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NEWSLETTER

Head of International Relations: Marianne.Snakers@ulg.ac.be rue Louvrex, 14 - B-4000 LIEGE - BELGIUM

Tel: +32 4 232 73 34 Fax: +32 4 232 72 40

Nr 6 - May 2012

More information on HEC Management School - University of Liege ? http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/etudiants/etudiant-international/etudiant-etranger http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/students/international-student/foreign-student

HEC Management School - University of Liege EFMD awarded.The School has obtained the fi rst accreditation EPAS granted to a Doctoral Program and the EPAS accreditation for its Master in Management Sciences.

In 2011-2012, HEC-ULg implemented a new partnership with the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). We already sent 2 students – Benjamin HOGE and Olivier ANTOINE – in this institution for a one semester study abroad stay. We were thrilled to discover that, thanks to their dynamism and active promotion, 6 canadian students will study in HEC-ULg next year.

The General director & Dean, Thomas Froehlicher, thanks them on behalf of the HEC-ULg community for their implication.

Be our International Ambassadors!

The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a 17 members student association, active in HEC-ULg. Its main purpose is to facili-tate, through various activities, the international students stay in Liege. Want to know more about what they do ?

• Accommodation : Before your arrival in Liege, you can book a room thanks to the ESN online database.• Welcoming international students : The HEC ESN team can welcome you and give you advice or assistance to ease your

adaptation in Liege.• Sponsorship : You can get a sponsor, a student from HEC-ULg who will guide you through your fi rst steps at the school.• Travels and parties : Students can party hard in Liege. ESN Parties are organized once a month, each time with a different

theme. The famous «Social Evenings» allow all international students to know each other better but also to meet Belgian students and share their cultural experience. Moreover, 3 day trips are organized once a semester.

Check out this website to keep you up to date : ESN website : http://esn.hec-ulg.be/esn/ Activities : http://esn.hec-ulg.be/esn/content/activities

The Erasmus Student Network – A Student Union to guide you through your HEC-ULg experienceW H AT H A P P E N E D O N P L A N E T H E C - U L G ?

The Tax Institute, a joint initiative of HEC–Management School and the Faculty of Law, will be inaugurated on Monday the 14th of May.

On this occasion, Sir Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, will give a lecture on the economic gover-nance of the euro area after the crisis: impact on national policies.

The Institute’s main objective is to stimulate and promote research about fi scal issues, as well as to lead to the development of pluri-disciplinary research involving lawyers, economists and any discipline that can be concerned with fi scal issues. Check www.taxinstitute.ulg.ac.be

Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, to give a lecture at HEC-ULg

Head of Communication & External Affairs: Nathalie.Hosay@ulg.ac.be rue Louvrex, 14 - B-4000 LIEGE - BELGIUM

Tel: +32 4 232 72 30 Fax: +32 4 232 72 40

Join HEC by mail at joinhec@ulg.ac.be

HEC-ULg and the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE), Hanoi - Vietnam, have established a cooperation in 2010. HEC-ULg organizes a one year training in Hanoi for NUCE Engineering graduates. Courses are taught in English and Vietnamese by lecturers from HEC Management School and from NUCE. Students are granted an Executive Master in Industrial Management at the end of the year. Thanks to this certifi cate, they are enabled to enroll directly in the second year of the Master in Business Engineering at HEC-ULg.Two specialisations are offered: Supply Chain Management or Financial Engineering. At the end of their studies in Liege, the students will receive an HEC-ULg master degree in Business Engineering.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbGnCAhW0WY&feature=plcp&context=C4fd44d1VDvjVQa1PpcFP2pBZQJjG08VbpZ_22FYwK7RZMgqe4lIk=

«When we fi rst think about an experience abroad all we want is a good university, terrifi c teachers, to meet new people from many different cultures and to have a lot of fun. After spending one semester studying in HEC - Management School in Univer-sity of Liege, I can defi nitely say that I had all of this. HEC is a complete school that provides everything we need with a special and helpful international team. Besides that, the teaching staff has made our time here enjoyable and worthwhile. HEC easily helped me to have an amazing experience!»

Camillo Rinaldi - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Admission at HEC Management School - University of LiegeInterested in applying to our University ? Please, fi ll in the form at http://welcome.ulg.ac.be/preadmissions (french) or http://welcome.ulg.ac.be/preadmissions/en (english). A jury will examine your application to determine your level of admission. Deadline is April 30 for non european students and August 31 for EU students.

We will be present on the following fair :

May 11 & 12 - Berlin - International Fair for Higher and Continuing Educationhttp://www.studyworld2012.com/en/

Exchange student testimony

From March 1st to March 3rd, HEC-ULg took part in the 17th Poland International Education Fair in Warsaw (http://www.perspectives.pl ) together with the University of Liege. Among all the students who enquired about the studies at the University of Liege, 30 % showed a strong interest in the management programs taught in English at HEC-ULg. The prospec-tive students received a detailed information in Polish thanks to the enthusiastic participation of former Erasmus students.

Your opinion matters

This newsletter wants to prepare you to your stay at HEC-ULg, so that you already feel ‘at home’ while learning more about the life of the school. Do not hesitate to write to us should there be anything worth to add to the newsletter : joinhec@ulg.ac.be We are eager to read your feedback !

This newsletter is also available on line : http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/download-folders

P R E S S & M E D I A

HEC Channel on You Tube: NUCE Vietnamese students at HEC-ULg

S T U D E N T S S H A R E E X P E R I E N C E

International Fairs in Warsaw (Poland) - Bucharest (Romania) - Bangkok (Thailand)

From April 4 to 6, 2012, HEC Management School - University of Liege attended the Conference of the Asia-Pacifi c Association for International Education (APAIE), which took place at Mahidol University in Bangkok (Thailand). This Conference enabled us to meet our Asian partner universities and several Euro-pean and North American partners who are active in Asia. It was a unique opportunity for us to strengthen our relationships!

On March 17 and 18, 2012, HEC Management School - Univer-sity of Liege participated in the Romanian International Univer-sity Fair (RIUF), which took place at Sala Palatului in Bucha-rest and which is the biggest educational event in Romania and Eastern Europe. Several thousands of high-school students, university students, graduates and young professionals in search of educational programmes attended this fair. Annually, over 100 educational institutions from over 20 countries come to this fair in order to have a direct interaction with young Romanians interested in international studies.

The French website Zoover.fr has interviewed 17.000 web surfers on this issue and the Survey delivered great results as far as Belgium is concerned:

Belgium holds the 3rd position in this ranking, Austria and Spain achieving respectively the 1st and 2nd position.Switzerland, France and England occupy the bottom end of the ranking, and this position seems rather suprizing for the French authorities… who award nevertheless Belgium the title of most hospitable country.

Make your own opinion, by coming to Liege. You will, with no doubt, appreciate the friendly and warm atmosphere of the Ardent City.

Which are the most welcoming European countries ? Belgium in Top 5 !