This programme aims at developing the students' capacity for reflection, critical analysis and decision-making in the domains of Economic and Busines Sciences, of Sciences and of Technology.

It is based, on the one hand, on the acquisition of knowledge within the disciplines of Economic Science, Business Engineering Sciences and Social Sciences, the Exact Sciences and Technology, and, on the other hand, on the know-how acquired through a pedagogical approach which fosters the active participation of the students in their own training. This approach is rooted in the reality of economic life and organisations.

On a general level, one year is dedicated to the acquisition of knowledge in the general disciplines belonging of the ESPO Faculty and the Exact Sciences, one year is dedicated to the specific developments of of those disciplines with respect to Economic Analysis and Business Science, and one year is dedicated to the study of economic and business problems and methods as well as to the study of technologies. In comparison with the bachelor's programme of Economic and Business Sciences, this programme is much more clearly orientated towards the study and application of the quantative methods of Business Engineering.

The programme is organised in the form of one single line of studies of 180 credits, into which are integrated 26 credits in Sciences and Technology.

The programme comprises courses in Sciences and Technology, and an intensive course in Mathematics and Statistics. Nevertheless, the programme is still conceived in such a way as to satisfy the minimum demands of each of the subjects within the pool of subjects common to the ESPO. This thus allows for the same possibilities of re-orientation as the other ESPO bachelor programmes, thanks to the recognition of the equivalence of the credits.

In addition, those students admitted - after the selection process - to the " Creating a Company" orientation, must add one extra course to their programme for ( a maximum of ) 9 credits. This "Creating a Company" orientation is spread over the third year of the Bachelor's and over the two years of the master's of Business Engineering.

Ongoing evaluation : exercises and personal pieces of work

Written and oral exams

The programme is accessible to those possessing a secondary school-leaving certificate (c.f. the "Access to Studies" part of the study programme for a precise description of the admission conditions and their particular cases.

The conditions and regular admission requirements are specified on the web page "Access to Studies": http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres/en/acces.html

The bachelor's degree entitles direct access to the master's of Business Engineering, as well as to any general master's in Economics or Business Economics.

To be able to access the master's of Business Engineering, the student needs to have completed an "initiation to labour employment", and to have drafted an analytical report on the subject. This initiation comprises one week of mainly manual work experience in an entrepreneurial or associative environment (outside of the programme).

The bachelor's degree in Business Engineering entitles access to the master's organised by the other departments of the Faculty of Economics, Social and Political Sciences or by other Faculties, subject to respect of the conditions and prerequisites specified by the bodies responsible for organising the programme in question. In the case of lacking credits, these may be made up either by being added to the master's programme (if the number of lacking credits does not surpass 15), or by the completion of a complementary/preparatory programme before embarking on the master's.

Contact persons for the ESPO: Anne-Françoise Mariscal, Dominique Arnould

Program Supervisor : Michel De Wolf (IAG)

Cécile Delannay

President : Michel Dorban

Secretary : Jean-Marie Yante