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Programme profile

Employers today are seeking globally-minded employees who can take an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving, reflecting their deep understanding of the key issues in today's society. More and more universities in Europe are embracing the concept of a liberal education at university level for exactly these reasons. A liberal education provides the competences needed to tackle the increasingly complex issues being presented by global society.

Tilburg University's BA Liberal Arts and Sciences is an interdisciplinary programme. This means that you will learn to examine issues using insights from multiple academic disciplines or schools of thought, whether they are insights from philosophy, culture, economics, or law. In doing so you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the whole social, cultural, and economic environment in which we live. With your ability to examine complex issues from a range of different angles, you'll have a more well-rounded understanding of the world, and be in a better position to help solve its most pressing issues.

Besides interdisciplinary modules, students will specialise in one of five diverse Majors:

Social Sciences: Human Behaviour

Law in an International Context

Arts and Humanities: Past-Present-Future

Business and Economics

Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain and Cognition

Programme content

The first year offers a core curriculum that introduces you to a variety of subjects within different scientific disciplines. While exploring these different disciplines, you discover what kind of academic path you wish to pursue. Based on this experience, you will choose a major in the second year and specialise in one of five disciplines above.

in the third year, you are free to explore your interests in a minor program, giving you a unique profile.  Most students use the first semester of the third year to study abroad at one of Tilburg's partner universities, across the world.

Progression

The university offers related Masters programmes, taught through English, in the following areas:

- International Management;
- Strategic Management ;
- International and European Labour Law;
- International and European Public Law;
- International Business Law;
- Law and Technology;
- European Urban Cultures;
- Human Resource Studies;
- Leisure Studies;
- Organisation Studies;
- Sociology;
- Management of Cultural Diversity;
- Human Aspects of Information Technology;
- Language and Communication;
- Theology

Entry Requirements