ICHEC Brussels Management School
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The ICHEC Brussels Management School ( is a Catholic
college in Brussels
(Belgium
, Europe
). The college offers education in commercial
and financial
sciences.
The education given at ICHEC has a dual purpose
With these objectives the school offers a continuous connection with the business environment and the realities of the outside world. As a major Belgian business school and a member of the International Conference of French speaking Business Schools (HEC francophones), ICHEC follows the tradition of those schools and aims at training men and women to be active and critical of the decisions that they will have to make.
ICHEC is certified by the Belgian Authorities of Education to offer the standard European degrees :
human resources as well as in mathematics and languages as needed for business.
Languages play an important part in the programmes. Dutch and English during the first year, plus a third language to be chosen from the second year on between German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
- Master in Business and Management (2 years - courses in French and English)
During the first year of this Master programme, students have to choose between 2 major orientations : Finance and International Management.
In addition to the orientation programme, students can take specific course groups in many fields, among which :
Students also have the opportunity to achieve an individual project through internships, thesis, courses abroad or foreign
language classes.
- Master in International Business and Management (1 year - courses in English)
Our new Master in International Business and Management is a one-year degree entirely taught in English, a real opportunity for Belgian as well as foreign students to discover the cosmopolitan city of Brussels. The same programme exists in French.
Multi-disciplinarity is an essential characteristic of the Business Engineer. It opens up a wide sphere of activities and greatly improves the prospects for his / her professional career.
This programme is articulated around four key subjects :
Students are given the opportunity to choose between two options :
Thanks to internships, seminars and co-operative education, students become familiar with
the world of business. Contact with this world is also ensured through the participation of
about 80 professors having their main activity in business.
Moreover, activities of applied research centers and education given to managers by several
of our specialised schools, add another link between 'ICHEC' and the world of business.
ICHEC is the leading school in continuing education for business in Belgium.
Several hundreds of men and women participate each year in its programmes.
reaches beyond its national dimension to operate on a European and even on a worldwide
scale at several levels of education.
ICHEC students have the opportunity to participate in many international exchange programmes, to spend one semester in another partner university and even do an internship
abroad.
The international office of ICHEC prepares a specific programme of courses for them to
follow in their host university. This programme is equivalent to the one they would have
followed at ICHEC at the same period.
Since 1993 ICHEC has given about 70 students every summer, the opportunity to go to
Southern India or to Burkina-Faso and be part of house-building projects. This initiative
called "ICHEC Housing Project" has been included in the second year of the Bachelor
programme.
ICHEC, Clemson University
(South Carolina) and UCL
have created the Clemson University
Brussels Center offering exchange and summer programmes to over 80 students a year.
(1950), former CEO of Fortis
, now part of BNP Paribas
, from 2004 to 2008
Didier Smits, Board of directors at Delhaize Group
Freddy Tacheny, General director of the Belgian Division of RTL Group
Philippe Lacroix, managing director of Manpower Belgium since 2002, president of Federgon Wallonie,, administrator at Union Wallonne des Entreprises
.
Jean-Paul courtois, vice-president of Union Wallonne des Entreprises
Philippe Lambrecht (1959), Secretary-General of Federation of Belgian Enterprises
Jean Michel Loriers, Traiteur Loriers
Jean-Pierre Bemba
(1962), politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brigitte Chanoine (1965), dean of the ICHEC Brussels Management School
, member of the Board of Directors of Dexia
since 2010.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
college in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
(Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
). The college offers education in commercial
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
and financial
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
sciences.
University level Education
General organisation of studiesThe education given at ICHEC has a dual purpose
- Professional : the student is gradually introduced into the complex world of management
- Scientific : it gives the student a critical approach which will enable him/her to play a dynamic role socially and economically.
With these objectives the school offers a continuous connection with the business environment and the realities of the outside world. As a major Belgian business school and a member of the International Conference of French speaking Business Schools (HEC francophones), ICHEC follows the tradition of those schools and aims at training men and women to be active and critical of the decisions that they will have to make.
ICHEC is certified by the Belgian Authorities of Education to offer the standard European degrees :
- Bachelor and Master in Business Engineering
- Bachelor and Master in Business and Management (day and evening classes)
Specific features of the Bachelor degree
During their Bachelor years, students are trained in economics, management, law andhuman resources as well as in mathematics and languages as needed for business.
Languages play an important part in the programmes. Dutch and English during the first year, plus a third language to be chosen from the second year on between German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
Master in Business and Management
A Master degree can be obtained in 1 or 2 years (60 or 120 ECTS credits) in day or evening classes- Master in Business and Management (2 years - courses in French and English)
During the first year of this Master programme, students have to choose between 2 major orientations : Finance and International Management.
In addition to the orientation programme, students can take specific course groups in many fields, among which :
- Marketing and communication
- Entrepreneurship in small and medium sized companies
- Human resources management
- Accounting and audit
- Management of information systems
- Developing countries
- European management
- Intercultural management
- Fiscal studies
- Sustainable management.
Students also have the opportunity to achieve an individual project through internships, thesis, courses abroad or foreign
language classes.
- Master in International Business and Management (1 year - courses in English)
Our new Master in International Business and Management is a one-year degree entirely taught in English, a real opportunity for Belgian as well as foreign students to discover the cosmopolitan city of Brussels. The same programme exists in French.
Master in Business Engineering
The Business Engineer is a manager in the broadest sense, able, through a multi-disciplinary approach to synthesize economic and technical factors. A clear understanding of technical problems allows him to be the expert interface between the production managers and the sales and finance executives in a company.Multi-disciplinarity is an essential characteristic of the Business Engineer. It opens up a wide sphere of activities and greatly improves the prospects for his / her professional career.
This programme is articulated around four key subjects :
- Computer science
- Quantitative management methods
- Technologies
- Finance
Students are given the opportunity to choose between two options :
- Innovation and management of technologies
- Financial engineering
Foothold in the business world
ICHEC intends to combine a rigorous scientific preparation with a truly operational education.Thanks to internships, seminars and co-operative education, students become familiar with
the world of business. Contact with this world is also ensured through the participation of
about 80 professors having their main activity in business.
Moreover, activities of applied research centers and education given to managers by several
of our specialised schools, add another link between 'ICHEC' and the world of business.
ICHEC is the leading school in continuing education for business in Belgium.
Several hundreds of men and women participate each year in its programmes.
International dimension
Located in the capital of Europe (two metro stops from the Schuman square), the schoolreaches beyond its national dimension to operate on a European and even on a worldwide
scale at several levels of education.
ICHEC students have the opportunity to participate in many international exchange programmes, to spend one semester in another partner university and even do an internship
abroad.
The international office of ICHEC prepares a specific programme of courses for them to
follow in their host university. This programme is equivalent to the one they would have
followed at ICHEC at the same period.
Since 1993 ICHEC has given about 70 students every summer, the opportunity to go to
Southern India or to Burkina-Faso and be part of house-building projects. This initiative
called "ICHEC Housing Project" has been included in the second year of the Bachelor
programme.
ICHEC, Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
(South Carolina) and UCL
Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
have created the Clemson University
Brussels Center offering exchange and summer programmes to over 80 students a year.
Notable Alumni
Jean-Paul VotronJean-Paul Votron
Jean-Paul Votron is a Belgian businessman, previously Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Fortis, a leading European financial group...
(1950), former CEO of Fortis
Fortis (finance)
Fortis N.V./S.A. was a company active in insurance, banking and investment management. In 2007 it was the 20th largest business in the world by revenue but after encountering severe problems in the financial crisis of 2008, most of the company was sold in parts, with only insurance activities...
, now part of BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas S.A. is a global banking group, headquartered in Paris, with its second global headquarters in London. In October 2010 BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the largest bank and largest company in the world by assets with over $3.1 trillion. It was formed through the merger...
, from 2004 to 2008
Didier Smits, Board of directors at Delhaize Group
Delhaize Group
Delhaize Group is a food retailer headquartered in Belgium which operates in eight countries and on three continents. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets.-History:Delhaize Group was founded in Belgium in 1867....
Freddy Tacheny, General director of the Belgian Division of RTL Group
RTL Group
RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries...
Philippe Lacroix, managing director of Manpower Belgium since 2002, president of Federgon Wallonie,, administrator at Union Wallonne des Entreprises
Union Wallonne des Entreprises
The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises is the Walloon employers organization.-History:About 1965, when in Belgium economic decentralization was becoming more pronounced, the Walloon business leaders felt the need for more organisation...
.
Jean-Paul courtois, vice-president of Union Wallonne des Entreprises
Union Wallonne des Entreprises
The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises is the Walloon employers organization.-History:About 1965, when in Belgium economic decentralization was becoming more pronounced, the Walloon business leaders felt the need for more organisation...
Philippe Lambrecht (1959), Secretary-General of Federation of Belgian Enterprises
Federation of Belgian Enterprises
The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium is the only Belgian non-profit organization representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. Its members, the different Belgian sectorial employers' organizations, represent companies in key industrial and service sectors. All in all, it represents...
Jean Michel Loriers, Traiteur Loriers
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006. Bemba also leads the Movement for the Liberation of Congo , a rebel group...
(1962), politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
Brigitte Chanoine (1965), dean of the ICHEC Brussels Management School
ICHEC Brussels Management School
The ICHEC Brussels Management School . The college offers education in commercial and financial sciences.-University level Education:General organisation of studiesThe education given at ICHEC has a dual purpose...
, member of the Board of Directors of Dexia
Dexia
Dexia N.V./S.A., also referred to as the Dexia Group, is a Belgian-French financial institution active in public finance, providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and SMEs, asset management, and insurance...
since 2010.