Universiteit van Tilburg
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| Established | 1927 |
| Type: | Catholic, undergraduate, graduate |
| Rector Magnificus: | Prof. Dr. Frank A. van der Duyn Schouten |
| Faculty: | 1,062 (2006-2007) |
| Students: | 11,399 (2006-2007) |
| Location | Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| Campus: | Urban |
| School newspaper: | Univers |
| Colours: | Navy blue and bronze |
| Affiliations: | EUA / AACSB / VSNU |
| Website: | http://www.tilburguniversity.nl |
Tilburg University is an institution of higher education, specialising in economics and law, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
Tilburg University has a student population of about 12,000 students, of which about 7 per cent are international students[1]. This percentage has steadily increased over the past years[2]. It offers both Dutch-taught and English-taught programmes.
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The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (1927) is the oldest and largest faculty. The other five faculties - Law (1963), Social and Behavioural Sciences (1963), Arts (1981), Philosophy and Theology (1967) - are of more a recent date. In addition to these faculties, Tilburg University has a number of research centres and graduate schools.
Tilburg University offers a wide range of undergraduate studies, some of which are English-taught.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Business Administration
- Business Studies
- Economics
- Econometrics and Operations Research
- Fiscal Economics
- International Business
- International Economics and Finance
- Information Management
- Law and Management (combination of Dutch Law and Business Administration)
Faculty of Law
- Dutch Law
- International and European law
- Law and Management (combination of Dutch Law and Business Administration)
- Tax law
Faculty of Social and Behavioural studies
- Administrative and Public Administration
- Human Resources Studies
- Leisure Studies
- Organisation Studies
- Psychology
- Sociology
Faculty of Humanities
- Communication and Information Sciences
- General Culture Studies
- Text and Communication
- Religion and Culture
- Philosophy
- Liberal Arts
Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Catholic Theology (in cooperation with Utrecht University)
Tilburg University offers a range of graduate and doctoral programs, most of these are English-taught.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- MSc Accounting
- MSc Economics
- MSc Economics and Finance of Aging
- MSc Financial Management
- MSc Information Management
- MSc International Business
- MSc International Economics and Finance
- MSc Investment Analysis
- MSc Logistics and Operations Management
- MSc Marketing Research
- MSc Mathematical Economics and Econometric Methods
- MSc Operations Research and Management Science
- MSc Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Sciences
- MSc Strategic Management
- MPhil in Business
- MPhil in Economics
- PhD in Business
- PhD in Economics
Faculty of Law
- LLM International and European Public Law
- LLM International Business Law
- LLM International and European Labour Law
- LLM Law and Technology
- MPhil Research Master in Law
- MSc Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- MA European Urban Cultures
- MSc Leisure Studies
- MSc Organisation Studies
- MSc Human Resource Studies
- MPhil Social and Behavioural Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
- Mphil Language and Communication
- Mphil Philosophy
TiasNimbas Business School
- International Executive MBA (part-time)
- MBA for Young Professionals
- Executive Master in Finance
- Executive Master in Information Management
Research Centres and Institutes
- Babylon - Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society
- CentER - Center for Economic Research
- CentER Applied Research
- CentERdata
- Centre for Intercultural Ethics
- Centre for Religious Communication
- Center for Language Studies
- Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Ondernemen
- FIT - Tilburg Institute of Fiscal Law
- Globus - Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development
- Infolab - Research group on Information and Communication Technology
- INTERVICT - International Victimology Institute Tilburg.
- IVA - Tilburg Institute for Social Policy Research and Consultancy
- IVO - Development Research Institute
- Liturgical Institute
- Netspar - Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement
- Nexus Institute
- Oldendorff Research Institute
- OSA - Institute for Labour Studies
- Schoordijk Institute - Institute of Jurisprudence and Comparative Law
- Telos
- Brabant Institute for Sustainability Issues
- TIBER - Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research
- Ticer - Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources
- Tilburg Center of Finance
- TILEC - Tilburg Law and Economics Centre
- TiLPS - Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science
- Tisser - Tilburg Institute for Social and Socio-Economic Research
Research and Graduate Schools
- CentER Graduate School (Economics and Business Administration)
- Research school for legislative studies (Law)
- ^ Annual report of Tilburg University of 2007, p. 50
- ^ Annual report of Tilburg University of 2007, p. 51