Tilburg University was established in 1927 and is famous for its economic education. Nevertheless, the university offers all kinds of programmes, from law and economics to theology and social sciences. Important in the educational programmes is a social awareness of students along with criticism and professional skills. The university plays an active part in the local, regional and global community and tries to maintain close contact at all levels. Lecturers come from all over the world and the university is open to even more international opportunities.

Level of Education

Tilburg University is a research university, meaning that it is focussed on research and is one of the highest ranked institutions of the Netherlands. The university offers high quality programmes aimed at the very best students of the world. The university uses a new educational system called i-STAR. This system was developed to boost pass rates, increase student motivation and reduce the workload for lecturers. I-STAR stands for:

• Interactive web lectures
• Snippet practice (short web seminars with assignments)
• Try & test (web test with feedback
• Ask questions (consulting hours using online chat)
• Results (live steaming of exam results including feedback from the lecturer)

When you follow a degree at Tilburg University you will be awarded a bachelor, master or PhD title at the end.

Scholarships

Tilburg University offers several scholarships to international students. If you’d like to know more about the opportunities or how to apply for these scholarships, have a look at this website.

International student programmes

Tilburg and Tilburg university host ten different international student programmes all aimed at organising events for international students with the purpose of making students feel at home and offering something extra during their stay in the Netherlands. If you’d like to know more about these organisations have a look at this website.

International Students

Tilburg University is home to more than 12.500 students from 85 different countries around the world.

Departments and Courses

Tilburg University offers more than 30 master programmes in English, which take 1 to 2 year to complete. Furthermore the university offers four English-taught bachelor programmes, which will take 3 years to complete. All programmes taught in English are listed below.

Bachelor programmes

• Econometrics and Operations Research
• Economics
• International Business Administration
• Liberal Arts and Sciences

Master programmes

• MSc Accounting
• MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
• MSc Economics
• MSc Economics and Finance of Aging
• MSc Finance
• MSc Information Management
• MSc International Management
• MSc Marketing Management
• MSc Marketing Research
• MSc Operations Research and Management Science
• MSc Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science
• MSc Strategic Management
• MSc Supply Chain Management
• Research Master in Business
• Research Master in Economics
• Law School
• LLM International and European Public Law
• LLM International Business Law
• LLM Law and Technology
• LLM European and International Taxation (Advanced master)
• LLM Research Master in Law
• MSc Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science
• MSc Victimology and Criminal Justice
• School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• MSc Leisure Studies
• MSc Organization Studies
• MSc Human Resource Studies
• MSc in Social Psychology
  • Track Social Psychology
  • Track Economic Psychology
  • Track Work and Organizational Psychology
• MSc in Sociology
• MA European Urban Cultures (UK accredited)
• International Master in Social Policy Analysis
• Research Master Social and Behavioral Sciences
• MSc Victimology and Criminal Justice
• School of Humanities
  • MA in Communication and Information Sciences
  • Specialization Business Communication & Digital Media
  • Specialization Communication Design
  • Specialization Data Journalism
  • Specialization Human Aspects of Information Technology
  • Specialization Intercultural Communication
  • MA in Management of Cultural Diversity
  • Research Master in Language and Communication
  • Research Master in Philosophy
  • Research Master in Theology
• School of Catholic Theology
  • MA Christianity and Society
• Research Master in Theology