Tilburg University
| Tilburg University | |
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| motto | Understanding Society |
| founding | 1927 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Tilburg |
| country |
 Netherlands
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| President of the Executive Board | KM (Koen) Becking |
| Students | 14,269 (2018) |
| Employee | 1,695 (2018) |
| Annual budget | € 193 million |
| Networks | FIUC , IAU |
| Website | www.tilburguniversity.edu |
The University of Tilburg ( English Tilburg University (TiU)) is a university in the Netherlands with headquarters in the city of Tilburg . Today it has over 14,000 students, including 1,736 international students from 100 nations, as well as 1,586 employees and has a budget of 207 million euros . The focus of teaching and research is on the social sciences (especially economics ) and law .
history
In 1927 the Roman Catholic Business College was founded, which was dedicated exclusively to corporate management. In 1938 it was renamed the Catholic Business School , and when new faculties were created in 1963, the Catholic University of Tilburg . From 1986 it was called the Catholic University of Brabant . On September 1, 2002, the name was changed to the current name.
organization
Economics and Business Administration (1927) is the oldest and largest faculty. The other four faculties - Law (1963), Social and Behavioral Studies (1963), Humanities (2007), and Theology and Religious Studies (1967) - are more recent. In addition, the University of Tilburg has a collaboration with the Technical University of Eindhoven , as well as a number of research centers and other universities.
International orientation and teaching in English
Tilburg University is increasingly internationally oriented and actively recruits international students and academic staff. Approximately 8% of the students are currently from abroad (as of 2010). Numerous English-language courses are offered, including 32 Master's courses and the following Bachelor courses :
- Econometrics and Operations Research
- Economics
- International Business Administration
- Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Global Law
Well-known university professors
- Lans Bovenberg
- Wim van de Donk
- Konrad Ehlich
- Paul Frissen
- Ernst Hirsch Ballin
- Rick van der Ploeg
- Corien Prins
- Jan Renkema
- Ignace Snellen
- Diederik stack
- Max van der Stoel
- Cees Veerman
- Pieter Winsemius
Well-known graduates and students
- Klaas Dijkhoff (* 1981), politician
- Afshin Ellian (* 1966), lawyer (studied 1989–1996)
- Adriana Esmeijer (* 1966), Head (studied 1987–1992)
- Peter Fleuren (* 1955), politician
- Jean Frijns (* 1947), manager (studied 1966–1971)
- Wim van den Goorbergh (* 1948), banker (studied 1966–1971)
- Eugene Holiday (* 1962), Governor of Sint Maarten (studied 1982–1987)
- Antoon Hurkmans (* 1944), bishop (studied 1972–1978)
- Servais Knaven (* 1971), racing cyclist
- Fatma Koşer Kaya (* 1968), politician
- René van der Linden (* 1943), politician (studied 1965–1970)
- Harry Lockefeer (1938–2007), journalist (studied 1960–1965)
- Guus Meeuwis (* 1972), pop singer
- Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen (* 1955), entrepreneur
- Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008), politician (studied 1939–1947)
- Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016), politician (studied 1947–1951)
- Yvonne Timmerman-Buck (* 1956), politician (studied 1974–1980)
- Axel A. Weber (* 1957), bank manager (President of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2004 to 2011)
- Herman Wijffels (* 1942), banker (studied 1959–1966)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/organization
- ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 29, 2019 .
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
