Educational Institute Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences
The Educational Institute comprises all activities related to the Bachelor's, Pre-Master's and Master's programs.
The staff of the Educational Institute are responsible for preparing and carrying out the educational policy of the School, which includes developing and innovating educational programs, quality control, internationalization, tutoring and program counseling, and the organization and planning of the educational program.
The Educational Institute also includes the official secretariat of the School's internal internal Educational Consultations, the Curriculum Committee, the Examinations Committee and other forms of educational consultation. In addition, the Institute informs students and lecturers about the organization of educational matters in the School, which includes information about the various educational programs, the (preliminary) examinations regulations, and timetables and schedules for lectures and (preliminary) examinations.
Executive Committee Educational Institute
The person immediately responsible for the Educational Institute is the vice-dean of education. The executive committee consists of the vice-dean of education and the managing director of the Educational Institute.
Vice-dean of Education
Managing Director Educational Institute
Educational Consulation
The program directors and vice-dean discuss at least six times per year all issues regarding education.
Vice-dean of Education, chair
Managing Director Educational Institute
Program Director Data Science and Society
Program Director Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Program Director Communication and Information Sciences
Program Director Philosophy
Program Director Online Culture: Art, Media and Society / Culture Studies
Program Director Liberal Arts and Sciences
Program Director Research Master Language and Communication
Student advisor
Examination Board
Requests
Requests can be submitted via email: tshd.excom@tilburguniversity.edu. See the website Examination Board Humanities and Digital Sciences for the necessary forms. The secretariat of the Examination Board can be found in the Dante building, room D338.
Examination Board
- Chair
Dr. Rein Cozijn - Vice chair and member Bachelor Liberal Arts and Science
Dr. Gerwin van der Laan - Member Bachelor/master Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence; Master Data Science and Society
Dr. Bruno Nicenboim
Dr. Paula Roncaglia - Member Bachelor/master Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen
Dr. Jan Engelen - Member Bachelor/master Philosophy; Lerarenopleiding Filosofie
Dr. Nathan Wildman - Member Bachelor Online Culture: Art, Media and Society; Master Kunst en Cultuurwetenschappen; Lerarenopleiding Nederlands
Dr. Rian Aarts - External member
Dr. Cor Sluijter
Composition of the Examination Board Research Master
- Chair
Dr. Frans Folkvord - Member
Dr. Lennert Coenen - External member
Dr. Cor Sluijter
Administrative secretaries
- Esmée Rutten, LLM
- Hélène Spiertz, BA
Contact
Curriculum Committee
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
E-mail: pc-csai@tilburguniversity.edu
- Gonzalo Nápoles
- Noortje Venhuizen (Chair)
- Polislava Kalcheva (student member BSc)
- Galina Valcheva (student member BSc) (Vice-Chair)
- Udesh Habaraduwa Kandambidge (student member MSc)
- Anita Vrins (student member MSc))
Communication and Information Sciences
E-mail: pc-cis@tilburguniversity.edu
- Loes Janssen
- Emiel van Miltenburg
- Sara Pabian
- Jan de Wit (Chair)
- Cune van Asselt (student member BSc) (Vice-Chair)
- Jennifer Steenkamp (student member BSc)
- Merel Melssen (student member MSc)
- Isabel Prinsen (student member MSc)
Culture Studies
E-mail: pc-culturestudies@tilburguniversity.edu
- Mingyi Hou
- Elodie Malanda
- Anna Skorodihina (student member Ba)
- VACANCY (student member Ba)
- Chris Andres (student member Ma)
- Jitske Verhagen (student member Ma) (Vice-Chair)
Data Science and Society
E-mail: pc-dss@tilburguniversity.edu
- Chris Emmery
- Ekaterini Ioannou
- Leonie Vogelsmeier (Chair)
- Daniel Fidrmuc (student member MSc) (Vice-Chair)
- Julian Leeffers (student member MSc)
- Celina Schmid (student member MSc)
- Javier Torralba Flores (student member MSc)
Liberal Arts and Sciences
E-mail: pc-las@tilburguniversity.edu
- Ellen Dreezens (Chair)
- Matthew Rich
- Jan Hendrik Valgaeren (TLS)
- Tom Willems
- Diana Bleza (student member BSc) (Vice-Chair)
- Vonne Grijpma (student member BSc)
- David Ševčík (student member Ba)
- Jens van Vugt (student member Ba)
Philosophy
E-mail: pc-philosophy@tilburguniversity.edu
- Willem van der Deijl (Chair)
- Siba Harb
- Danique van den Berg (student member Ba)
- Kim Visser (student member Ba)
- Thomas Melisse (student member Ma) (Vice-Chair)
- Bastiaan van den Noort (student member Ma)
Research Master in Linguistics and Communication Sciences
E-mail: pc-rema@tilburguniversity.edu
- Ad Backus
- Nadine Bol
- Marianne Starren (RU) (Chair)
- Joël Grassère (student member MSc) (Vice-Chair)
- Jessaline Shania Tanjung (student member MSc)
ULT
E-mail: pc-ult@tilburguniversity.edu
- Ipek Bayrak
- Henri van den Hout
- Marjolein Bertels (student member)
- Michelle Gimbrère (student member)
- Makko Henkelman (student member FIL)
- Joyce van Otterdijjk (student member NED)
- VACANCY (student member ECO)
The Curriculum Committees advise the Vice Dean of Education, either on request or on their own initiative, on policy, organisational and content-related aspects of the various Bachelor's and Master's programmes offered by the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences. The committees are also involved in quality control of the education.
Program Directors Educational Institute
For the management of the various programs, the vice-dean is assisted by the program directors. Every department has a program director, who is in charge of the proper execution of the Education and Assessment Regulations of the programs that the department in question is responsible for.
Data Science and Society
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Communication and Information Sciences
Philosophy
Online Culture: Art, Media and Society / Culture Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Master Language and Communication
Core Staff Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dean / Program Director Social Sciences
- Prof. dr. Alkeline van Lenning
Vice-dean / Academic Director
Senior Policy Advisor / Program Director Business and Economics
Program Director Arts and Humanities
Program Director Cognitive Neuroscience
Program Director Law in an International Context
Academic Advisor
Study Progress Advisor
Coordinator of PASS
Management / Office Assistant
Junior Policy Advisor
Teaching Assistants
Educational Coordinators
Thesis Coordinators - Bachelor's Programs
Bachelor's program Online Culture: Art, Media and Society
Bachelor's program Communication and Information Sciences
- Business Communication and Digital Media
Jan de Wit PDEng - Communication and Cognition
Jan de Wit PDEng
Bachelor's program Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Bachelor's program Philosophy
Thesis Coordinators - Master's Programs
Master's program Culture Studies
- Children's Literature
Dr. Suzanne van der Beek
Dr. Sara van den Bossche - Art and Media Studies
Prof.dr. Odile Heynders - Digital Culture Studies
Dr. Ico Maly - Management of Cultural Diversity
Pr.dr. Jos Swanenberg - Health Humanities
Dr. Marjolein de Boer
Master's program Communication and Information Sciences
- Business Communication and Digital Media
Dr. Nadine Braun - Communication and Cognition
Dr. Nadine Braun - New Media Design
Dr. Nadine Braun
Master's program Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Master Data Science and Society
Master's program Philosophy