Tilburg University

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Tilburg University
Tilburg University logo.svg
Motto in English
Understanding Society
Type Public
Established1927
Religious affiliation
 Roman Catholic
Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk
Total staff
2,205 FTE (2022) [1]
Students19,931 (2022) [1]
Address
Warandelaan 2, Tilburg
,
Tilburg
,
Netherlands
CampusUrban
School newspaperUnivers
Colours Blue and Bronze [2]
  
Affiliations EUA / AACSB / VSNU / TPC
Website www.tilburguniversity.edu

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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Tilburg University has a student population of about 19,900 students. [3] Tilburg University has 73 Bachelors & Master's programs, of which 43 are offered in English. [3] Tilburg University awards approximately 120 PhDs per year. [4] In 2022, the university had 87,477 alumni. [3]

The university has a little over 2,200 FTE staff members, of which 57% are academic staff. [5]

The institution has gained a reputation in both research and education. In the field of economics, RePEc in March 2020 ranked the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration as the 23rd most productive research department in the world, and the 6th in Europe. [6] According to the 2019 Shanghai Ranking, Tilburg University is ranked 5th in the field of Business Administration and 12th in the field of Finance worldwide. [7] [8] In the field of Law, Tilburg University was ranked #1 in the Netherlands for the last three years[ when? ] according to Elsevier Magazine. [9]

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.[ citation needed ]

1969 protests

1969 KHT 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 Netherlands that was made official by the 1971 bill of Educational Reform, granting more joint decision making to students of Dutch universities.

Karl-Marx-Universiteit (c)1969 Hans vande Watering.png

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [10] 601-700 (2020)
CWUR World [11] 615 (2020-21)
CWTS World [12] 176 (2020)
QS World [13] =368 (2021)
THE World [14] 201–250 (2021)
USNWR Global [15] =490 (2021)
Global – Business and economics
Financial Times MBA [16] 69 (2020)
QS Accounting [17] 36 (2021)
QS Business [18] 63 (2021)
QS Economics [19] 28 (2021)
QS MBA [20] 78 (2021)
THE Business and Economics [21] 37 (2021)
Global – Education
THE Education [22] 201-250 (2021)
Global – Law
QS Law [23] 82 (2021)
THE Law [24] 28 (2021)
Global – Liberal arts
QS Social Sciences and Management [25] 72 (2021)
THE Arts and Humanities [26] 101-125 (2021)
THE Social Sciences [27] 101-125 (2021)
Global – Life sciences and medicine
THE Psychology [28] 50 (2021)

Tilburg University is a specialised university and has a strong 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. [29] [30] [31]

In 2020, Tilburg University was ranked 17th worldwide and 4th in Europe in Economics & Business field, by the US News 2020 ranking. [32] Times Higher Education in 2019 ranked it 28th in Economics & Business and 28th in Law globally in the 2021 ranking. [33] [34] The Shanghai Ranking lists Tilburg as the 5th best university in Business Administration in the world, 12th in Finance and 27th in Management. [35] [36] [37]

Boards

The Boards of the university include a Board of Governors that monitors the objectives of the university and functions as a Supervisory Board, as well as an Executive Board, appointed by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors consists of Mr. H. Reumkens, LLM (chairman), Mrs. M.R. Leijten, Professor W.M.P. van der Aalst, Mr. J.H.P.M. van Lange and Mrs. Prof. E. Demerouti. [38]

The Executive Board members are: [39]

Education and research

Tilburg University has 73 Bachelors [40] & Masters programs, [41] of which 43 in English. [3]

Schools

Tilburg University has five Schools: [42]

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).

Research institutes

A list of research institutes can be viewed on the Tilburg University website

Student life

Student life takes place at several study and student (sports) associations. See the complete list.

Notable alumni and faculty members

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