Bachelor's programs

Program

Studying International Business Administration (IBA) at Tilburg University means you will develop knowledge and skills for a career in business organizations. More specifically, you will develop the ability to think and act effectively when working with people in business organizations. In order to build this activity, the IBA program involves the development of skills in the area of communication, networking, teamwork, systematic research, planning, writing, reporting and entrepreneurship.

IBA prepares you for the international labour market in the field of business. Therefore, international aspects of business will be distinctive characteristics of the program. Not only with regard to the contents of the program, but also with respect to the design of the program and the student's learning opportunities.
The programme creates an international community in which you learn to deal with cultural differences:

• The program is taught in English and students from all over the world can enroll for the program.
• Our recruitment and selection process is aimed at students with international ambitions.
• Classes consist of students with different nationalities. Team work activities will be done in teams with students of different backgrounds.
• The teachers in the program come from different countries as well.
• Most courses stress the international aspects of doing business. Cases deal with problems of international companies and organizations.
• In the third year of the program, students will have the opportunity to study one semester abroad.

Furthermore IBA is an academic program. This includes that the students will be involved in the acquisition of scientific knowledge, the application of this knowledge and the development of knowledge by doing research themselves. The development of critical thinking, analytic skills and an academic attitude are essential elements of the program. The lecturers of the courses are all involved in academic research groups with excellent reputations.