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Place: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Dates: 18 July 2010 to 27 July 2010 Season: summer10 Organised by: BEST Group Louvain-la-Neuve University: Université Catholique de Louvain (See University profile in BEST university centre)	Type: BEST Course on Technology Fee: 40.0 euro. Convert to BGN Bulgaria Leva HRK Croatia Kuna CSK Czech Republic Koruna EUR Euro DKK Denmark Kroner EEK Estonia Kroon HUF Hungary Forint ISK Iceland Kronur LVL Latvia Lat LTL Lithuania Litas MKD Macedonia (FYR) Denar NOK Norway Kroner PLZ Poland Zloty RON Romania Leu RSD Serbia Dinar RUR Russia Rubles SKK Slovakia Koruna SEK Sweden Krona CHF Switzerland Francs TRL Turkey Liras UAH Ukraine Hryvna GBP United Kingdom Pounds USD United States Dollars Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 11 Apr 2010 at 23:00 CEST Application deadline has passed.
Academic Highlights
Participation requirements: Prior knowledge required (Same as selection criteria) Academic complexity: Basic [Read more] Working time: 22 hours (estimated)

General description

Do you want to know why the current financial crisis happened? And if it is going to happen again? If your answer is yes to one of this questions, you MUST APPLY!!

Why is our course going to be UNFORGETABLE?

We made sure that the course will be very practical and fun. You'll have the unique opportunity to meet with all the actors of the financial system and visit the place where they are working, from the bank to the supervisory services. To give you a full understanding of the topic, you'll also have classes. They will be taught by highly qualified people working at the head of some of the biggest european company such as Jean-Pierre Hansen (GDF Suez)

On top of all the knowledge you'll get, you'll discover Belgium, its pleasures and beauty. Yeah, you will try the amazingly tasty belgian chocolates and belgian beers, don't worry!!

This course will be a lot of fun!!! Well balanced between academic and social activities, we can assure you it's going to be a BLESS

Academic information

• Fields of activity: Economics/Business Administration/Marketing
• Content and topics: Finance and economy to understand the crisis
• Learning goals and objectives: The goal is to have a better understanding of the macroeconomic world and to learn why crisis happen and what you can do about it.
• Examination type: Written exam
• Number of ECTS credits issued: Not known yet [Read more]

Information for applicants

• Selection criteria for participants: Participants should be motivated to both study hard and party hard for 10 entire days. We are looking for people open-minded, nice and fun. You think you can handle this? APPLY NOW Be creative and different

Practical arrangements

All of these are covered by the event fee.

• Lodging during the event: Comfortable student dormitory
• Food during the event: Delicious home-made food 3 times/day
• Transportation during the event: We will be mainly walking but we we'll use as well the train, the bus and the car

More information

For more information about this event, check out the following links (these links lead to outside this website - if they turn out to be unavailable, please try again later):

• Event website: http://best-lln.be/sc2010/
• Event schedule: http://best-lln.be/sc2010/schedule.html
• Event survival guide: http://best-lln.be/sc2010/survival.html