Collaboration
Tilburg University is right at the heart of society. We share our knowledge and work together on research, innovation, and solutions to challenges that society is faced with. We can work together in all kinds of different ways: with individual researchers, within institutes, within research programs, in courses and in partnerships, and of course with our students.
More than 10% of the university’s revenues come from collaboration with others
of the Netherlands since 2011. Our scientists and scholars share their knowledge in newspapers, in magazines, on radio- and TV shows, and on the Internet
organized monthly to offer collaboration a platform
Collaboration with scientists and scholars
Collaboration with scientists and scholars can take place via contract research.
Collaboration with students
Each year, some 4000 students graduate from our university and start looking for a job. In preparing for their careers, they are often look for traineeships, or places where they can finish their studies. Out Career Portal offers a platform for companies, organizations, and students to come into contact with each other.
Institutes and Partnerships
Tilburg University has a number of platforms for collaboration and more than 40 research institutes. Besides this, we are very active on other platforms, both in our region and beyond.
- JADS data science community in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
- Tilburg University Society connects the worlds of public administration, politics, business, and science.
- Impact program working together on the challenges facing individuals and society in the 21st century
“Passport4Work is an innovation that benefits jobseekers as well as employers.”
- Eindhoven alderman Yasin Torunoglu on collaboration with ten chain partners in the job market innovation project
Collaboration in education
Increasingly, our educational programs too are set up in collaboration with others. In teacher training, for instance, we work closely together with Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) (an association of secondary schools located mainly in the province of North Brabant), the data science program is a collaboration between us and the Eindhoven University of Technology, and more and more Extended Master’s programs are set up in collaboration with the business world.
Why work together with Tilburg University?
- Benefit from scientific research and scientific research methods
- Connect science with daily practice
- Together with us, work on Science that Matters!
Work on our spearheads together with us
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Empowering the Resilient Society
Our society faces issues the consequences of which are difficult to fathom. Markets and economies are connected worldwide, digital technology plays an ever more important role, climate change is being felt and the aging population and migration affect the make-up of communities. How do we continue to safeguard solidarity, justice, and humanity?
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Enhancing Health and Wellbeing
Improving people's health and wellbeing over an increasingly longer lifetime is a major social challenge of our time. In order to enhance health and wellbeing, we have to take decisions that not only achieve progress in the short term, as is often the case, but also in the long term. This is the line of approach of the Impact program regarding Health and Wellbeing.
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Creating Value from Data
A considerable part of our daily behavior is stored in large databases. The amount of data that we generate is increasing exponentially. Moreover, the processing power of computers is growing as well as the power of algorithms tot analyze data. This creates new opportunities but also great risks.
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Visit our conferences and symposiums
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10:00 - 14:45
Open Day Master's programs
The Open Day for Master's programs is on Saturday November 16, 2019. Get acquainted with our English taught Master's programs, get a taste of the atmosphere on our campus and speak with current students, lecturers and academic advisors.
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16:00 - 17:30
Last lecture by Maria Mos - The power of words*
Maria Mos will focus in her ‘Last lecture’ on the effects of what you say. Sometimes, a small remark can leave a big impression. Words can be powerful. Mos will argue that we should be much more attentive to our language use. (language: English)
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13:00 - 14:00
All you need to know about... star author Michel Houellebecq*
Introduction to the literary work of star author Michel Houellebecq by professor Odile Heynders. What is the meaning of his work for the public debate? What can be said about the controversies about the person of Michel Houellebecq? (language: English)
Need help finding the right portal?
Are you interested in collaboration with the university but still looking for the right portal? We understand that the university will come across as a complex organization, and we are more than happy to help you along. If you answer a number of questions for us, we will very quickly be able to determine the best way to do that.