During the internship project, you will analyze a real-world business problem or challenge and provide concrete, realistic recommendations based on your own synthesis. These recommendations are presented in the form of a technical report and a presentation.

Key Facts

• Duration: Minimum of five weeks full-time (at least 25 working days of 7.5 hours), which can be spread over the summer months and/or the academic year.
• Supervision:
  • The company supervisor provides substantive guidance and project monitoring.
  • The faculty supervisor offers primarily process-oriented and theoretical guidance.
• Output:
  • A technical report.
  • A presentation.
  • A reflection on your personal learning process and soft skills.
• Credits: Counts for 6 ECTS credits in your study program.
• Eligibility: Available in all master's programs.

A research internship is a specific type of internship project where you contribute to ongoing academic research within a faculty research group. This allows you to gain insight into the academic field and explore the world of academic research.

Key Facts

• Duration: Minimum of five weeks full-time (at least 25 working days of 7.5 hours), which can be spread over the summer months and/or the academic year.
• Supervision: The supervisor (promotor) provides academic support and is involved in the research project you will contribute to.
• Output: The deliverables may include an academic article, a research proposal, a presentation, a poster, or similar outputs.
• Credits: Counts for 6 ECTS credits in your study program.
• Eligibility: Available in most master's programs.

he internship consists of a period during which you work within a company on a specific department or service, focusing on ongoing projects. A high level of initiative and independence is expected. At the end of the internship, you will submit a reflective report for evaluation.

Key Facts

• Duration: Minimum of 4 weeks full-time (at least 20 working days of 7.5 hours), which can be spread over the summer months and/or during the academic year.
• Supervision: The company supervisor provides substantive guidance and project follow-up.
• Credits: Counts for 3 ECTS credits in your study program.
• Eligibility: Available in all bachelor's programs and most master's programs.

Voluntary Internship

Students can also opt to complete an internship that is not integrated into their study program, for example, if there is no room for it in the curriculum. Through a voluntary internship, students gain relevant work experience alongside their studies.

For your master’s thesis, you can collaborate with a company or organization. This collaboration can take various forms, ranging from pure data collection to in-depth business analyses and actionable recommendations.

Key Facts

• Duration: The intensity of the collaboration and contact with the company depends on the topic of your master’s thesis.
• Supervision:
  • The company supervisor provides substantive guidance and project monitoring.
  • The faculty supervisor primarily offers process-oriented and theoretical support.
• Credits: Counts for 12 or 15 ECTS credits in your study program.
• Eligibility: Available in all master’s programs.

During some courses you visit Belgian companies such as:

• The headquarters of AXA Belgium
• EY wavespace™ Antwerp
• The backstage of the Nespresso Boutique Antwerp

In other courses, business professionals will present actual cases during guest lectures. Some examples:

• Dr. Markus Broich, Vice president Political Affairs Airbus SE, on 'Selling your business interest in a political environment', in the course 'Strategy, Structure and Management of the Multinational Enterprise'
• Sofie De Cnudde, Machine Learning Scientist at ASOS.com (London), in the course 'Case Studies and Trends in Data Sience'
• Vinayak Javaly, Data scientist at Lenddo EFL (New York),  in the course 'Data Engineering'
• Peter Claes, Director Media and Production of VRT (Flemish Broadcasting Organisation), on 'Challenges in Social Profit Marketing', in the course 'Current Topics in Marketing'
• Tony Van Gestel, Director Risk Models, Quantification and Defaults at Dexia (Belgium), and CEO Dexia Netherlands, in the course 'Case Studies and Trends in Data Sience'
• and many more!

Also some of your course leaders play an important role in different companies:

• Prof. dr. Hans Verboven ('Ethical and Sustainable Business') is the founder and CEO of Sustacon.
• Erwin Knuyt ('Business-to-Business marketing') is Managing Director at The Skein Company.
• dr. Dieter Devlaminck ('Data Engineering') is Chief Technology Officer at UAntwerp spinoff Predicube.
  
• Prof. dr. Peter Verhezen ('Strategic Manamement') worked as senior advisor corporate governance for the Worldbank group in Asia-Pacific. He is owner of Verhezen & Associates, a consulting firm focusing on governance, risk management and international strategies.​