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Worldwide, increasing urbanisation poses many environmental challenges: use of resources, production of waste, quality of air and water, energy demand, effects of climate change, health problems, and so on. The complexity of these urban environmental problems is substantial. In order to tackle them, we need expertise from different disciplines, with a focus on sustainability and (eco)technological innovation.

Become a financial expert and an engineering economist, all-in-one. The Master of Business Engineering: Financial Engineering is designed to shape financial economists by applying mathematical techniques to solve complex issues.

As a Master of Digital Business Engineering, you become a business, economics and information technology expert, all-in-one. The programme’s double focus will help you understand the role information technology plays in business operations in order to achieve a synergy between the two.

Water challenges and ecosystem restoration are highly relevant topics on the global agenda. The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Applied Ecohydrology (MAEH) focuses on finding and implementing solutions that ensure the sustainability of the uses and good ecological status of water and aquatic ecosystems, by merging ecohydrology with water engineering and integrated water management. MAEH graduates will have the holistic perspective and technical knowledge needed for solving the complex and multifactorial problems of water security and aquatic ecosystems sustainability, now and in the future.

The Postgraduate of Asia-Europe Cultural Curatorship Studies (PG Asia-EU CCS) is unique in Belgium. It will provide you with knowledge, skills and competences in the field of curating and crafting culture from intercultural perspectives. Hands-on experience and immersion in the professional field through an internship in Asia or Europe allows you to become a skillful intercultural communicator and cultural curator. The PG Asia-EU CCS targets Belgian/European and Asian students, with interest in contemporary society, culture and arts in Europe and Asia and the aspiration to work in the sector at the intersection of culture, art and communication.

Digital text is ubiquitous in contemporary society. Modern computational technology enables exciting applications in both research and the industry. In this Master of Digital Text Analysis, you will acquire all critical and computational skills that are nowadays expected of experts in digital text analysis.

This one-year Master’s programme will give you the knowledge, skills and competences to design and research new electronics and ICT engineering technologies by combining informatics, communication and electronics with new state-of-the-art machine learning, Cyber-Physical Systems or Internet of Things methodologies. The lessons will be a mix of theory and practice in which you will gain more in-depth knowledge of the relevant advanced topics.

Influenced by increasing globalization over recent decades, a new approach has arisen for working and thinking about health internationally. Here, abstraction is made of the concepts of national or international, and the idea of global health has been introduced. Global health strives for equality in health between countries. Within this new paradigm, problems are approached as global issues that require an interdisciplinary approach, with all countries contributing jointly.

This full-time English/Dutch research master is jointly organised by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Antwerp (UAntwerpen), the Department of Philosophy and Moral Science of Ghent University (UGent), and the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences of the Free University of Brussels (VUB). The programme offers high-level training for excellent students who seek to develop a research career in philosophy.

Molecular biology is the discipline within the life sciences aimed at understanding the molecular basis of life in health and disease. It is a multidisciplinary area of study and deals with the structure and function of molecules as well as their interplay in creating the phenomenon of life. This programme is jointly organised by the University of Antwerp, the KU Leuven and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (coordinating institution). You can apply for this programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

The 2-year master programme in “Master of Science in Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management” (Oceans & Lakes) addresses students with a background in Sciences. Oceans & Lakes is an inter-university programme organized by the Faculty of Sciences of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Free University of Brussels), Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen, Antwerp University) and Universiteit Gent (UGent, Ghent University). The students are provided with strong fundamental and applied knowledge and prepared for an active role in the scientific research and management of marine and lacustrine systems.

The Master of Chemistry focuses on research and development. The proximity of the large chemical industry and the Port of Antwerp creates perfect circumstances to offer an internationally oriented Master’s programme. Professors and guest speakers from industry share knowledge and experience drawing from their own daily practice in business and research. This will give you direct insight into how chemistry is interwoven with different economic sectors in our society and what your role can be. In addition, you will have the opportunity to do an internship to strengthen the connection between your academic education and your future professional life.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Master in International Management (MIM) degree, with a specialization in Human Resource Management, awarded by the school's main campus in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned, and upon the recommendation of the school's Academic Council.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Master in Business Studies (MBS) degree awarded by the school's main campus in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned, and upon the recommendation of the school's Academic Council.

Upon successful completion of the study program, students receive an international private Master in International Management (MIM) degree with a specialization in European Management, awarded by the school's HQ in Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned, and upon the recommendation of the school's Academic Council.