Tilburg University is a public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
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Motto in English | Understanding Society |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1927 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Rector Magnificus | Wim van de Donk |
Total staff | 2,973 FTE (2023) [1] |
| Students | 19,497 (2023)[1] |
| Address | Warandelaan 2, Tilburg , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| School newspaper | Univers |
| Colours | Blue and Bronze[2] |
| Affiliations | EUA / AACSB / VSNU / TPC |
| Website | www.tilburguniversity.edu |
Tilburg University has a student population of about 19,500 students.[3] Tilburg University has 66 Bachelors & Master's programs, of which 43 are offered in English.[3] Tilburg University awards approximately 120 PhDs per year.[4] In 2023, the university had over 92,000 alumni.[3] The university has over 2,900 FTE staff members, of which 56% are academic staff.[4]
History
editTilburg 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.[5]
1969 protests
editOn 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 Netherlands that was made official by the 1971 bill of Educational Reform, granting more joint decision making to students of Dutch universities.
Rankings
edit| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[6] | 701-800 (2024) |
| CWUR World[7] | 696 (2024) |
| CWTS World[8] | 197 (2024) |
| QS World[9] | =347 (2025) |
| THE World[10] | 251-300 (2025) |
| USNWR Global[11] | =631 (2024-25) |
Tilburg University is a specialised university and has a focus on Social Sciences and Economics. In 2020 three major university rankings (QS World University Ranking, THE World University Rankings and US News Best Global Universities) listed Tilburg among the top 40 in the world and top 10 in Europe for Economics.[12][13][14]
In 2020, Tilburg University was ranked 17th worldwide and 4th in Europe in Economics & Business field, by the US News 2020 ranking.[15] Times Higher Education in 2019 ranked it 28th in Economics & Business and 28th in Law globally in the 2021 ranking.[16][17] The Shanghai Ranking lists Tilburg as the 5th best university in Business Administration in the world, 12th in Finance and 27th in Management.[18][19][20]
Education and research
editTilburg University has 73 Bachelors[21] & Masters programs,[22] of which 43 in English.[3]
Schools
editTilburg University has five Schools:[23]
- Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM)
- Tilburg Law School (TLS)
- Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB)
- Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD)
- Tilburg School of Catholic Theology (TST)
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 Behavioral 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 (see below).
Student life takes place at several study and student (sports) associations.
Notable alumni and faculty members
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- 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 - 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
- Willem Witteveen – legal scholar, politician, and author
- Joseph A. McCahery – corporate lawyers, researcher and institutional adviser
- Ralph Hamers – businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Group since October 2013
- Jacques van den Broek - CEO of Randstad Holding since March 2014
References
edit- ^ a b "About Tilburg University". Tilburg University. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Tilburg University 2011: Richtlijnen visuele identiteit – website of Tilburg University
- ^ a b c d "About Tilburg University". Tilburg University. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2023 | Tilburg University". www.tilburguniversity.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "2010-2022 | Tilburg University". www.tilburguniversity.edu (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2024". Center for World University Rankings. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024 - PP top 10%". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2025". Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2025". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings". U.S. News Education (USNWR). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "The US News 2020 ranking in Economics & Business". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "QS World Economics & Econometrics Subject Ranking".
- ^ "World University Rankings 2019 by subject: business and economics". 8 October 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "The US News 2020 ranking in Economics & Business".
- ^ "World University Rankings 2019 by subject: business and economics". 8 October 2018.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2021 by subject: law". Times Higher Education. 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Business Administration - Shanghai Ranking - 2019". Shanghai Ranking.
- ^ "Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Finance - Shanghai Ranking - 2019". Shanghai Ranking. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Management - Shanghai Ranking - 2019". Shanghai Ranking. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Bachelor's programs Tilburg University | Tilburg University". www.tilburguniversity.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "Master's programs Tilburg University | Tilburg University". www.tilburguniversity.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "Schools and Institutes Tilburg University". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
External links
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