Master of Business Engineering: Management Information Systems: Short Profile

As a Master of Business Engineering: Digital Business Engineering, you become a business,
economics and information technology expert, all-in-one. The programme’s double focus will help you understand the role information technology plays in business operations in order to achieve a synergy between the two. The large number of electives allows you to tailor the programme to your own interests. As an international student at the University of Antwerp, you will be part of an inclusive and forward-thinking university that scores well in several academic rankings. Experience student life in an innovative business city and shape your future at the University of Antwerp!

Do you want to learn about technology, economics, business and information technology? Are you always the one to come up with innovative solutions to complex problems? And were you born to be a manager? If so, the Master of Business Engineering: Digital Business Engineering might just be the perfect fit for you! Over the past years, digital technologies have led to new economic opportunities and managerial challenges: new business models, new products, new questions about ethics and sustainability, etc. Nowadays, the majority of corporate tasks heavily depend on efficient information technology. Many of the fastest growing new businesses are purely digital. As a digital business engineer, you embody the ever-growing synergy between IT innovation and business economics, allowing you to function optimally in these fast-changing digital environments.

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Master of Business Engineering: Management Information Systems: Subjects

In this two-year, hybrid Master’s programme, you will:

• acquire a solid foundation in economics, business administration and information technology
• combine knowledge of development and management of information systems with the study of important domains of digital innovation, such as artificial intelligence, data mining and data engineering.

Modules

The programme consists of four modules. The hybrid character of these modules enables you to combine business economics and information technology. You can explore specific areas of your interest in greater depth by choosing from a wide range of electives.

• Digital business fundamentals: This module gives you a solid foundation in business economics, with an explicit focus on innovation. During the courses, you will be trained to create added value in our digital economy.
• Digital engineering fundamentals: Find out what role IT innovations play in the daily functioning of organisations and learn how to build complex software. Work with databases, data mining and data engineering to find answers to complex business questions. Learn to identify the risks and opportunities for global information and communication technology within an organisation. What if, for instance, servers break down, or your employees’ computers get hacked?
• Double focus module: Tailor the programme to your own interests by choosing a major and a minor. You can focus on business-oriented electives such as European and International Entrepreneurship, Finance and Marketing, or Strategy and Organisation, or more IT-oriented topics such as Digital Agility.
• Master’s thesis portfolio: Your Master’s thesis and the Integration Project are the crowning pieces of your two-year study. The Integration Project is a capstone course in collaboration with leading companies such as Accenture and Baloise Insurance, where knowledge from all the courses is integrated to solve a complex and real-world case study. During this module, you will learn to conduct academic and practical research independently.

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Master of Business Engineering: Management Information Systems: Career

If you choose to study Business Engineering: Management Information Systems at the University of Antwerp, you will be fully prepared to take your first steps towards the job market. During your studies, you are in frequent contact with the business world through guest lectures, corporate visits, a career development track and job fairs. Students and alumni get unlimited access to the Career Center, our go-to platform for vacancies, internships and career-related events from hundreds of national and international companies. Our graduates have a unique combination of skills and take up key roles in shaping digital innovation and managing business transformation. Their profiles are highly sought-after in the job market and in most cases, our final-year students have already signed a contract before they even graduated. Over the past ten years, 98,5% of our students from the Dutch equivalent programme found a job within six months after graduation.

An exciting career awaits

As a digital business engineer, you stand out because of your unique set of skills, combining in depth knowledge of IT with a fully-fledged business education. This makes you eligible for a wide range of positions in several industries. Our alumni take up positions as CEOs, directors, managers, IT consultants, technology advisors and software engineers in numerous national and international organisations. Others have founded their own companies or became researchers at top universities. The possibilities are endless. Where you end up working, depends to a large extent on your personal interests and ambitions.

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Master of Business Engineering: Management Information Systems: Admission

Applicants can be admitted directly or through a preparatory programme. You can be admitted directly if you have:

• an academic Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university in business economics with a substantial quantitative, technological and IT component or
• an academic Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university with a strong quantitative and technological focus and with sufficient knowledge of business economics and management science.

You will need to provide evidence of your acquired competences in:

• economics (12 ECTS credits),
• business management (21 ECTS credits),
• research methodology and mathematics (12 ECTS credits) and
• information systems and science (18 ECTS credits).

Language proficiency

Since the programme is taught in English, candidates with a prior degree issued outside Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg are required to demonstrate their proficiency in English.

Additional requirements

A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. Also, a GMAT or GRE test result is required.

• GMAT: an overall score of 650
• GRE: a minimum score of 160 on quantitative and verbal reasoning

Students with an academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a Belgian university and students with an academic degree from a university ranked in the global top 400 in the most recent edition of THE or QS World Ranking are exempted from the GMAT/GRE requirement.  

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Why choose to study at the University of Antwerp?

If you choose to obtain your Master's degree in Financial Business Engineering, you

• obtain a degree that has received prestigious accreditations and appeared in international rankings,
• receive high-quality education and personal guidance from professors and academic staff
• study in the vibrant, innovative city of Antwerp, right in the heart of Europe,
• receive the best preparation for your first steps towards the business world,
• take part in plenty (extra)curricular activities and get to know fellow students from all over the world!

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Working in Belgium

EEA students and non-EEA students with a permanent residence in Belgium can look for employment in Belgium and work as a self-employed person in the same way as Belgian citizens.

Search year

Until recently, as a non-EEA student holding a right of residence in Belgium based on your studies, you had to obtain a different residence permit if you wanted to stay in Belgium after graduating. However, in March, the Council of Ministers passed a motion that non-European students studying abroad in Belgium will have 12 months to find work or start a company in Belgium, following the completion of their studies. The “search year” (or “orientation year”) is expected to come into legislated effect in October, but applications can be send in as of 15 August.

For more information, please consult our general page about permits or visit the official website of the Belgian government.

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