Why Liberal Arts and Sciences

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 program. 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 courses, Tilburg University's Liberal Arts and Sciences students will specialize in one of four diverse Majors: Business & Management, Law in Europe, Social Sciences, or Humanities: European History and Culture. By the time you graduate, you'll have both a specialized area of expertise, and a broad framework for understanding society, one that be applied within any number of professions.

... and why at Tilburg University

What distinguishes Tilburg University's BA Liberal Arts and Sciences program from those offered elsewhere?

Tilburg University's Liberal Arts program does not take place in a residential setting in which Liberal Arts students live and study together 24/7/365.

This set-up is unique in the Netherlands. You get to be a part of a close-knit Liberal Arts community, but also experience life as a student at a thriving, international university campus. This includes access to Tilburg University's world-class resources, events and facilities, and common room

being part of a community of over 12,000 students from around 65 countries. You also learn alongside students from different degree programs, so you'll gain an even broader circle of friends and contacts.

Tilburg University's Liberal Arts program is the joint initiative of its four leading Schools. Which means you get the best of four worlds.
Each School commits their best professors to the Liberal Arts program. This means you will be taught by highly experienced professors with well-established names and by experts with different academic backgrounds and research traditions from the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, the Tilburg Law School, the Tilburg School of Humanities, and the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Alan Thomas

Dr. Herman de Regt

Dr. Kathryn Brown

Tilburg University's Liberal Arts program uses innovative teaching methods unique to Tilburg University's study of the Liberal Arts.
Team Teaching, which involves two academics with different backgrounds jointly teaching one subject.
Distance courses, which are on-line courses with mixed teaching methods (video lectures, chat sessions, assignments).

Virtual lectures, which are broadcasted LIVE on the Internet and which allow you to participate via chat or a mediasite.

Tilburg University's Liberal Arts program offers a set of clearly-defined career or Master's options upon graduation, and extensive guidance & mentoring from an academic advisor.

With every major offering you both electives and mandatory courses, you follow a coherent curriculum that will prepare you for a selection of exciting future careers or a top Master's program. Tilburg University offers a broad selection of majors to choose from, including Business & Management, as well as Law in Europe, Social Sciences, or Humanities: European History and Culture.

Tilburg University's Liberal Arts program has a distinctive focus on Europe in a globalizing world. European history and culture are the profiling elements in the curriculum.
Most of the courses are approached from a European perspective with a focus on the Humanities and the Social Sciences. The Humanities comprise Culture, History, Literature, Philosophy and Religion. The Social Sciences comprise Sociology, Psychology, Law and Business & Management. European history and culture are the profiling elements in the curriculum, which means that both historical and current European key issues are tackled.

Accreditation

NVAO Tilburg University’s Liberal Arts and Sciences program is a fully accredited Bachelor’s program. The Dutch government allocates responsibility for accreditation to the NVAO (the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders), and the NVAO new window accredited the BA Liberal Arts and Sciences program in spring 2007. Upon successful completion of the program students receive a legally accredited Bachelor’s degree from Tilburg University and the title Bachelor of Arts (BA).

Factsheet Liberal Arts and Sciences

Degree title:	BA
School:	Joint initiative of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, the Tilburg Law School, the Tilburg School of Humanities, and the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Registration code: (Croho)	50393
Start of program:	September
Part-time/Full-time:	full-time
Duration:	36 months
Binding Study Advice:	42
Study abroad:	recommended

	Miene Tiemoerie (Afghan-Dutch)
My interests are very broad; Liberal Arts and Sciences enables me to combine a large part of these interests.

	George Lake (British)
A Liberal Arts and Sciences classroom is very lively. The small class size allows for intensive discussion and of course each student gets to interact more with the teachers as well as each other.

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