Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme toegepaste economische wetenschappen: handelsingenieur

You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.

BA BUSINESS ECONOMICS AR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Business Engineering: Business and Technology.

Overview of the study plan

The Master of Science in Business and Technology consists of two modules:
- Module 1 Business and Technology
- Module 2 Business and Technology
In total the student needs to obtain at least 120 ECTS over both of the modules to be able to graduate.

In total, this academic plan comprises 120 ECTS credits.


Module 1 Business & Technology

This is the module that corresponds with the first year of the model trajectory. In this module the student needs to finish all the compulsory courses and choose an elective course.

To complete this module, students must obtain 60 ECTS credits.

Compulsory

There are 10 compulsory courses.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 54 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Information Systems Strategy and Management
6ECTS credits - International Corporate Finance
6ECTS credits - Operations Research
6ECTS credits - Project Management
6ECTS credits - Financial Reporting and Auditing
6ECTS credits - Advanced Technology
6ECTS credits - Fundamentals of Data Science
6ECTS credits - Research Paper
6ECTS credits - Advanced Marketing

Elective

The student needs to choose one elective course.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Technology and Applications of Micro-Electronics and Photonics
6ECTS credits - Materials science and innovation
6ECTS credits - Biotechnology

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Module 2 Business and Technology

All of the students who (almost) finished 'Module 1 Business and Technology', can continue with 'Module 2 Business and Technology'. This is the module that corresponds with the second year of the model trajectory.

To complete this module, students must obtain 33 ECTS credits.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 33 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Corporate Social Responsibility
6ECTS credits - Strategic Management
18ECTS credits - Master Thesis Business and Technology
3ECTS credits - Entrepreneurship
18ECTS credits - Master Thesis Business Engineering - Trade Mission
18ECTS credits - Master Thesis Business and Technology: Pre-doctoral Track

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Master Module 2 Electives

- Students need to select 1 elective of 'Business Aspects', 3 ECTS credits

Electives from 'Practice-oriented Courses':
- Every student is obligated to select at least 6 ECTS-credits 'Practice-oriented Courses' and at most 12 ECTS credits within this selection.
Depending on the amount of credits of electives within 'Practice-oriented Courses', students need to take up additional credits within the elective section below.

Students who take up master Thesis Trade Mission are no longer excused from practice oriented courses.

Every Student need to select courses from 'Electives':
18 ECTS credits for Students who have chosen 6 ECTS credits in the 'Practice-oriented Courses';
12 ECTS credits for Students who have chosen 12 ECTS credits in de 'Practice-oriented Courses'.

In total, Students need to obtain in total 27 ECTS credits from Module 2.

To complete this module, students must obtain 27 ECTS credits.

Entrepreneurship and Business Aspects of Technology - elective

Students need to choose 1 elective of 'Business Aspects'.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Business Aspects of Biotechnology
3ECTS credits - Business Aspects of Innovation in Materials
3ECTS credits - Business Aspects of Micro-electronics and Photonics
3ECTS credits - Business Aspects of Software Industry

Practice-oriented courses

Practice-oriented courses:
- Students who choose 6 ECTS credits from 'Practice-oriented courses', have to choose 18 ECTS credits from 'Elective courses';
- Students who chooses 12 ECTS credits from 'Practice-oriented courses', have to choose 12 ECTS;

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Technological Business Development Project
6ECTS credits - Internship
12ECTS credits - Internship
6ECTS credits - Microeconomics of Competitiveness
6ECTS credits - International Business Project

Elective courses

Electives: Students choose 18 ECTS credits or 12 ECTS credits, depending on the amount of ECTS credits students has taken up from the previous 'Practice-oriented courses' ( 6 ECTS credits or 12 ECTS credits).

In total the student needs to obtain at least 27 ECTS credits for all the electives in module 2.

6ECTS credits - Advanced Accounting and International Financial Statements
6ECTS credits - EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Sustainable Mobility and Logistics
6ECTS credits - Decision Analytics
6ECTS credits - Risk Management
6ECTS credits - Multinational Strategic Planning
6ECTS credits - Global Banking

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