Application and admission: Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence - national procedure
This is the national application and admission procedure for the Master’s program of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Please read before continuing
Are you applying with a Bachelor's diploma obtained in the Netherlands?
Then you must follow the national procedure below.
Are you applying with a Bachelor's diploma from a non-Dutch educational institution*?
Then you must follow the international procedure.
*including Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
a) Check your eligibility
Students of Tilburg University
With the following Tilburg University Bachelor's degrees, you can be directly admitted.
- Bachelor of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Joint Bachelor of Data Science
Are you taking a different Bachelor at Tilburg University? Or are you not or no longer enrolled as a Tilburg University student?
In that case, the Admissions Committee will determine whether your Bachelor's degree is (still) a sufficient fit to be admitted to the Master's program.
In order to be eligible, your previous education must have provided you with:
- a sufficient mathematics background;
- a broad knowledge of AI techniques;
- sufficient programming experience in Python or other AI programming languages;
- demonstrable basic-level knowledge in disciplines such as cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, or similar.
If you are in doubt whether you meet the admission requirements, we invite you to register in Studielink. The program’s Admissions Committee will assess whether you can be admitted.
Students of other Dutch research universities
Are you studying at or do you have a Bachelor's degree from a research university other than Tilburg University?
In that case, the program’s Admissions Committee will determine whether your Bachelor's degree is a sufficient fit to be admitted to the Master's program.
In general, the following applies.
- Students with a Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence / Kunstmatige Intelligentie from one of the following universities (KION members) can be admitted to the Master: Radboud University, Utrecht University, Maastricht University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), University of Amsterdam (UvA), and Groningen University.
- Students with a research university Bachelor’s degree in the field of Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field can be admitted if their previous education has provided them with:
- a sufficient mathematics background;
- a broad knowledge of AI techniques;
- sufficient programming experience in Python or other AI programming languages;
- demonstrable basic-level knowledge in disciplines such as cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, or similar
If you are in doubt whether you meet the admission requirements, we invite you to register in Studielink. The program’s Admissions Committee will assess whether you can be admitted.
b) Remember the deadline
Your application must be submitted before:
- Starting end of August: July 1
Are you still finishing your previous program?
Do register in Studielink now. You can send us your diploma later.
c) Follow the procedure for national applicants
Step 1: Register in Studielink
After you have registered in Studielink, the program’s Admissions Committee will assess whether your previous education is a sufficient fit with this Master to be admitted. Studielink opens on October 1.
- The name of this Master's program in Studielink:
M Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Enter an e-mail address in Studielink that you use regularly. Tilburg University will use this e-mail address to send you important information on your application and admission.
Step 2: Continue your application in our online application system
This step is not applicable for:
Students who are currently enrolled or have already completed a Bachelor's program at Tilburg University that makes them directly admissible for this Master’s program.
- See the tab “Students of Tilburg University” below the heading Check your eligibility at the top of this webpage for an overview of Bachelor’s programs that make you directly admissible.
- If you are directly admissible with your Bachelor's program, you only need to register in Studielink. Please continue to Step 3: Admissions Committee's decision.
In all other cases, you must continue your application in OSIRIS Aanmeld, our online application system, after you have registered in Studielink.
Application in OSIRIS Aanmeld
Within 1 week of your registration in Studielink, you will receive two e-mails from Tilburg University.
- One e-mail contains your Tilburg University account details (your student number and Tilburg University e-mail address). You will not need these details for your application, but please save them carefully, as you will need them at a later stage.
- The other e-mail contains your OSIRIS Aanmeld account details as well as information on how you can start your application in OSIRIS Aanmeld. If you have not received this e-mail within 1 week of your registration in Studielink, please contact TSHD.admissions@tilburguniversity.edu.
Upload your documents
Please collect the requested documents and upload them in pdf-format.
- Transcript of Records
This is a list from your University of the courses you have taken in your Bachelor's (and Master's) degree, with the grades you have achieved. This must be an official list from your University, not your results downloaded from the University’s student system. If you have not yet completed all courses at the time of application, please provide the Transcript plus a list of the courses you still need to complete before graduation. - Resume / Curriculum vitae
- Statistics checklist. Please complete the checklist (pdf) as requested.
- Motivation letter (optional)
Please use this format (pdf) to write your motivation letter.
Submit your application before the deadline as stated above
If you submit your application either close to or on the deadline, but have not uploaded the correct documents, Tilburg University reserves the right not to process your application.
After submitting your application
Our Admissions Committee will check that your application is complete, according to the requirements above.
If your documents are not complete, you will be asked to submit any missing or replace any illegible document(s).
You can check your application status anytime you log in to your account in OSIRIS Aanmeld.
Step 3: Admissions Committee's decision
You will receive the Admissions Committee's decision within six weeks after application at the e-mail address you have provided in Studielink. The e-mail will also contain a description of the further steps you need to take for your admission.
The Admissions Committee will make one of the following decisions.
- You are unconditionally admitted to the Master (you meet all the conditions).
- You are conditionally admitted to the Master (you do not, or not yet, meet all the conditions, for example, because you have not yet obtained your Bachelor's degree).
- The Committee needs additional information to assess your admissibility.
- Unfortunately you cannot be admitted.
Step 4: Admitted, what's next?
Congratulations on being admitted to Tilburg University, either conditionally or unconditionally!
You may be wondering what the next steps are. To ensure a smooth (and stress-free) start of your studies, we have prepared a timeline to give you an overview of the things you need to arrange before the start of your studies.
On the timeline you can find information about:
- Completing your enrollment
- Paying your tuition fees
- Tips on finding accommodation (if applicable)
- Books and schedule
- Introduction activities like TOP week and your (mandatory) Study Program Introduction
Do you have any questions?
Please feel free to contact us for your personal queries. You can contact us on every page of the Master's website.