Humanities and Catholic Theology
At Tilburg University, the Humanities program focuses on being relevant to the world today. It is the study of human culture, identity and interactions within society. In covering this, the program tends to look at factors such as language, art and religion. Essentially, the main focus of this course is to examine how humans interact with one another and how society functions; humanities therefore enforces the University motto of "Understanding Society''. Unlike most Humanity courses where a historical approach is taken, the Tilburg course is far more contemporary. For example, there is a strong international aspect, as seen in terms of languages spoken, the student population and research. Thus, this program is extremely popular as it prepares you to work and live as part of our modern day society whilst exploring concepts within humanity that are often viewed as being old fashioned.
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The Catholic Theology course also looks to modernise the traditional study of faith. The course analyses some of the main questions of life, such as God and humanity itself, whilst also teaching its students about the Christian faith and how it affects society today. It is linked to other subjects such as sociology, philosophy and pyschology which therefore makes it a broad course. This particular subject is taught in Dutch, and in the first year you arre introduced to many projects which you then further develop your knowledge of in second and third year studies. Examples of topics include: Greek and Hebrew, the Bible and systematic philosophy. The school was founded in 2007, 1st January with the intention of guiding and instructing those who are looking to go into professions regarding questions and topics of faith. It is the only Catholic Theology school in the Netherlands to offer opportunity for practical work and has connections with simialr schools in the UK and in Ireland. It enhances your ability to think critically and for this reason the school is highly regarded.
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The study has an international focus, which means it looks at modern issues within our economy. There’s a lot of attention on the current developments which you’ll learn to analyze and to predict them.
The general economy is also an important subject.
It is divided in 4 categories:
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International trade
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Public sector economics
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Industrial economics
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Development economics
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There are a lot of career opportunities; such as an economist, adviser or even national or international science at university. Tilburg is well connected with universities all over the world and provides the opportunity to study abroad for a year. As well as this, it’s the only school that starts with the subject “general economy”. It has been awarded the “top study” the forth year and promises you a steady analytical base to prepare yourself for a masters degree.
Economics and Management
The Tilburg School of Economics and Management is the oldest and largest school on the Tilburg University-campus. It is internationally famous for its high quality education.
Currently, the School offers six Bachelors, fourteen Masters, two Research Masters and two Teacher training programs. There are approximately 5600 students on this course and employs around 330 academic staff. Tilburg University offers a wide variety of socially relevant topics, such as entrepreneurship, market governance and innovation.
The basics of the study includes microeconomics and macroeconomics. The first is all about the way people, companies and governments make their choices, and macroeconomics focuses on the effects those choices have on our economy.
''Understanding Society''
Tilburg University
Numbers
12 399 students in total
102 different nationalities
69 total programs
1563 international students
A budget of 197 million euros
274 PhD students
Erasmus + project
The Erasmus + Project brings together students from across Europe, in this case there was students from Holland, Sweden, Germany and Scotland. It focuses on strengthening ties between these countries which in turn should improve employment opportunities across the EU.
Law
Social and Behavioural Sciences
The field of studies offered at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioural Sciences derives from the traditional disciplines psychology and sociology. About 2500 students follow a degree program here with the ambition to pursue a career in area from healthcare to management. There is a variety of undergraduate programs taught in English available such as bachelors in Psychology and Sociology themselves and more recent inspired programs like Global Management of Social Issues. To continue and specify your knowledge you can enrol in one of the many graduate programs that also are taught in English. Besides double degrees in specific fields of the aforementioned bachelors Psychology and Sociology it is possible to attain your master degree in for example Leisure Studies and Individual Differences and Assessment. If you already studied a undergraduate program at a university of applied sciences in the Netherlands or abroad, Tilburg University provides two English pre-Master programs which prepare you for a masters studies in Sociology and Human Resource Studies. The department of Social and Behavioural Sciences also conducts interdisciplinary research which combine classic approaches of different fields. For example in 2016 there was a research project which took the fear or death as a starting point and tackled the issue from a combination of psychological and sociological perspectives.
The law school in Tilburg is one of most highly ranked law schools in the world. As a student in Tilburg one will be well-prepared for his or her future profession within the legal area. Students will be given the opportunity to use their newly acquired abilities in practical environments.
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Tilburg law school was established in 1963 and there are approximately 2700 students studying law at Tilburg University. The first priority of Tilburg law school is ‘’to provide top-level academic education’’. At Tilburg Law School they believe the second letter in their name, the ‘’i’’, is the most important one, as it stand for innovative, interdisciplinary and international.
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Bachelor’s programs: There are currently four full-time programs offered at Tilburg Law School, one of which is taught in English, the other three are taught in Dutch. As of 2017 there will be an additional English-taught program on Tilburg Law School, Public Governance. The two English taught programs will be LLB Global Law and Public Governance.
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LLB Global Law will give one a traditional legal education where one will read about topics such as contract law, property law, tort law, criminal law and constitutional law. The Global Law program focuses on multiple legal systems rather than focusing on one national law. Learning about different legal systems is essential if one wants to work within an organisation which acts on the global market, where legal cases can include different jurisdictions, perspectives and solutions. During your three years in the Global Law program you will become familiar with courses such as Economics for Lawyers, Transactions and Organisations, The World’s Legal System and Administrative Law, with many more. During your time at Tilburg Law School you will be offered to go on an exchange program. Examples of where Tilburg Law School students have gone to are Brazil, Turkey, Australia and Spain.
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The second English-taught program is Public Governance. A program where one will ‘’deal with challenges that surpass the boundaries of one country’’. As a student of the Public Governance program one will learn how to ‘’come up with innovative governmental solutions to societal issues. As a student on the Public Governance program one will become familiar with courses such as Constitutional Law, Markets and Regulation, Political Science and Sociology and Economics. In this program one will learn how to tackle problems from an governmental point of view, one will also get to work with public organizations and their issues, which makes a good balance between theory and practise.
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Many students decide to continue studying towards a more specialised Master’s degree, after they receive their Bachelor degree, to prepare themselves even more for their role within an international company or organization.
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Master’s Programs: Tilburg Law School offers ten Master’s programs, nine are primarily taught in English. The nine programs are:
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LLM European Union Law
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LLM International Business Law
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LLM International Business Taxation: International Business Tax Law Track
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LLM International Law and Human Rights
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LLM Labour Law and Employment Relations
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LLM Law Technology
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MSc Public Governance
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MSc Victimology and Criminal Justice
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LLM Research Master in Law
Tilburg Law School provides their students with an opportunity to specialise in a specific area, such as learning about the ‘’constitutional, institutional and economic foundations of the EU law’’ in LLM European Union Law, learn how companies and organizations integrate with each other in legal aspects in LLM International Business Law, learn about relations between the employer and the employed through an international and European perspectives in LLM Labour Law and Employment Relations or prepare for a position in the public sector in MSc Public Governance. With a Master degree from Tilburg one will be very attractive on the work-market.
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According to LLM guide, Tilburg Law School is the 20th most popular law school in the world, ranked above other well-known schools such as the Stockholm University, University College London and George Washington University Law School. According to the site ‘’topuniversities’’, Tilburg Law School ranked between 51st place and 100th place on the ranking, together with schools as Boston University and Amsterdam University.
In the modern halls of Tilburg Law School students will, learn together with experienced professors and lectures and other highly motivated students, finding themselves in an environment built for leaning and acquiring key skills.
About Us
On the 22nd of November 2016 a group of 8 Erasmus pupils from 4 different countries visited the Tilburg University. To start, we were given an explanation about the Dutch education system from our guide Anne. This helped us to properly understand the university and its level of eduction compared to other universities in the Netherlands. After being given some general information about Tilburg we were then able to visit their studio which had a green room that they use to film educational videos for their students to use. We were able to test out the green screen for ourselves which was a unique experience which was very
entertaining. From there we were taken on a campus tour by some of the students which was helpful as we could ask them directly about what it is like studying at Tilburg. The students were friendly and clearly passionate about their university.
We were all impressed by the campus which was American in style with lots of parks and had a vibrant atmosphere. After this, we participated in a lecture so we could experience how students learn, thus giving us a good insight to the student experience.
Overall it was a very positive day and was very helpful in terms of our project.
