Welcome day

International students

Brussels Campus

Programme

• 9.00-10.30: Welcome at USL-B – information session

• 10.30-11.00: Campus tour USL-B

• 11.00-11.30: Walk to KU Leuven campus Brussels

• 11:30-13:00: Welcome at KU Leuven – information session

• 13:00-13:30: Campus tour KU Leuven

• 13:30-14:30: Lunch time outside campus

• 14:30-17:00: Guided walking tour of Brussels

General welcomeProf. dr. Jeroen Belien

Campus Dean Brussels

Prof. dr. Peter Teirlinck

Vice-Dean for International Affairs

KU LeuvenInspiring the outstanding

Welcome at KU Leuven

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KU Leuven: a highly ranked university

#1

#5 in the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme (HEI only)

#10 in the ERC grants programme with over 110 projects (HEI only)

in the Reuters World Ranking of

Most Innovative Universities in Europe (2019)

#80 in the QS World University Ranking (2020)

#45 in the Times Higher Education

World University Ranking (2020)

Welcome

at the Faculty of

Economics and Business

The Faculty of Economics and Business: a faculty with international appeal

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ACADEMIC

STAFF212 #60IN THE TIMES

HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING

FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

BACHELOR’SPROGRAMMES8

MASTER’SPROGRAMMES22

PHD

PROGRAMMES3

4CAMPUSES

>230 INTERNATIONAL

PARTNER

INSTITUTIONS

STUDENTS OF WHICH 1727 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS9093

Welcome at FEB campus Brussels

• 3000 students

• 1000 in English programmes

• 99 nationalities

Welcome at FEB campus Brussels

Schakelprogramma

handelswetenschappen

Educatieve master economie

(EME)

Master International Business

Economics and Management

Master in de Internationale

Bedrijfseconomie en – beleid

Handelswetenschappen (bachelor & master)

Business Administration (bachelor & master)

Business Engineering (bachelor with Campus Université Saint-Louis –

Bruxelles)

Handelsingenieur (bachelor)

Milieu- en preventiemanagement(bachelor & master)

• Offer students academic education

• Based on scientific research

• Prepare for assuming responsibility in society

• Five long term projects:

• truly international

• future-oriented education

• going digital

• interdisciplinary

• sustainability

Role in society of university and faculty

• Shared responsibility

• Personal initiative and entrepreneurship

• Critical reflection

• Atmosphere of consultation, collaboration, solidarity

• Academic freedom

• Develop your future self

• Participate in student representation and election of

student representatives

Studying at university

Welcome

Prof. dr. Ann Maes

Programme coordinator Bachelor of

Business Engineering

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Starting your career in Business Engineering

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• Management of Business Domains

• Design of Business Processes

• Mathematical and Statistical Techniques – Research Skills

• Natural and Applied Sciences

• Economic Analysis and International Orientation

A multi-disciplinary programme

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Broad career perspectives

Added value to every organisation

Executive or expert functions

Diverse sectors

Telecom ICT & Internet

Consulting Banking

Finance Insurance

Research

International career

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We wish you

every success

in your journey

here with us and

further on!

Student Representation

• Two types of committees

o Education Commission: meetings where everything related to the BBEng programme in KU Leuven campus Brussels is discussed (planned on an ad hoc basis)

o Steering Committee: meetings where everything related to the BBEng programme is discussed across all campuses (campus USL-B, Brussels campus KU Leuven)

• Two types of representatives

o Stage representatives:• Contact point of the stage

• Pass on items supported by the students of the stage to the student representatives or the vice-praeses education of Ekonomika

• Informing students about actions taken in the committees

• Moderator of the Facebook year group

o Student representatives:• Letting the students' opinions (gathered by the stage representatives) be heard in the

committees

• Raise items that are important to the students (gathered by the stage representatives) in the committees

• Passing on actions taken in the committees to the stage representatives

Student representation

Interested? Get in touch with Michiel Pauwels via info@steb.be

ELECTIONS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

Are you a socially engaged student with

a critical mind?

Would you like to contribute to high-quality education?

Become a class representative from your programme

- A seat at the “education committee” (OC) and Steering Committee: evaluating your courses with professors and faculty services

- Contact person for your fellow students

General information

Loes Diricks

General information

• Student facilities – StuVo+

• Student associations

• The buildings

• ICT

• Safety, health and environment

• Upcoming activities

Student facilities

StuVo+

www.stuvoplus.be

Student associationsESN

DEBATE CLUB

BSS

International Student Council of Economics and Business (ISCEB)

BUDDY PROGRAMME

The buildings

Floor 5 =>FEB International Office

Entrance to the services

Entrance to the restaurant, library and

bookstore

ICT

More details on ICT

• Check out the following screencast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIpdNSqkh0s&list=PL24INylGkd1AVHEuyiiS0utZochJoHvwq&index=3&t=0s

for full info ono Account

o Use of your own device on campus

o Student portal

o KU Loket & ISP

o Toledo Learning environment (demo)

o Courses and books via bookshop

o E-mail and Office 365

o Print, copy, scan

o Laptop and ICT offer

o Software use

o Library

KU Leuven AccountFormat

r-, m- of s-number

(vb. r0012345)

Activate

Activation code via email after

registration

https://activation.kuleuven.be

Access

KU Loket (ISP, scores)

WiFi Campusroam

Toledo

Login on PC’s

Print

Signing in with KUL-account

Signing in on specific web-applications: r-number@kuleuven.be

Wireless WiFi network

• Available on all campuses

• General: ‘eduroam’ or ‘campusroam’

o Use with KU Leuven login (r/s number)

o Also Internet access at other locations (in Belgium and

abroad)

Communication with students

• E-mail

• Student portal (website)

• Toledo – Announcements and Notice boards

• Facebook (unofficial)

E-mail:

• These mailboxes belong to the

@student.kuleuven.be e-mail domain

• More information via

https://webmail.kuleuven.be/

Toledo• What?

o Web-based virtual learning environment of the KU Leuven

o Course material, assignments, announcements, mail, discussion boards,

…

• Where?

o http://toledo.kuleuven.be/english/

• How?

o Check the manual on http://toledo.kuleuven.be/docs/student_guide.pdf

• Technical Problems?

o Contact the ICTS helpdesk: T’Serclaes 3rd floor

All the courses you have selected in your ISP will automatically appear in your

Toledo. If a course is ‘unavailable’, it means the teacher of the course has not

made the course available yet.

Toledo.kuleuven.be

Safety, health and

environment

Evacuation fire

Accident

European emergency Campus number

number

112 1250

First Aid

• Reception desk

• Only for over the counter painkillers or bandaid

• For anything else, see a doctor

Allowed / Not allowed

• Not allowed in class rooms

• Only allowed in break rooms and cafeterias

• No smoking anywhere inside the buildings

• Use ashtrays

• RECYCLE

Corona

• Mask is mandatory in Brussels and on campus: wear it

always

• Ensure hand hygiene and social distance

• Currently: code yellow, help us avoid code orange

Upcoming

sessions/activities

Upcoming welcome sessions/activities

• Monday 14/9: guided bike tour of Brussels

o Meet at 14:00 at Mineen student cafeteria

o Bike is provided

o Duration: 3,5 hours (including time for lunch break)

o Bring your own food and drinks

• More to come in upcoming weeks/early october, as to

allow students in self-isolation to join

• Watch your mailbox and www.feb.kuleuven.be/welcome

Welcome dayBachelor Business Engineering

Kristof Cooreman

www.feb.kuleuven.be/eng/international/welcome#brussel

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1. BBEng programme

2. Corona measures

3. Study progress file

4. Study coaching

5. Study career consulting

6. Questions

Table of contents

1. BBEngprogramme

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• Economics I (5 ECTS)

• Financial Accounting A (3 ECTS)

• Marketing (6 ECTS)

• Mathematics for Business Engineers I (6 ECTS)

• Communication Science (5 ECTS)

• English 1 (3 ECTS)

Programme: first semester

Credits = Study load

1 ECTS = 20-25 study hours: classes,

study time, exam preparation, … all

inclusive.

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• Economics II (6 ECTS)

• Introduction to Financial Markets (4 ECTS)

• Financial Accounting B (3 ECTS)

• Introduction to Law (6 ECTS)

• Mathematics for Business Engineers II (6 ECTS)

• Foundations of Business Information Management (4

ECTS)

• Language 2 Course (Dutch, French, Spanish or German) (3

ECTS)

Programme: second semester

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Programme choices to register in ISP

• Language choice : French/German/Dutch/Spanish

• Not the language of your secondary school diploma

• Registration in ISP (Individual Study Programme) (deadline 7 Oct)

• ISP helpdesk

• Where? Administrative Services, T’Serclaes, first floor 1B

• 02/210.13.05

• Contact form: https://www.kuleuven.be/campussen/campus-

brussel/studeren/contactformulier-studentenadministratie

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Exemptions by EVC and EVK

If applicable, follow the correct procedure

EVC

• Exemption based on experiences outside the education system.

• Procedure: https://www.kuleuven.be/english/education/student/studyroute/exemptions/de-evc-procedure

EVK

• Exemption based on succesfully taken academic courses or

programmes elsewhere.

• Procedure: https://www.kuleuven.be/campus/campusbrussel/student/en/evk

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Semester system

• First semester 28 ECTS credits

• Classes/lectures: 14 weeks

• Christmas break/study period : 2 weeks

• January exam period EP1: 4 weeks

• February break: some days

• Second semester 32 ECTS credits

• Classes/Lectures: 9 weeks

• Easter break: 2 weeks

• Classes/Lectures: 5 weeks

• Study period: 1 week

• June exam period EP2: 4 weeks

• Retakes: 3 weeks EP3 (Aug-first week Sept)

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All relevant information can be found here!

Student platform

Student platform

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Student platform

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• ISP = Individual Study Programme

• Also to view your class schedule

• IES = Individual Exam Schedule

• Check when/where you have an exam

Student platform

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2. Corona measures

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• @USL-B:

• Economics I

• Communication Science

• @KUL

• Marketing

• Financial Accounting A

• Mathematics for Business Engineers

• English 1

First semester

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Code Yellow:

• Classgroup will be splitted in 2 groups for Economics 1

• All classes on campus

Code Orange:

• Mostly online teaching

First semester @USL-B

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Classgroup will be splitted into 2 groups (used for rotation

system)

Code Yellow:

• Depending on the number of students enrolled: some

courses on campus, others with rotation system are

online (check schedule and Toledo)

Code Orange:

• Rotation system for all courses (check Toledo)

First semester @KUL

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Schedule

• Exercise sessions of Economics I are not yet included

• Currently we are in “Code Yellow”

• Masks are always mandatory for students and teachers in “Code Yellow” and “Code

Orange”

• Course specific information (like rotation cycle) will be communicated via Toledo (KU

Leuven) and Moodle (USL-B)

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There will also be online self-study material (recorded

lectures, video lectures,…) available for all courses in the

first weeks for students who can’t make it in time due to:

• Quarantine

• Travel problems

• VISA delay…

First semester

3. Study progress file

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Study progress file

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• On www.kuloket.be log in with KU Leuven login

Study progress file

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Learning account

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Learning account

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• The legislation on the financing of higher education in

Flanders grants every student a “learning account” of 140

credits

• As long as you have enough L.A., you can continue studying.

• How does it work ?

• At the beginning of the year, the number of credits you

have registered for, is subtracted from your learning

account

• You earn back the credits you obtain• E.g. 140 credits - registered credits + successful credits = Personal Learning Account

Percentage

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Percentage

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Percentage

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Levels of achievement

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When graduating as a bachelor or master, you will be

awarded a level of achievement.

• Cum fructu: a weighted percentage of less than 68% but at

least 50%.

• Cum laude: a weighted percentage of at least 68%.

• Magna cum laude: a weighted percentage of at least 77%.

• Summa cum laude: a weighted percentage of at

least 85%.

• Summa cum laude with the congratulations of the

examination committee : a weighted percentage of at

least 90%.

Cumulative Study Efficiency

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Cumulative Study Efficiency

number of credits acquired (score doesn’t matter as long as it is 10 or more / 20)

= _______________________________________________

number of credits taken in ISP (= your study programme)

calculated over all preceding years

• E.g. Results End AY 1: 60 successful credits / 60 credits ISP => SE 100%

Results End AY 2: 57 successful credits / 60 credits ISP => SE 95%

CSE = (60+57)/(60+60) = 98% CSE

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Study progress file

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My results

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Exam result

• 10 or more / 20 = passing the course = successful credit

• 2 chances to pass a course

• E.g. fail course in January (EP1) 2nd chance in Aug./Sept. (EP3)

fail course in June (EP2)2nd chance in Aug./Sept. (EP3)

• Within the same academic year, a student keeps the best mark

E.g. English 1

June: 9/20

August: 6/20

=> End result: 9/20

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Exam result: tolerance

• 10/20 or more : successful credits

• 8/20 or 9/20: choice

• Retake (2nd exam chance) OR take it next academic year

OR

• Tolerate (optional)

• Only for 8/20 or 9/20 and if cumulative study efficiency ≥

50%

• For 18 credits in bachelor (in case of exemptions less).

• 1st year : up to a maximum of 12 tolerance points

• ≤ 7/20: retake

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Tolerance

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4. Study coaching

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Study coaching or subject-relatedcoaching

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1. Tutorials

2. Free coaching

3. Trial Exams

4. Exam feedback sessions

• Exercises (exam-related)

• Mathematics for Business Engineers I and II

• Financial Accounting A and B

• Economics I and II

• Introduction to financial markets

• Foundations of Business Information Management

• Check course schedule

Tutorials

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• By lecturers via appointment

• How to find your lecturers : “who is who” application

Free coaching

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• Simulation of a real exam

• Real exam questions

• How do I cope with exam stress ?

• Level of performance at the time

• Feedback on your performance

• Mark will not count for your final score.

• When ?

• Semester 1:

Check your course schedule

• Accounting A (online)

• Mathematics for Business Engineers I

Trial or mock exams

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Exam feedback sessions

Feedback on the content of your exam

• Feedback by the professors

• Possibility to look into your exam

• Register online the day of the announcement of your results

• In case of force majeur: contact the professor within 7 days !!

Feedback on your general performance

• By the study career consultant : 1st floor T’Serclaes side A

• Discussing overall results, study path, study method and

planning, problems, tolerance credits, …

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Student platform

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Student platform

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Your investment

University

• 22-26 hours a week in class

• 18-14 hours a week at home

• In total: 40 hours a week

• Time schedule toorganize your study time

• Discipline

• Study method

Secondary School (<18 yrs)

• 32-34 hours a week in

class

• 6 hours a week at home

• In total: 40 hours a week

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5. Study careerconsulting

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Study career consulting: FAQ

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Is this the right programme for me ?

What are my options to reorient ?

Can I adapt my study load in second semester ?

Shall I combine first and second year courses ?

Is there a chronological and logical order I have to

respect in taking up courses ?

Shall I tolerate a course? Or retake it next year?

Contact page

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6. Questions…

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Programme

• 9.00-10.30: Welcome at USL-B – information session

• 10.30-11.00: Campus tour USL-B

• 11.00-11.30: Walk to KU Leuven campus Brussels

• 11:30-13:00: Welcome at KU Leuven – information session

• 13:00-13:30: Campus tour KU Leuven

• 13:30-14:30: Lunch time outside campus

• 14:30-17:00: Guided walking tour of Brussels: MEET BACK

HERE AT 14:30!!