Design Thinking & Innovation (advanced bachelor)
Advanced business management
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Prepare for tomorrow's job market. Develop essential skills for various jobs. Become the innovator who not only comes up with creative ideas, but also inspires the organisation.
No prior knowledge? No problem! Our free crash course will have you up to speed in no time!
Do you want to pursue a master's degree after your Banaba? That is already possible in a shortened course in 2 or 3 semesters, both in Belgium and internationally!
Christel Lammens
About Design Thinking & Innovation
Extra degree in 1 year?
Realise your career in management or as an entrepreneur in just 1 academic year! In addition to strong management training, our enthusiastic banaba team offers you these assets for success:
- Classes by experts in the vibrant student city of Leuven.
- Practical experience with a Junior Consulting Project.
- Focus on personal, digital and management skills.
- Ideal stepping stone to an abridged Master's degree at our partner universities in Belgium and abroad.
1 semester of classes by guest lecturers
Would you like to immerse yourself in the world of Design Thinking? Do you believe that people should be at the heart of innovation and that companies should pay more attention to this? Your prior degree doesn’t matter—just go for it!
1 semester full of hands-on practice
- Get to work as a Junior Consultant for 1 semester.
- Turn 1st semester's theory into practice.
- Get to work in marketing and communication companies such as AB Inbev, Terumo and Strarex.
After your studies?
You can work as:
- Design Thinking is increasingly used in companies and organisations to achieve customer-driven innovations. Moreover, the skills you learn in Design Thinking are among the 'Top Skills for 2025' according to the World Economic Forum.
- This elective path therefore prepares you for tomorrow's job market. In a wide variety of jobs, you will be able to present an extra set of skills that will become increasingly important on the labour market. You will be the innovator who comes up with creative ideas and inspires the entire organisation.
You can easily follow a Master's degree at home or abroad at one of our partner universities.
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Study programme Design Thinking & Innovation
This track is offered in English only.
Working students can also take this programme part-time.
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Registration
Convinced that this programme is right for you? Or are you still having with some questions? We've got your back! Immediately after your intake interview with the module manager, you can officially register. Follow these steps to get more info or to register:
- If you are graduating from UCLL Leuven this academic year, you will need to reregister via your KULoket. This can be done as soon as you have received your final bachelor's results.
I WANT TO REREGISTER
- Are you
- a student with a degree from UCLL Limburg
- a student with a degree from another university college or university in Flanders
- a former student of UCLL Leuven and you graduated at least one academic year ago
to complete your registration: choose 'campus Hertogstraat' and 'Bachelor-na-bachelor', and you choose the track of your choice.
3. You obtained a degree in another country or in the French or German-speaking community of Belgium?
Tuition fee
The registration fee for 2024-2025 is €450 (fixed part) + €25 per credit or
€ 1950 for the full programme
Free crash course Management
Do you have no or little basic management knowledge? No problem! After attending the free Management crash course, you will be fully prepared to successfully start your training.
Exemptions
Exemptions are not granted in the Banaba ABM due to the continuous updating of course content and the unique approach by (sometimes international) guest lecturers and partner universities.
Discover your campus
Campus Hertogstraat
Your home base for the banaba Advanced Business Management is Campus Hertogstraat. This spacious campus is located in green surroundings and close to Heverleebos and Meerdaalwoud. Our UCLL sports hall makes this campus completely unique.
Accessibility
- By bike like every other student in Leuven student? Park it effortlessly in our bike park.
- Bus 4, 5 and 6 will take you to our campus.
- Heverlee station is a 15-minute walk away, Leuven station can be reached by bus or bike.
- For €30 per semester, you can park your car in our enclosed car park.
To do around the campus
- Fancy Italian, Japanese or something completely different? 15 minutes by bike and you can have a nice lunch at Tiensestraat.
- Loosen up your legs after class? After 10 minutes of cycling you arrive at the Oude Markt.
- The Park Abbey is a 25-minute walk away.
- Feel like shopping? Visit Diestsestraat, a 15-minute bike ride from our campus.
- An additional and officially recognised diploma in one year.
- In the vibrant city of Leuven.
- Only 1 semester of classes and 1 semester of practical work.
- A stepping stone to a career or a shortened Master's degree.
Say no more!
Design Thinking & Innovation (advanced bachelor), something for you?
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Christel Lammens