Tilburg University
Universiteit van Tilburg | |
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Motto | Understanding Society |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1927 |
Rector Magnificus | Prof. Dr. Philip Eijlander |
Academic staff | 1,362 (2006-2007) |
Students | 11,584 (2006-2007) |
Address | Warandelaan 2, Tilburg , , |
Campus | Urban |
School newspaper | Univers |
Colours | |
Affiliations | EUA / AACSB / VSNU |
Website | http://www.tilburguniversity.nl |
Tilburg University (Dutch: Universiteit van Tilburg) is an academic 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]. TU offers both Dutch-taught and English-taught programmes.
The institution has gained a reputation in both research and education. In the field of economics, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration ranked #1 in Europe for the second consecutive time in 2007 according to the Journal of the European Economic Association with regard to publications in top journals [3]. In 2007 the Executive MBA programme at the university's TiasNimbas Business School ranked # 11 in the world according to the Financial Times [4]. In the field of law, Tilburg University was ranked #1 in the Netherlands for the last three years according to Elsevier Magazine[5], and came in second to Cambridge University in a ranking of European law schools.
In 2002, Tilburg University awarded honorary doctorates to Kofi Annan, Prof. dr. Hans-Dieter Klingemann, and Prof. Ariel Rubinstein in the presence of Queen Beatrix, and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
Education
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), Philosophy and Theology (1967), Arts (1981) - are of a more recent date. In addition to these faculties, Tilburg University has a number of research centres and graduate schools.
Undergraduate programs
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
- Information Management
Faculty of Law
- Administrative and Public Administration
- Dutch Law
- International and European law
- Law and Management
- Tax law
Faculty of Social and Behavioural studies
Faculty of Humanities
- Communication and Information Sciences
- General Culture Studies
- Text and Communication
- Religion and Culture
- Philosophy
- Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Catholic Theology (in cooperation with Utrecht University)
Graduate programs
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 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
- RM in Business (research master formerly known as MPhil, MSc degree)
- RM in Economics (research master formerly known as MPhil, MSc degree)
- PhD in Business
- PhD in Economics
- PhD in Information Management
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)
- Part-time MBA
- Full-time MBA
- Specialized Masters (MA Marketing/MSc Finance)
- Executive Master in Finance
- Executive Master in Information Management
Research
Research Centres and Institutes
- Babylon - Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society
- CentER - Center for Economic Research
- CentER Applied Research
- CentERdata
- CIR - Center for Innovation Research
- 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 - 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
- Tilburg Graduate Law school (formerly 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
- TiCC - Tilburg Centre for Cognition and Communication
- TICOM - Tilburg Institute of Comparative and Transnational Law
- Tilburg Center of Finance
- TISCO - Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems
- TILT - Tilburg Insitute for Law, Technology, and Society
- 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)