Tilburg University
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| Motto | Understanding Society | |||||||||||
| Established | 1927 | |||||||||||
| Type | Public | |||||||||||
| Rector Magnificus | Prof. Dr. Philip Eijlander | |||||||||||
| Academic staff | 1,746 (2009) | |||||||||||
| Students | 12,493 (2009) | |||||||||||
| Location |  Tilburg, Netherlands |
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| Campus | Urban | |||||||||||
| School newspaper | Univers | |||||||||||
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| Affiliations | EUA / AACSB / VSNU | |||||||||||
| Website | http://www.tilburguniversity.edu | |||||||||||
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Tilburg University (TiU) is an academic institution of higher education, specialising in the social sciences (especially economics) and law, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
Tilburg University has a student population of about 13,000 students, about 8 per cent of whom 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]. However, the university is declining in the rankings in the fields of economics, business and finance and is now 2nd in the Netherlands after Erasmus University Rotterdam[6] [7].
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[edit] Education
The Tilburg School of Economics and Management (founded in 1927) is the oldest and largest faculty of the university. The other four faculties – Law (1963), Social and Behavioural Sciences (1963), Philosophy and Theology (1967), Arts (1981) – were founded more recently. In addition to these faculties, Tilburg University has a number of research centers and graduate schools, including TiasNimbas Business School.
[edit] Undergraduate programs
Tilburg University offers a wide range of undergraduate studies, some of which are English-taught.
Tilburg School of Economics and Management
- Business Administration
- Business Studies
- Economics
- Econometrics and Operations Research
- Fiscal Economics
- International Business
- International Economics
- Information Management
- Administrative Law and Public Administration
- Dutch Law
- International and European law
- Law and Management
- Tax law
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Communication and Information Sciences
- General Culture Studies
- Text and Communication
- Religion and Culture
- Philosophy
- Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Catholic Theology (in cooperation with Utrecht University)
[edit] Graduate programs
Tilburg University offers a range of graduate and doctoral programs, most of these are English-taught.
School of Economics and Management
- MSc Accounting
- MSc Economics
- MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
- MSc Economics and Finance of Aging
- MSc Finance
- MSc Fiscal Economics
- MSc Human Resource Studies
- MSc Information Management
- MSc International Management
- MSc Marketing Management
- MSc Marketing Research
- MSc Operations Research and Management Science
- MSc Organization Studies
- MSc Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science
- MSc Strategic Management
- MSc Supply Chain 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
- MA Administrative Law and Public Administration
- LLM International and European Public Law
- LLM International Business Law
- LLM International and European Labour Law
- LLM Law and Technology
- Research Master in Law
- MSc Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- MA European Urban Cultures
- MSc Leisure Studies
- MSc Organisation Studies
- MSc Human Resource Studies
- MSc Medical Psychology
- MSc Psychology and Mental Health
- MSc Social Psychology (tracks: Economic Psychology, Social Psychology, Work and Organisational Psychology)
- MSc Sociology
- Research Master(RM, title: MA) Social and Behavioural Sciences
- PhD Social Sciences
- MA Language and Communication
- MA Philosophy
- MA Communication and Information Sciences
- MA Theology
- MA Christianity and Society
- STB Sacred Theology
- STL Sacred Theology
- PhD Theology
- STD Sacred Theology
- International Executive MBA (part-time)
- Part-time MBA
- Full-time MBA
- Specialized Masters (MA Marketing/MSc Finance)
- Executive Master in Finance
- Executive Master of Business Innovation
- Executive Master in Information Management
- DBA (Doctorate of Business Administration)
[edit] 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 and Graduate School – Social and Behavioural Sciences
- 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 Institute 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)
[edit] Notable Alumni and Faculty
- Lans Bovenberg - economist
- Wim van de Donk - politician
- Afshin Ellian - professor of law, philosopher, poet, critic of Islam
- Max Euwe - chess Grandmaster, mathematician, former President of FIDE
- Ernst Hirsch Ballin - former Dutch Minister of Justice
- Geert Hofstede - social psychologist, anthropologist (see Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory)
- Servais Knaven - cyclist
- Ruud Lubbers - former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001 - 2005)
- Guus Meeuwis - singer-songwriter
- Norbert Schmelzer - former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Max van der Stoel - politician, first High Commissioner of OSCE
- Cees Veerman - former Dutch Minister of Agriculture
- Herman Wijffels - economist and politician
- In 2002, Tilburg University awarded honorary doctorates to Kofi Annan and Prof. Ariel Rubinstein in the presence of Queen Beatrix and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Annual report of Tilburg University of 2007, p. 51
- ^ http://www.core.ucl.ac.be/econometrics/Bauwens/Rankings/EuropeanRanking.pdf
- ^ FT.com / Business Education / EMBA rankings
- ^ Elsevier Magazine
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011/subject-rankings/social-sciences/economics
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011/subject-rankings/social-sciences/accounting-finance
