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Overview

Your bachelor's degree is built on five pillars

  • Economics and Management: From your very first year, you’ll dive right into the heart of these subjects. You’ll learn to apply the major theories in these fields. As you progress, you’ll explore the subfields of economics and management, such as marketing, finance, accounting, monetary economics, international economics, and business strategy…
  • the humanities (history, sociology, psychology, philosophy): to help you better understand the environment in which you’ll operate and make decisions. Indeed, managers must be able to understand the motivations of their clients or employees, as well as the unique dynamics of the groups of people they will lead. If economists want to understand the debt crisis, they must know what happened previously. That is why a solid foundation in the humanities is a “must” for economists and managers. 
  • Law: to understand the legal framework within which economists and managers make decisions;
  • Quantitative methods (e.g., mathematics, statistics) and computer science: to diagnose economic and managerial issues and make better decisions based on a critical analysis of data;
  • Languages: English and Dutch, or German, or Spanish.

Early on, you’ll have the opportunity to choose some of your courses. This allows you to specialize in the areas that interest you most. 

You're off to a good start

  • You are interested in the economy, business, and issues related to the appropriate use of resources; 
  • you want to analyze the causes and consequences of decisions; 
  • you feel comfortable with math; 
  • you are creative, solution-oriented, and enjoy working in a team; 
  • you’re willing to use multiple languages; 
  • you want to gain international experience. 

Teaching Methods

Lectures, exercises, integrated projects, company visits, business games… every effort is made to ensure a thorough understanding of the concepts and the development of practical skills. 

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In small groups, exercise sessions and hands-on activities help you absorb the material through case studies and real-world experiences of business managers. 

Your interactions with professionals expose you to current events and real-world business practices. You’ll develop your understanding and critical thinking skills, as well as your creativity. 

By stepping into the shoes of business managers during business games, you’ll develop decision-making skills in a computer-simulated competitive environment. 

Last but not least… you’ll enjoy close interaction with professors and teaching assistants! 

Développez vos compétences linguistiques !

En plus de l’anglais, vous apprenez une seconde langue (allemand, espagnol ou néerlandais) dans une perspective concrète et directement intégrée dans vos projets. Quel que soit votre niveau, vous progressez grâce à des activités immersives : excursions, tables de conversation, tandems…

Learning by Doing

Project managers and change agents—starting as early as the bachelor’s degree!

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Project-based learning integrates and applies your knowledge from multiple disciplines through real-world case studies. 

Just like real project managers, you’ll learn to work collaboratively and demonstrate a range of skills: 

  • from observation, literature review, source critique, data collection, and analysis; 
  • to producing a high-quality report—in some cases including an executive summary written in English—which you and your team present to a panel. 

A team of experts will coach you on: 

  • managing your projects, 
  • your oral and written communication, 
  • your work in English,
  • the theoretical and practical foundations of your proposed actions.

The "Learning by Doing" Approach

In BLOCK 1

Market Analysis Project 

  • Analyze economic indicators to identify market trends 
    • Which economic sectors show promise? What risks, threats, and opportunities do businesses face? Is it possible for the unemployment rate and the employment rate to rise simultaneously? What drives an increase in a stock market index? 
    • IT and statistical tools facilitate your analysis of the strategic data you collect: company revenue, market share, GDP growth, exchange rates… 
    • Once you’ve completed your analysis, you draw conclusions that are essential for economic and managerial decision-making. 

MODULE 2 

Entrepreneurship Project 

  • The business plan: an essential tool for your entrepreneurial spirit 
    • The launch of this new product will be a success. It’s all about preparation. 
    • You’ll start by considering financing, profitability, and the environmental and social impacts of manufacturing and marketing your new product. Once your analysis is complete, you’ll implement a solid strategy to achieve your goals. 
    • Now you’re ready to launch your marketing campaign and capture market share! 

  OR 

Globalization and Economic Interdependence 

  • Taking a Stance in Economic Modeling 
    • You adopt the perspective of the government, a company, workers, or consumers to propose regulations, corporate behavior, or wage trends. 
    • Studying the mechanisms of international trade enables you to understand changes in the flow of goods and services, factor remuneration, competition, and the quality of the social and natural environment. Based on real-world cases, you will propose legislation, interventions by competition or trade authorities, or social or industrial development policies. 

BLOCK 3 

Innovation Project 

  • When Your Creativity Becomes a Reality 
    • You believe in this idea—and you’re right to do so. 
    • Step by step, you’ll guide its design and refinement. You’ll assess its potential risks and adjust your strategy. Your analysis is clear: this innovation will revolutionize the market and the customer experience. All that’s left is to launch it! 

   AND 

Strategy Project 

  • Anticipating Reactions and Calculating Risks 
    • And you’ve done it! Yet another game tactic that you’ve carefully crafted!
    • By playing against yourself, you’ll discover game theory as it applies to decision-making under uncertainty and anticipate the logic behind other participants’ reactions. 
    • Computer, statistical, and economic tools help you develop strategies and compare them to those used by businesses and political negotiators. 

What if you changed the rules of the game? 

International experience

Discover the international and multicultural context, learn how to manage a project and communicate in another language! 

Your studies in economics and management offer you the opportunity to participate in two international study abroad programs: one during your bachelor’s degree and one during your master’s degree, in Flanders, elsewhere in Europe, or outside Europe. It’s also possible to complete your master’s internship abroad. 

Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Galway, Tampere, Maastricht, Debrecen—as well as the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, and many other destinations—are waiting for you! 

Support for Success

Succeeding in a year of college involves many challenges. 

To help you overcome them, UNamur supports you in developing your academic, methodological, and interpersonal skills—with the help of many professionals. 

Preparatory courses, individualized assistance…

Learn about the resources available for your training

After the bachelor's degree: the master's degree

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After the baccalauréat: the master's degree

The University of Namur offers master’s degrees in economics and master’s degrees in management. These programs, offered as full-time or part-time courses, are directly accessible after you earn your bachelor’s degree in economics and management. 

Master’s Programs in Economics 

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Evening classes 

Master’s Programs in Management Sciences 

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Evening classes 

Master's Degrees in Education

Empowering young people to learn and collaborate, guiding them, and helping them become agents of change… Being a teacher is exciting!

Find out how to become a high school teacher (grades 4 through 6) after earning your bachelor’s degree in economics and management.

More information on master’s degrees in education.

Contacts

Faculty of Economics, Management, and Communication, Sciences Po 

Rempart de la Vierge, 8 • B-5000 Namur

Office of the Bachelor’s Program in Economics and Management

Tel.: +32 (0) 81 72 48 53
secretariat.ecogestion@unamur.be

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Ajzen Michel
Secretary of the Examination Panel
Ajzen Michel
Secretary of the First 60-Credit Block

Careers in Economics and Management

Between Strategy, Consulting, and Decision-Making 

As managers, you make strategic decisions and provide innovative solutions to business problems. 

Constantly engaged with the company’s core business, you are proficient in the methods and tools of various management disciplines: finance, marketing, human resources, strategy, organization, operations management, management information systems, business law… 

You don’t hesitate to put your multilingual communication skills to good use on the international stage or with the various teams with whom you manage projects. 

You put your socially responsible management practices into action and ensure that your activities address social, environmental, and economic concerns. 

Métiers des managers

As economists, you take a nuanced approach to the complex realities of businesses, institutions, and society, and you propose economic models tailored to their new organizational structures. 

You collaborate with specialists from other disciplines and are skilled in multilingual communication and managing the international aspects of your projects. 

Attentive to the human and ethical dimensions of economic and social issues, you assess the interdependencies among the decisions of multiple stakeholders and develop opportunities for cooperation. 

Métiers des économistes

Some examples of job roles

As recent graduates, you’re often involved in project management. Whether working alone or as part of a team, you provide analyses or propose actions to achieve a given objective within a set timeframe, using available resources or those you organize and mobilize. Your excellent analytical skills, communication skills, knowledge of foreign languages, international outlook, and—above all—your eagerness to learn are also important assets for many careers. 

Finance 

The financial sector (banking, insurance, government, etc.) is the leading employer for our graduates. Every company—from family-owned small and medium-sized businesses to multinational corporations—needs reliable financial metrics to develop realistic budgets and plans. The range of careers open to those passionate about numbers is broad: 

  • financial analysis: dissecting balance sheets, evaluating loans, advising investors; 
  • customer advisory services at a credit institution; 
  • internal audit: verifying internal procedures for good governance and the preparation of reliable financial statements; 
  • external auditing: verifying the quality and accuracy of the financial information provided; 
  • risk management: assessing and modeling all risks that could impact an organization; 
  • fund accounting: daily calculation of the net asset value of various investment funds; 
  • etc. 

Retail and Distribution 

Negotiating, securing the best prices, sourcing new suppliers, monitoring the development of new packaging, optimizing product delivery to customers… these are just some of the high-responsibility roles related to sales and distribution. In addition to strictly commercial enterprises such as mass retailers, manufacturing industries and certain service companies also offer numerous career opportunities in the fields of procurement, marketing, and logistics. 

Negotiating, securing the best prices, sourcing new suppliers, overseeing the development of new packaging, and optimizing product delivery to customers… these are all high-responsibility roles related to sales and distribution. In addition to strictly commercial enterprises such as mass-market retailers, manufacturing companies and certain service firms also offer numerous career opportunities in the fields of purchasing, marketing, and logistics. 

Business Management 

In the industrial sector, our graduates are involved in every stage of the supply chain: they plan production, mediate disputes between sales representatives and manufacturers, manage inventory, organize the transport of goods, and more. 

Others apply their skills in the IT department, for example, by implementing integrated enterprise management software. 

Some join human resources departments, where they handle recruitment, calculate payroll costs, implement skills management tools or training policies, and so on. 

After a few years in operational roles, the careers of business graduates often progress to management positions where they participate in the company’s strategic decisions. 

Consulting firms, which specialize in advising businesses, put their expertise and technical and human resources at the service of their clients, for example in the areas of strategy or the evaluation of internal processes. Many recent graduates begin their professional careers there. 

Finally, entrepreneurship allows the most daring individuals to draw on the solid, multidisciplinary foundation of their education to launch their own companies. 

Socioeconomic Analysis and Policy Making

In public administrations, the nonprofit sector, health insurance funds, political parties, labor unions, development aid organizations, business federations, and other such settings, economics graduates observe and analyze the socioeconomic situation. By providing opinions and advice, they contribute to the development and implementation of policies and legislation. 

Research and Teaching 

Some graduates pursue research careers in Belgium or abroad. They pursue a Ph.D. or participate in a research program. Many alumni share their knowledge through teaching in secondary schools, higher education, and continuing education. 

Job Search Assistance 

The Career Services Office supports final-year master’s students and recent graduates in their career paths through several services: posting job and internship openings, career counseling interviews, workshops on topics related to entering the workforce, and information and resources on the job market.