar

• Jim Detert, Cornell U, Org Studies PhD Seminar

• Jan Eeckhout, University College London & Universitat

Pompeu Fabra, PhD Course

• Jeffrey Greenhaus, Drexel, Org Studies PhD Seminar

• Xuming He, U of Michigan, ORSTAT Seminar

• Frank Kleibergen, Brown U, ORSTAT Seminar

• Ajay Kohli, Georgia Tech, Marketing Winter Camp

• Jonathan Levin, Stanford U, Gaston Eyskens Chair

• Arthur Lewbel, Boston College, CES Seminar

• Puneet Manchanda, U of Michigan, Marketing Speaker

Series

• Sarah Moeller, U of Pittsburgh, AFI Seminar

• Lisa Nishii, ILR Cornell U, Org Studies Lecture

• Steven Ongena, U of Zurich, AFI Seminar

• Tom Palfrey, California Institute of Technology, Ecores

Summer School

• Matthew Rabin, Berkeley, Ecores Summer School

• Quinetta Roberson, Villanova, Org Studies Lecture

• Mark Roberts, Penn State U, PhD Course

• James Robinson, Harvard U, Lecture

• Baba Shiv, Stanford U, Marketing speaker series

• Norbert Schwarz, U of Michigan, Marketing Winter Camp

• Qihe Tang, U of Iowa, Visiting Insurance Studies

• Olivier de Weck, Executive Director MIT Production in the

Innovation Economy Study, Lecture

• Klaus Wertenbroch, INSEAD, Marketing Seminar

• Ruben Zamar, U of British Columbia, ORSTAT Seminar

• Stephen Ziliak, Roosevelt U, PhD Course

Research Chairs at the FEB

Justin Lin

2014

Economist

World Bank

Peking University

(With Vlerick BS)

Justin Lin

2014

Economist

World Bank

Peking University

(With Vlerick BS)

James Utterback

2011

Industrial Engineer

MIT Sloan

Christine Lagarde

2012

Lawyer

IMF

Nate Silver

2013

Statistician

Journalist

(With LStat)

Abhijit Banerjee

2014

Economist

MIT

Doctores honoris causaFive most recent doctores in Economics and Business

Doctores honoris causa

Christine Lagarde, IMF

Doctor Honoris Causa FEB, 2012

“The university has its roots in the Middle Ages, approved in a

papal decree by Pope Martin V in the 15th century. Here is an

interesting historical fact: Martin V was the pope who ended the

Great Western Schism in the Catholic Church, a rift that tore the

continent apart. Before Martin was elected, there were three rival

popes, each claiming the allegiance of different rulers in Europe!

At its very core, KU Leuven still embodies that foundational spirit of

building bridges and bringing people together. I see this same spirit

in the individuals who have received honorary doctorates over the

years. I feel deeply humbled to be included in this company.

Let me also look to another symbol—the university seal—the

medieval statue of Sedes Sapientiae. Appropriately, Our Lady of

Louvain. She is the ‘Seat of Wisdom’. At its core, KU Leuven is

dedicated to the pursuit of wisdom. Everything flows from that

source. This combination—bringing people together plus wisdom—

is exactly what we need in the world today, especially to tackle the

worst financial crisis since the Great Depression”.

FEB’s

Internationalisation

Preferential partnerships

Cardiff UniversityCardiff Business School

Stellenbosch UniversityBusiness School

Faculty of Economic & Management Sciences

KU Leuven Priority Partners

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Universität zu Köln

Cardiff University

University of Pennsylvania

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Université de Montreal

University of Kansai

Waseda University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

East China Normal University

Peking University

Tsinghua University

Fudan University

Stellenbosch University

Pretoria University

AUSTRALIAQUT - Brisbane

The University of Sydney

The University of Adelaide

University of South Austrialia - Adelaide

CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICAInsper – Sao Paulo

PUC – Rio de Janeiro

Fundação Getulio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro

Coppead Business School – Rio de Janeiro

Universidad Adolfo Ibanez – Santiago de Chile

ITAM – Mexico City

Universidad ESAN – Lima

Monterrey de Monterrey – Mexico

CANADABrock University – Ontario

Queen's University – Ontario

Université de Montréal – Montréal

Université Laval – Québec

U of British Columbia – Sauder School

CHINATsinghua University

Peking University – Guanghua School

Fudan – Shanghai

Central University of Finance & Economics

Univ of International Business & Economics

JAPANKOBE University

Hitotsubashi University – Tokyo

ASIASingapore Management University

National Taiwan University

National Chengchi University - Taipeh

Hanyang University – Seoul

Chulalongkorn – Bangkok

City University Hong-Kong

Hong-Kong University of Science & Technology

Universiti Teknologi Mara – Kuala Lumpur

Koç – Turkey

SOUTH AFRICAUniversity of Stellenbosch - FEM

USCornell University – Johnson School

Florida International University

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Rochester, Simon School

INDIAIIM - Bangalore

IIM - Calcutta

Partner Network – non-European Partners

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