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 The
Solvay Business School is the school
of management of
the Université
Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), founded
by Ernest Solvay in 1903. More than
2,000 students attend some thirty
programmes at the School today, including
a Bachelor
's Degree in Management Sciences and a Master
of Science in Management, the Solvay
MBA and more than thirty Executive
Education programmes.
> See
the School’s list of courses
Located in central Brussels, capital
of Belgium and heart of the European
Union, the Solvay Business School
enjoys a plurality of cultures, which
confers a number of advantages on
the School. Easy to get to (by high
speed and other trains, road and
air), cosmopolitan Brussels, European
City of Culture in 2000, offers all
of the leisure facilities a student
could wish for.
Since its creation, the Université
Libre de Bruxelles has built a solid
reputation and remained loyal to the
Libre-Examen philosophy of its founder,
Théodore Verhaegen: open-mindedness
and independence of thought and the
objective examination of facts in
the service of action. As an integral
part of the ULB, the Solvay Business
School benefits from the mutual enrichment
of the numerous disciplines taught
there.
The Solbosch
campus is the nerve centre
of the university. A mere 15 minutes
from the centre of the town, on
the edge of the beautiful Bois
de la Cambre, it is the heart of
the university, where laboratories,
the latest IT equipment and above
all the recent human sciences
library are located.
Research at Solvay
The Solvay Business School is an
integral part of the Université
Libre de Bruxelles, where research
constitutes the basis of the work
of full-time teaching staff and that
of their teams. Research makes an
important and on-going contribution
to the quality of teaching as well
as inciting high levels of scientific
excellence among the School’s
lecturers. The Solvay Business School
also holds a number of Chairs
that contribute directly both to the
excellence of research
and to the quality of teaching in
the School.
In the fields of Management, Finance,
Industrial Economy and Public Sector
Management, the level of research
conducted at SBS satisfies very real
needs, as well as contributing to
the excellent reputation of the School.
PhD studies and the Bernheim
Centre
Research at the Solvay Business School
is principally articulated around
its Doctorate
in Management jointly created
by the Solvay Business School and
the Emile
Bernheim Centre. All of the activities
for doctoral research in management
are concentrated in the School.
In addition to the Emile Bernheim
Centre, a further 15 research centres
are managed by Solvay Business School
Professors, working with teams from
either the Solvay Business School
or the ULB. Most of these teams bring
together lecturers and researchers
from various sections of the Faculty
of Economics and Social and Political
Sciences or from other faculties.
To
find out more about the Doctoral School…
To
find out more about research centres
at Solvay…
Recent publications
You can also consult a list of recent
publications by teachers and researchers
from the Solvay Business School.
International programme
Since 1990, the Solvay Business
School has developed a network of
more than 50 partners in 17 countries,
with whom some 160 student exchanges
are organised each year. The Solvay
Business School is the only school
in Belgium to oblige its students
to undertake a six-month exchange
programme in a university abroad.
Such exchanges take place principally
in Europe, within the framework of
the SOCRATES and ERASMUS programmes,
but also in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Peru, Argentina, India, Japan,
Thailand and Singapore.
The main role of the International
Programme is to manage student
exchanges, both for students who come
to Belgium and those who leave. For
students of the School, this programme
begins with the selection of exchange
students and terminates only when
they have returned to Brussels and
the results achieved during their
time abroad have been consolidated
with those at Solvay. The International
Programme is responsible, among other
things, for establishing initial contacts
with the partner universities and
for the admission procedures for the
chosen courses. We also offer students
living in rented accommodation in
Brussels the possibility to sub-let
their digs to other students during
their six months’ stay abroad.
Over the last six years, the International
Programme has also welcomed a number
of students each year to attend European
seminars. Such seminars generally
last for a week, during which the
International Programme takes total
charge of the students, both academically
and in terms of the logistics of
their stay (accommodation, transport,
meals). The precise content of the
seminars varies in function of the
type and provenance of the students,
but generally includes lectures given
by members of the teaching staff
of the School, experts from various
European Institutions and professionals
from the world of business, as well
as visits to the European Institutions
themselves.
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Some
comments from lecturers,
students and alumni
 Theory
imposes rigour and
develops the capacity
for logical argument.
Practice stimulates
the creative, intuitive
and ludic aspects of
personality. Finding
a balance of the two
is less than easy,
but when you succeed,
the results are explosive.
Peter
Praet
Director
of the National Bank
of Belgium and Professor
at the Solvay Business
School
The Solvay spirit exists.
Students experience it
every day. The level
of the School is no different.
It pushes students to
collaborate with one
another, not only within
their own year, but also
across the years. Bonds
that are created almost
immediately remain after
university and into professional
life.
Fabrice
Franzen
Class
of 1998
Languages are
a must. Solvay is one
of the few schools in
the world providing access
to the Latin, German
and Anglo-Saxon cultures.
Pierre
Scohier,
Honorary Professor, Solvay
Business School
I knew that I wanted
my studies to have a
definite scientific slant,
whilst still having a
general aspect. In fact
at that moment I was
not sure what sorts of
jobs I would be drawn
to and so I wanted to
choose a course that
allowed me a rather wide
choice of subjects. Solvay
fulfils this need.
Nicholas
Class
of 2000
They are demanding, difficult
and interesting courses,
that require not just
a capacity to reason
and remember, but a critical
and analytic mind. In
fact, it’s a sort
of challenge...
Anne
Final
year Solvay
The young Solvay
graduates that we recruit
generally combine a rigorous
basic training, with
excellent knowledge of
the world of business.
We observe this from
the very first interview
with candidates in their
very pragmatic approach
to the case histories
that we submit to them.
Bruno
van Lierde
Vice-President,
The Boston Consulting
group, Brussels and lecturer
at the Solvay Business
School
“During my
training at Solvay, I
had the occasion to do
an exchange programme
in Singapore. I think
it will remain one of
the best parts of my
studies.
François
Class
of 2000
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