Supplementary faculty regulations

The following faculty regulations are supplementary to Ghent University's Education and Examination Code and should therefore be consulted together.

The faculty also has a:

The organisation of the academic year (article 1-4)

Article 2 The academic calendar

§1 Next to Ghent University's academic calendar, there is also a faculty academic calendar with additional information about meetings of the Faculty Council, the Study Programme Committee, etc.

§7 Internship, an elective course in the Master in Economics, Master in Business Economics and Master in Business Engineering: the internship can start at the earliest in the month July of the summer recess between the third bachelor (or linking course/preparatory programme) and the first master and has to be finished by May in the Master in Economics and Business Economics or in the second year of the Master in Business Engineering. If the student graduates after the resit examination period, the internship can last until August 15th. More information about the internship.

Article 4 Departures from the scheduled academic calendar

The language examinations for the joint section Bachelor of Science Economics, Business Economics and Business Engineering will start one week before the official start of the resit examination period as determined in article 2.

Internship, an elective course in the Master in Economics,  Master in Business Economics and Master in Business Engineering: in the student's best interest, the internship cannot be done during the examination periods. An exception can be made for students who do not have to take any more examinations, in agreement with the internship coordinator.

Access requirements (article 5-14)

Article 6 Access requirements for master's programmes

International students have to follow the application procedure in order to obtain academic admission to one of the Master's programmes.

Article 10 Language requirements

Specific language requirements apply to the subsequent Master's programmes Banking and Finance and Marketing Analysis.

Enrolment (article 15-26)

Article 15 (Re-)enrolment period

Art.15§1 allows the curriculum committee to exclude certain courses from inclusion in the student's curriculum when enrolling from October 1. For this purpose, the curriculum committee drew up additional regulations containing specific deadlines for the inclusion of courses throughout the academic year. 

Article 21 Tuition fees

An exceptional tuition fee applies to the following programmes:

Article 23 Enrolling for multiple study programmes

§2 Students who wish to enrol for several programmes during an academic year, have to comply with the faculty's PLP regulations.

§3 Students who wish to enrol for an external PLP, have to comply with the faculty's PLP regulations.

Article 26 Working student status

The Faculty Board has stipulated the facilities for working students in the faculty regulations for working students.

Working students who follow courses in the modular structure of the Master in Business Economics have to attend the first class to discuss the possible facilities with the lecturer-in-charge.

Contracts (article 27-34)

Article 29 Exemptions and study load reduction

More information about exemptions and the application procedure.

Article 30 The student's curriculum

§2 Students can study abroad at a partner institution for one semester or for an entire academic year, depending on the programme they follow. Students have to comply with several conditions to study abroad.

Students have to follow a curriculum of 30 ECTS credits at the partner institution.

More information about studying abroad.

§4 Students have to submit their curriculum before the deadline.

The conditions for a personal learning path are stipulated in the faculty's PLP regulations.

Students who wish to follow one or more elective courses, can find all information on the faculty's website about elective courses.

Internship in the Master in Business Administration: students have to add the course unit 'internship' to their curriculum before the start of the internship and before November 15th in order to be able to start with the internship in the current academic year.

The faculty board stipulates transitional measures for all programmes undergoing programme changes.

§5 Students have to contact the faculty student administration or the programme coordinator to request changes to their curriculum after submission, taking into account the deadlines.

Courses organised in the first six weeks of the modular structure of the Master in Business Economics have to be added to the curriculum in the first week of the semester.

§6 Students may file an appeal against an unfavourable decision on their application for the composition of a curriculum. They may file this appeal with the appeals body designated for this purpose by the Faculty Council. The student has to send the appeal through registered post and email to the dean: 

Prof. dr. P. Van Kenhove, Tweekerkenstraat 2 9000 Ghent,

Article 31 Contract to obtain credits

International students should contact the programme coordinator if they wish to follow courses via a credit contract.

Article 32 Curriculum Committee

Overview of all boards and committees at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Study Programme Committee(article 35)

Article 35 Composition and operation of the study programme committee

Overview of all boards and committees at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Study programme (Article 36-39)

No supplementary faculty regulations.

Course unit (article 40-47)

Article 42 Options within study programme overviews

All rules and regulations about taking one or more elective courses, can be found on the faculty's website about elective courses.

In some cases, a Summer School may count as an elective course. The modalities are described on the website under "Summerschools"

§5 Students may file an appeal against an unfavourable decision on their application for the composition of a curriculum. They may file this appeal with the appeals body designated for this purpose by the Faculty Council. The student has to send the appeal through registered post and email to the dean: 

Prof. dr. P. Van Kenhove, Tweekerkenstraat 2 9000 Ghent, 

Article 43 Master's dissertation course unit

Article 44 Organisation of course units within the semester system

§1 The Master in Business Economics has a modular structure. This implies that each semester is divided into two blocks of 6 or 7 weeks. Each block contains courses for a total of 12 credits. International students will receive more information about this modular structure during the Welcome Days information session at the faculty.

Internship in the Master in Business Administration: students do an internship during the second semester of the master's programme. An exception can be made to do an internship during the first semester in case:

  • the student can graduate at the end of the first semester
  • the student's curriculum contains a maximum of 36 credits (internship included)

Article 46 Course units at a different institution

§3 Students who wish to follow an elective course at another institution, have to fill in the application form 'deviation elective course'.

3> Internship course unit ore information about the internship.

Assessment per course unit (article 48-60)

Article 50 Evaluation moments

§4 Continuous assessment.

At the start of the academic year, the schedule for all courses in the modular structure of the Master in Business Economics will be communicated to students. 

Feedback will be given within two weeks at the end of each block. The exact dates you can find in the academic calendar of the faculty.

Article 52 Organisation of examinations

§2 The language examinations for the joint section Bachelor of Science Economics, Business Economics and Business Engineering will start one week before the official start of the resit examination period as determined in article 2.

Article 53 Provisions for the end-of-term assessment

§3 The teacher in charge is responsible for the examination and, together with the invigilators, provides active supervision of the examinees. This implies that the lecturer-in-charge notifies students of the general examination regulations and the specific regulations applicable to his/her examination.

Article 54 Examination regulations

§5 Composition of the faculty's Examination Office.

Article 55 Examination opportunities

§ 6 Outgoing exchange students obtain information about the examination regulations at the partner university. Students initially participate in the examination periods and resit examination period of the partner university. In exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the partner university, the partner university's lecturer-in-charge and the faculty's International Office, students can request to take an exam at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration. All information regarding exams, resits and deliberation is included in the exchange manual.

Article 56 Examination mark

§ 4 The faculty of Economics and Business Administration uses a conversion table to convert grades obtained abroad.  This table only applies to outgoing exchange students at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Article 59 Evaluation of the master's dissertation course unit

§1 2° The promotor is a lecturer at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration or a lecturer at another faculty responsible for a course unit in one of the programmes at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration

§2 The deadline to submit the master's dissertation is specified in the academic calendar.

More information about the master's dissertation.

Article 60 Feedback and access to exam copy

§1 Students in the Master in Business Economics will receive feedback within two weeks at the end of each block. The due dates can be found in the faculty academic calendar.

Appraisal per deliberation set (article 66-69)

Article 66 Composition of the examination board per deliberation set and its authority to deliberate

Overview of all boards and committees at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Assessment per study programme (article 70-74)

Article 70 Composition and competence of the examination board per study programme

Overview of all boards and committees at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Article 73 Grade of merit

§1 The faculty of Economics and Business Administration only takes into account the obtained grade per course unit to determine the grade of merit.

Special circumstances (article 75-78)

Article 75 Compliance with examination regulations

Examination Office and general examination regulations

Internship: students have to contact the employer in case of absence because of illness during the internship. The doctor's note has to be sent to the internship coordinator within 24 hours. The internship coordinator can demand to make up for the sick days at another moment. Doctor's notes for non-urgent medical interventions will not be accepted, these have to be performed outside working hours.

Students who have overlap in the exam schedule, can contact the lecturer-in-charge to take the examination on another moment.

Article 78 Fraud or irregularities

Students performing research (for a paper, the master's dissertation, ...) have to follow the faculty's research code of ethics.

Ombudsperson (article 79-80)

Article 79 Faculty ombudsperson

Faculty ombudsperson