Ghent
Ghent is the capital and largest city of the province of East Flanders, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp.
Quirky Ghent offers a fascinating cultural cocktail brimming with trendy, modern urban life. Ghent is a city where people enjoy life: a chilled-out place where anything goes and a city that feels human. Its friendly, welcoming people love the good life. Don’t miss the chance to admire the world-famous masterpiece—the Mystic Lamb by the Van Eyck brothers—during your weekend trip.
Conference venue
The 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association will be held at the Vlerick Business School campus from August 19-22, 2026.
Address: Reep 1, 9000 Ghent (Belgium)
Vlerick Business School is a prestigious Belgian business school with campuses in Ghent, Leuven, and Brussels. It was established in 1999 through the merger of the MBA programs of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Instituut Professor Vlerick voor Management of Ghent University. Vlerick is recognized and subsidized as a higher education institute by decree. Vlerick Business School is one of only two Triple Crown-accredited business schools in Belgium, holding accreditations from the American AACSB, the British AMBA, and the European EQUIS.
Vlerick off ers MBA and Masters in Management programs, as well as general and specialized management courses, alongside custom-designed training for individual companies. The school has an extensive alumni network of over 23,000 graduates across more than 100 countries. In 2015, the Financial Times ranked the Vlerick MBA program among the Top 100 MBA programs worldwide and within the Top 10 for Entrepreneurship.