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Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a public research university
specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, Tilburg University
economics, law, business sciences, theology and
humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the
Netherlands.
Motto Understanding Society
Tilburg University has a student population of about in English
19,334 students, about 18 percent of whom are Type Public
international students. This percentage has steadily
increased over the past years. Tilburg University offers Established 1927
both Dutch-and English-taught programs. In 2019, 48 of Religious Roman Catholic
the total 71 (21 bachelor and 50 master programs) were affiliation
English-taught. Tilburg University awards approximately Rector Wim van de Donk
120 PhDs per year.[1] Magnificus

The institution has gained a reputation in both research Administrative 1,940 fte (2019)
staff
and education. In the field of economics, RePEc in
March 2020 ranked the Faculty of Economics and Students 19,334 (2020)[1]
Business Administration as the 23rd most productive Address Warandelaan 2, Tilburg,
research department in the world, and the 6th in Tilburg, Netherlands
Europe.[3] According to the 2019 Shanghai Ranking,
Tilburg University is ranked 5th in the field of Business Campus Urban
Administration and 12th in the field of Finance School Univers
worldwide.[4][5] In the field of Law, Tilburg University newspaper
was ranked #1 in the Netherlands for the last three years
Colours Blue and Bronze[2]

according to Elsevier Magazine.[6]

   
Affiliations EUA / AACSB / VSNU

Contents Website www.tilburguniversity.edu

(https://www.tilburguniver
History sity.edu/)
1969 protests
Rankings
Education
Undergraduate programs
Graduate programs
Research
Notable alumni and faculty members
References
External links

History
Tilburg University was founded in 1927, as the Roomsch Katholieke Handelshoogeschool (Roman
Catholic University of Commerce), being located in the southern, Catholic part of The Netherlands,
visible in its second change of name in 1938: Katholieke Economische Hogeschool (Catholic
Economic University). In 1963 the university was once again renamed, as Katholieke Hogeschool
Tilburg (Catholic University Tilburg), followed by a name change to Katholieke Universiteit
Brabant (Catholic University Brabant). Although in its present name Tilburg University, the word
Catholic was dropped, the university is still regarded as a Catholic university.

1969 protests

On 28 April 1969, students barricaded the campus buildings,

demanding educational and organizational changes. Months
before students had unofficially renamed the university Karl
Marx University, painting this title across campus to
accentuate the importance of Marxist ideas in the then
primarily economics-oriented curriculum. These protests led to
a widespread change in higher education across the
1:39 Netherlands that was made official by the 1971 bill of
Educational Reform, granting more joint decision making to
1969 KHT protests students of Dutch universities.

Rankings
Tilburg University is a specialised university and has a strong University rankings
focus on Social Sciences and Economics. In 2020 three major Global – Overall
university rankings (QS World University Ranking, THE
World University Rankings and US News Best Global ARWU World[7] 601-700
Universities) listed Tilburg among the top 40 in the world and (2020)
top 10 in Europe for Economics.[26][27][28] CWUR World[8] 615 (2020-
21)
In 2020, Tilburg University was ranked 17th worldwide and
4th in Europe in Economics & Business field, by the US News CWTS World[9] 176 (2020)
2020 ranking.[29] Times Higher Education in 2019 ranked it QS World[10] =368
28th in Economics & Business and 28th in Law globally in the (2021)
2021 ranking.[30][31] The Shanghai Ranking lists Tilburg as the
THE World[11] 201–250
5th best university in Business Administration in the world,
(2021)
12th in Finance and 27th in Management.[32][33][34]
USNWR Global[12] =490

Education (2021)
Global – Business and
The Tilburg School of Economics and Management (founded economics
in 1927) is the oldest and largest faculty of the university. The Financial Times 69 (2020)
other four faculties—Law (1963), Social and Behavioural MBA[13]
Sciences (1963), Philosophy and Theology (1967), Arts (1981)—
QS Accounting[14] 36 (2021)
were founded more recently. In addition to these faculties,
Tilburg University has a number of research centers and QS Business[15] 63 (2021)
graduate schools (see below). QS Economics[16] 28 (2021)
QS MBA[17] 78 (2021)
Undergraduate programs THE Business and 37 (2021)
Economics[18]
Global – Education
Tilburg University offers a wide range of undergraduate THE Education[19] 201-250
studies, some of which are English-taught. (2021)
Tilburg School of Economics and Management Global – Law
QS Law[20] 82 (2021)
International Business Administration
THE Law[21] 28 (2021)
Business Economics
Economics Global – Liberal arts
Econometrics and Operations Research QS Social Sciences 72 (2021)
Finance (including CFA track) and Management[22]
International Management THE Arts and 101-125
Fiscal Economics Humanities[23] (2021)
Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation THE Social 101-125
Sciences[24] (2021)
Tilburg Law School
Global – Life sciences and
Administrative Law and Public Administration medicine
Dutch Law THE Psychology[25] 50 (2021)
Tax law
Global Law LLB
Public Governance

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Human Resources Studies

Organisation Studies
Psychology (medical psychology, neuropsychology,
pediatric psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology,
cultural psychology)
Global Management of Social Issues
Sociology

School of Humanities and Digital Sciences

Communication and Information Sciences

Online Culture (General Culture Studies)
Online Culture: Art, Media and Society
Philosophy Tilburg University carrying the name
it adopted in 2010
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence

School of Theology

Catholic Theology (in cooperation with Utrecht University)

University College Tilburg

Liberal Arts & Sciences

Joint Bachelor Data Science (in cooperation with Eindhoven University of

Technology)

Graduate programs
Tilburg University offers a range of graduate and doctoral programs, most of these are English-
taught.

Research
Research centres and institutes

Babylon – Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society

CentER – Center for Economic Research
CentER Applied Research
CentERdata
Center for Innovation Research
Centre for Intercultural Ethics
Centre for Religious Communication
TU Campus
Center for Language Studies
CoRPS – Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic
diseases
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
Center for Meta-Research
Netspar – Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and
Retirement
TIAS School for Business and
Nexus Institute Society
Oldendorff Research Institute and Graduate School –
Social and Behavioural Sciences
OSA – Institute for Labour Studies
Tilburg Center of Entrepreneurship
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 University Library
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)

Notable alumni and faculty members

Sacha Prechal John A. List Eric van Max Euwe Willem van Jolande
Damme Genugten Sap

Dirk Stefan Ruud Theo van Fatma Koşer Uri Ralph

Bernard Stremersc Lubbers de Klundert Kaya Gneezy Hamers
Joseph h
Schouten

Klaas Bart le
Dijkhoff Blanc

Wim de Bie – writer, satirist, comedian

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
Jackie Groenen - Dutch footballer
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, United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (2001–2005)
Paul Scheffer
Norbert Schmelzer – former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
Diederik Stapel – founder of the Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research, later
dismissed for fabricating data.
Max van der Stoel – politician, first High Commissioner of Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe
Cees Veerman – former Dutch Minister of Agriculture
Jan Vranken - Professor of law
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.
Willem Witteveen – legal scholar, politician, and author
Joseph A. McCahery – corporate lawyers, researcher and institutional adviser
Ralph Hamers – Dutch businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Group since
October 2013
Jacques van den Broek - CEO of Randstad Holding since March 2014

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External links
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