About

Antwerp Management School is an autonomous institute of the University Antwerp. With Antwerp Management School the University Antwerp wants to respond to the 21st-century educational challenges: the increasing need of lifelong learning, the continuing internationalization of higher education and the maximum use of the educational possibilities that information and communication technology has in store.

Antwerp Management School in Antwerp

Combining the charm and tradition of a rich history with the vigour and progress of modern industrial Flanders, Antwerp is a city with a distinctive character. In the 16th century, Antwerp became the main commercial centre of Western Europe. Churches, museums and historical buildings bear witness to this golden age. The city remains one of Europes major industrial centres. The port is the fourth largest in the world and its petrochemical industry is second only to Houston, Texas. Antwerp is also known as the world centre of diamond trade, its volume being by far the largest in the world.

Foreign students will also appreciate the city's central location in Europe. Brussels, the Belgian capital and now commonly called 'the Capital of Europe', is only a thirty-minute train ride away. Throughout the ages, trade in Antwerp has been internationally oriented. Paris, London, Cologne, Frankfurt and Amsterdam are within 300 kilometres of the city and can easily be reached by car, train or airplane. The Dutch-speaking citizens of Antwerp are also quite used to speaking English, French and German. Foreigners and tourists experience no problems in making themselves understood.

The Antwerp Management School is located in the historical center of the city of Antwerp. In the year 2000, after an award-winning renovation, a splendid 15th-century mansion called Het Brantijser became the new home of the Management School. Other university campuses are within walking distance. The school is can easily be reached by public transportation.

Accreditations

AACSB The University Antwerp has obtained the prestigious accreditation of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for its management programmes in the faculty of Applied Economical Sciences and at Antwerp Management School. The University Antwerp is the first Belgian university to acquire this accreditation.

With some 568 accredited member (of whom about 107 outside of the US), AACSB is the oldest (1916) and most authoritative accreditation organization in the world.

Benchmarking will become an important matter in the future European and international educational scene. Comparative studies based on standard indexes will become the criterion for universities to decide whether they want to cooperate with other institutes. Universities and management schools with an AACSB accreditation in international teams are automatically a privileged partner.

With the AACSB label Antwerp Management School has obtained an authoritative, international quality stamp for its programmes.

NVAO The Antwerp Management School master trainings have been accredited by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO) on the basis of the AACSB- accreditation. With this NVAO acknowledgment on the basis of an already acquired international accreditation, the University Antwerp is a firstling among the Belgian universities.

Services

Career Management Service

At Antwerp Management School we have an active Career Management Service dedicated to equipping students with the necessary career management and soft skills allowing them to find a job that fits them. On the other hand, we are in touch with many companies looking for networking and recruitment possibilities with our students.

Parking

• There are several public parking garages on walking distance.
• Antwerp Management School has an agreement with the Parking Q-Park Shopping Meir' located at Korte Klarenstraat (25% reduction on week days). Collect your reduction ticket at the Antwerp Management School reception after you parked your car.
• There is a private parking (garage at Sint-Jacobsstraat nr 9) next tot the building het Brantijser of Antwerp Management School. We can not guarantee the availability of free parking places. Please register on arrival and before leaving at the Antwerp Management School reception to receive the parking card.

Student life

For certain programs or seminars, Antwerp Management School uses aula's on the other campuses of the University of Antwerp.

• Stadscampus
• Campus Middelheim
  • Campus Middelheim
  • Campus Groenenborger
• Campus Drie Eiken