“The study of theory imposes rigour and develops one’s capacity for logical thinking. Practice stimulates the more creative, intuitive and entertaining side of one’s personality. Finding a good balance between the two is not easy, but when it happens the results can be explosive.”

Peter Praet
Director of the National Bank of Belgium and Professor at the SBS.

“The spirit of Solvay really does exist. Students are confronted with it every day. You can feel it in the overall level of the School. It encourages students within the same year to collaborate, but it also stimulates them to mix with those of other years. These early bonds of friendship and cooperation that are created continue way beyond university, into one’s professional life.”

Fabrice
1998 Graduate

“Languages are essential today. Solvay is one of the few business schools in the world that enables students to have access to the Latin, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon cultures.”

Pierre Scohier
Emeritus Professor, SBS

“I knew that I wanted to study for a degree with a decidedly scientific bent, but also one that was of a more general nature. In fact, I did not know at that moment, which sectors I would be attracted to and so I wanted to study something that would provide me with a really wide choice of options afterwards. Solvay fulfilled those criteria.”

Nicolas
2000 Graduate

“They are very demanding studies, courses that are both difficult and interesting, which demand of you not just a capacity to think and remember, but also a critical and analytical approach. In fact, it’s rather a challenge…”

Anne
5th year Solvay student

“The young Solvay graduates that we recruit generally demonstrate a combination of having received a rigorous basic training and excellent knowledge of the world of business. We see this from their very first interview, in the very pragmatic approach they adapt to the case studies we give to them.”

Bruno van Lierde
Vice-President, The Boston Consulting Group, Brussels, lecturer at the SBS.

“As part of my course at the Solvay Business School, I had the opportunity to take part in an exchange programme and go to Singapore. I think that will always be one of the most fantastic experiences within the framework of my studies.”

François
2000 Graduate