6 ECTS credits
180 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4023169ENR voor alle studenten in het 1e en 2e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.

Semester
1e en 2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Neen
Inschrijvingsvereisten
You can only enroll if you succeed the selectionprocess. More information is available via Canvas. For questions, please contact studypath.es@vub.be
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Business
Onderwijsteam
Michael Dooms (titularis)
Bruno Moeremans
Fanny Soyeur
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
4 contacturen Lecture
176 contacturen Self study
Inhoud

This course offers the student the possibility to participate to a practical project abroad (from 6 weeks to 3 months) under the form of: 

  • Collaborative international advisory/consultancy project with students from other universities, commissioned by external organizations 
  • International team assignments supporting entrepreneurs or projects abroad 

The course differs from traditional internships as more autonomy is expected from the students while carrying out their assignment. Guidance during the assignment is offered both from the education team, and, to a lesser extent, the commissioning organization.  

Assignments include but are not restricted to: market research, business development, functional analysis of processes, contributing to business planning, contributing to strategy formulation projects, product and service development, setting up monitoring systems and KPIs,… Assignments are defined jointly between the education team, the commissioning organization/partner and the students.  

Assignments take place within structural framework agreements the VUB has with other external parties (other universities, companies, government institutions, others). During the assignment, in function of the interaction needs, the VUB Education follows up through e-mail, Skype or Whatsapp communication.  

Application and selection processes apply; modalities are communicated via e-mail and social media. Information sessions are organized at various moments during the academic year (typically at the start, and at other events e.g. internship and job fairs, information sessions about practical courses, etc.). 

Bijkomende info

Course material: Information session slides.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

  • Complete a practical assignment in a real-life business setting; 
  • Function within an intercultural and international team setting;  
  • Use of modern communication tools for virtual/remote project collaboration; 
  • Present results of assignments in a professional way to external organizations. 

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Praktijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Praktijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Report met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

After the assignment, the student is expected to send a main report of minimum 3 000 words including: 

  • A written report about the different tasks executed, including statement of the problem(s) to be solved/analysed, methodology, project management, and description of the main results/achievements. 
  • A written personal, individual reflection, evaluating the experience in terms of the competences obtained, personal and team challenges encountered, and potential improvements. 

The main report should be complemented by the main outputs of the project (documents, MS PowerPoint Presentations, other outputs) as separate annexes. The report is to be sent electronically to internship.business@vub.be  

In the case of teamwork, the individual contribution should be clear from the written report. Annexes provided can be joint outputs from the teamwork.  

In case of unclarities, an oral presentation might be demanded by the education team. 

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master handelsingenieur: Standaard traject
Master in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen: Standaard traject
Master of International Business: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Business Engineering: Business and Technology: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)