Tilburg University
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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.
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 | 2,205 FTE (2022) [1] |
Students | 19,931 (2022)[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 19,900 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]