Louvain School of Management

Located in Louvain-la-Neuve and Mons, the Louvain School of Management offers two bi-lingual (French – English) Master Programmes (Master in Management and Master in Business Engineering), - 3 international Premium Programmes: CEMS Master in International Management, Double Degree, International Business - a Ph.D. Program in Economics and Management Sciences - Executive Education Programs, including an Executive Master Program in Business Administration.

Located close to Europe's capital, The Louvain School of Management (LSM) offers world-class courses and highly specialized options based on advanced research. It is the Faculty of Management of the Université Catholique de Louvain, one of the oldest universities in Europe, providing opportunities for interdisciplinary and multicultural experiences. LSM is focusing on excellence and an ethical approach to business studies and business practices. LSM is accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) since 2006 and is the unique Belgian member of the Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS).

The mission of LSM is "to create and diffuse knowledge and best practices in the field of responsible management in an enriching and stimulating working environment to the benefit of our main stakeholders, our students, with the ultimate aim of developing the skills and competences that national and international private and public organizations need to thrive in terms of excellence and ethics in business."

LSM's vision is "to become the preferred international management school in Belgium, and one of the leading responsible management schools in Europe focused on people and corporate citizenship, as well as an active player on the international scene."

The five pillars are our Centres of Excellence are The Centre for Supply Chain Management (SCM), The Centre for Research in Entrepreneurial Change and Innovative Strategies (CRECIS), The Centre for Studies in Asset Management (CeSAM), The center on Consumer Relations and Responsible Marketing (CERMA), Center of Excellence in Management Information Systems (CEMIS).

The School's mission and vision's values are summarised in its slogan of "Excellence and Ethics in Business." We define "excellence" in terms of scientific rigor, openness to the world, and entrepreneurship. Our methods, tools, and readings are based on facts and principles, not 'fads' and quick fixes. "Ethics" for us refers to humanism, critical thinking, and responsible citizenship – putting the good of individual persons and society at the center of decision-making. Inattention to social and economic sustainability, the ethical dimension emerges in all our actions regarding personal experience and diversity, in dedication to scientific integrity principles.

These values are very well known to and shared by all our stakeholders. They have long shaped the School's identity and continue bringing together and guiding our academic community.

Scientific rigor: The School invests in its Centers of Excellence, which focuses on high-level specialization and quality. We use active teaching methods (role-playing, in-company training, international exchanges, numerous professional testimonials, etc.). We stay in close contact with the practical needs of company life, particularly with the need to work on a project basis and in teams.

Being open to the world (international, corporate, multidisciplinary) - The School is part of a full university environment that includes all disciplines. Our professors, researchers, and students deal with people working in other domains daily. They include doctors, psychologists, engineers, chemists, physicists, lawyers, economists, philosophers, etc. A dynamic setting favorable to multidisciplinary exchanges. The School encourages international exposure of students and multiculturalism. We have built a global exchange network of more than 140 universities in 44 countries and five continents. This internationalization enables many exchanges between professors and students. Our School is a member of the prestigious global CEMS network. The School educates future responsible leaders who will manage people and projects in a global environment. To support the matching between business needs and students' inspirations and ambitions, the School offers our students an extensive panel of opportunities to get considerable feedback from the corporate world. Accordingly, our programs directly provide numerous opportunities for input from various practitioners and practical work, mainly through internships or business projects.

The spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation: Entrepreneurs are the engines of regional development and social and economic progress. The goal of the School is to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation, and initiative. We have also set up several "entrepreneurship" programs, including the CPME program, which brings together management students from other faculties (lawyers, engineers, psychologists, etc.) to work on joint projects.

Critical thinking: We want to educate future responsible managers who are free, respectful of the talents of others, and sincere and tolerant. We want to promote dynamic people with vision highly motivated and whose sense of ethics goes well beyond mere integrity.

Responsible citizenship: We put equal emphasis on interpersonal skills and "know-how". Our objective is to educate managers who are conscious of their responsibilities. They should follow a set of values that places the business world in its proper perspective in society and seeks to promote sustainable development to advance as many people as possible.