Bachelor's programs

Top-level bachelor's programs within an international environment prepare you for a responsible position in society.

Curriculum

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

First year

Semester 1 (September - January) Semester 2 (January - June)
International Management Marketing Management
Organisational Behaviour Finance 1
Accounting 1 Macroeconomics
Microeconomics Statistics 1
Mathematics 1 Project IBA
Total 30 ECTS Total 30 ECTS

During this first year, you must obtain at least 42 ECTS (Binding Study Advice). If you meet this requirement, you can continue with the programme.

Second year

Semester 1 (September - January) Semester 2 (January - June)
Finance 2 Accounting 2
Cross Cultural Psychology Strategic Management
Operations Management Decision Making in Marketing
Mathematics 2 Statistics 2
Philosophy of Science Business Research
Total 30 ECTS Total 30 ECTS

Third year

In the first semester of the third year, you are encouraged to study at one of the numerous partner Universities of Tilburg University for one semester. During this period you will have the opportunity to enhance your foreign language and intercultural skills. During the second semester of the third year, you will be focusing on writing your Bachelor's thesis.

Semester 1 (September - January) Semester 2 (January - June)
Information Management * Business Law
Innovation and Technology Management * The Morality of Commercial Life
3 Elective courses 1 advanced elective (to prepare for MSc programmes)
* Students that go on exchange can attend
these two courses at a partner institution or by means of a distance learning module		 Bachelor's Thesis
Total 30 ECTS Total 30 ECTS

Business skills are integrated in different courses throughout the programme. In the first year, students will work on academic writing, presentation skills, Microsoft Excel and SPSS (statistical programme for academic research). In the first semester of the third year students can go on exchange to one of the partner universities all over the world. All students will receive vouchers that can be used to attend language courses free of charge at the university language centre.

Once you have passed all the examinations and met all the requirements of the three-year programme, you are awarded a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) in International Business Administration and can enter one of the one-year Master's programmes of Tilburg University.

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