FAQ on coronavirus for prospective students

Bachelor’s programs:
Until now, the date of 1 May was used nationwide as the deadline for EEA students for registration in Studielink. Due to the current situation, it has been agreed that this deadline will be postponed to a later date.

This means that for a Bachelor’s program which had May 1 as its deadline, you now have to register in Studielink before June 1 at the latest.

For Bachelor's programs, the university offers an activity within the framework of the study choice check (matching). To participate in this activity, you should preferably register with the Bachelor's program before 1 May so that you can participate in the study choice check/matching. For students enrolling between May 1 and June 1, we will endeavour to offer a study choice check/matching activity, but we cannot guarantee this at the moment.

For more information about the Bachelor's programs:

www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/bachelors-programs

Master’s programs:The deadline for our Master’s programs remain unchanged and can be found on the web page of the program you would like to apply for:

www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/masters-programmes

You can submit your application without the Statement of Educational Institution but with your most current grade list. If you meet our other admission requirements, you will be admitted conditionally, but you must provide your high school diploma and final grade list at a later stage.

If your school is not able to stamp your grade list, you can ask your school to send your Transcript of Records directly to your International Admissions Coordinator.  However, if that is not possible, please upload an unofficial document in your application. If you meet our admission requirements, you will be conditionally admitted and must hand in an official grade list (and diploma) at a later point in time.

You can submit your application without the results of GMAT/GRE/IELTS/TOEFL/Cambridge exams. If you meet our other admission requirements, you will be conditionally admitted but must provide these test results at a later point in time. Most test centers are offering tests online until test centers can reopen. We accept the results of the following online tests: TOEFL IBT Special Home Edition test, the GRE General Test and the GMAT Online exam. We are currently investigating the IELTS Indicator test but it is not sure yet whether we will accept it. Until a decision is made we strongly advise applicants to take the TOEFL test instead. 

More information about GMAT

More information about GRE

More information about TOEFL

If your university is able to send your Transcript of Records directly to your International Admissions Coordinator, please ask them to do so.  However, if that is not possible, please upload an unofficial version from your university’s student information system.  If you meet our admission requirements, you will be admitted conditionally, and you must hand in an official Transcript (and diploma) at a later stage.

If your documents are in English, Dutch, French or German, we can accept these for your application without a translation. If you are admitted, you must hand in an official Transcript and diploma with a certified translation (if the documents are not issued in English or Dutch) at a later stage.

If your documents are not in English, Dutch, French, or German, please ask the certified translator to e-mail the translation to your International Admissions Coordinator directly.

If neither of the above applies to you, unfortunately, you will not be able to apply at this stage.

Under the current circumstances, Nuffic Certificates will be issued without English language test results.  If admitted, you must provide your English language test results to your International Admissions Coordinator at a later stage.

There is some flexibility with regard to the deadline of August 1.  However, please contact your International Admissions Coordinator towards the end of July to confirm when you will be able to send us your diploma and final grade list.

Yes, as long as the full IB diploma meets the conditions indicated in the conditional admission letter, we will accept the full IB diplomas issued this year.  Please remember: we do not accept IB certificates for admission.

Yes, as long as your A level (and GCSE) results meet the conditions indicated in your conditional admission letter, we will accept the A level certificates for admission.

Yes, as long as your A level results meet the conditions indicated in your conditional admission letter, we will accept the Cambridge International A level certificates for admission.

We are working with both the Dutch Immigration Service (IND) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (who are responsible for our embassies/consulates) to arrange that visas will be processed and issued on time for your arrival in Tilburg during August/September.  If there is continued disruption to services offered by the IND and/or Dutch embassies/consulates due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will inform you.

Students of an academic Bachelor's program that provides admission to the Master's program in question who have not yet completed their entire program and still have to complete a maximum of 12 EC from their previous program are admitted to take examinations in the academic year 2020/2021 in the Master's program in question.

The Bachelor's thesis must be completed. This regulation applies to Tilburg University Bachelor’s students and to Bachelor’s students of other universities (within the EEA). The other admission requirements will of course continue to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: Parliament is preparing legislation, which will probably contain additional requirements.

Students from outside the EEA will continue to be admitted to the study program only on presentation of their diploma of admission.

Students of a pre-Master’s program are admitted to the corresponding Master’s program if they have not yet completed the entire pre-Master’s program, but still have to complete a maximum of 6 EC. This decision only applies to the intake in 2020/2021. You cannot obtain a Master's degree if you have not obtained your Bachelor's degree.

PLEASE NOTE: Parliament is preparing legislation, which will probably contain additional requirements.

Tilburg University makes every effort—with various measures and per study program—to prevent students who are delayed by the corona measures in the final phase of their university of applied sciences program from getting stuck between the university of applied sciences program and the pre-Master's program of their choice.

Programs and possible alignments between universities of applied sciences and pre-Master's programs are numerous and diverse, making a “one size fits all” solution impossible. We will communicate as soon as possible regarding the conditions for enrollment for students with a university of applied sciences diploma in the pre-Master’s programs in the academic year 2020–2021.

Tilburg University makes every effort—with various measures and per study program—to prevent students who are delayed by the corona measures in the final phase of their university of applied sciences propaedeutic year from getting stuck between the university of applied sciences and the Bachelor's program of their choice.

Programs and the possible alignments between universities of applied sciences and Bachelor's programs are numerous and diverse, making a “one size fits all” solution impossible. We will communicate as soon as possible regarding the conditions for enrollment with a university of applied sciences propaedeutic year in Bachelor's program in the academic year 2020–2021. 

Together with all other research universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands, Tilburg University follows the guidelines of the central government of April 21, 2020, and is canceling all events up to September 1, 2020.

Tilburg University wants to help prospective students who wish to start their studies in September 2020 in choosing a suitable study program, also in the event that campus events are canceled. To that end, several information events will be offered online. If you do not need to make your choice for the September 2020 intake, we would like invite you to come to your information events in the new school year.

The following information events are scheduled for the upcoming months at Tilburg University.

• Master Open Day, April 18, 2020

The originally planned Master Open day could not take place on campus on April 18, 2020.  As an alternative to this event. Please have a look at the Online Master’s Open day website to read more on what we have to offer you on Saturday, May 16, from 12:00 until 16:00 hrs.

If you would like to participate in the Online Master’s Open Day on Saturday, May 16, please fill in the application form. If you did already register for the Master’s Open Day on Saturday, April 18, you will automatically receive a message about the Online Master’s Open Day. 

• Theology Program Information Day, May 8, 2020

This event will not take place on the campus. The event will be offered online.

You can register for this event via the website. After registration, you will be automatically informed regarding the program of the Online Theology Program Information Day.

Online orientation on your choice of study

We understand that at the moment it is difficult to properly orientate yourself on your choice of study, when you cannot walk around our campus or attend an information session or lecture in one of our lecture halls. However, in order to help you as much as possible, we have set up a special website that provides relevant information for your study choice.

On the website 'Study in Tilburg', you can view the recordings of our Online Bachelor Information days whenever it suits you; the recordings of the upcoming Online Master’s Open day will also be made available on this website after May 16. In addition, you can watch videos of our campus and student city Tilburg, get more information about our Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, participate in the virtual campus tour and contact our bachelor students.

On April 21, the Dutch government announced that all events are cancelled until September 1 due to the corona virus. The introduction week, TOP Week 2020 will therefore take place in an alternative form.

It will be held from Monday 24 until Friday 28 August.

Updates will be posted on the TOP Week socials and website. Prospective students will also be informed by e-mail.

Education in the academic year 2020-2021 will start on 31 August. We will be happy to welcome you at Tilburg University! Our campus has limited access due to the corona virus. The government is monitoring closely how the coronavirus is developing, and will relax the intelligent lockdown measures step by step, as soon as circumstances permit. For the time being, we are preparing to provide ALL our education online. In our opinion, physical proximity among the university community is an important part of academic education. Therefore, we strive to provide small-scale classes (e.g., seminars) on campus if possible. Whether small scale educational activities will take place on campus, depends very much on the possibilities given to us by the Dutch government and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

Student Career Services is happy to help you. Also during the measures of COVID-19, we still offer you our services but in an alternative way.

• Are you unsure about how to prepare for your career during these troubling times? Please find more useful information and tips here!
• Are you a first-year student at Tilburg University and are you considering choosing a different study program? Our Career Coaches will help you prepare to choose a new study program during this online workshop.
• If you are a Bachelor’s student and you want to choose a Master’s program, but you are not sure about which one, our Career Coaches offer you individual guidance via telephone or Skype.
• Take a look at our web page to check out or other workshops.
• Would you like specific, practical tips for successful job applications? Join the job consultation hours. Every Monday and Thursday between 13:00 and 14:00 hrs we offer you advice on your LinkedIn profile, your application letter or CV. Register through the Career Portal. This will also be via telephone or Skype.
• Do you want to talk about your career orientation? You can make an appointment via the Career Portal with the Career Services Officer of your school. Your appointment will be via telephone or Skype instead of in person.
• Are you looking for an internship or a job? Or do you want to discover what the possibilities are? Take a look at the Career Portal.

The campus is closed at weekends until further notice.

On weekdays, the campus remains open with limited access until further notice. 

On April 2, 2020, the Executive Board has decided to further limit the access to campus buildings for safety and sustainability reasons.

The decision of the Executive Board means the following:

• As of April 8, a limited part of Koopmans building will remain open to employees between 09:00 and 17:00 hrs. Employees who have to work on campus will be able to do so on floors 10, 11, and 12. Their supervisors must give them permission to do so. Employees may only work in offices with a sheet of instructions posted on the door and they must bring their own laptop. Employees must register and sign in with their Tilburg University card on the ground floor with the security guard on duty. Employees are urgently requested to keep a distance of 1.5 meters from each other.

• All employees and student board members can still collect things from their own offices. This can be done daily between 09:00 and 11:00 hrs. Upon arrival, a call must be made to security. Telephone numbers are posted on all front doors of buildings. Everyone is asked to fetch any food left in their offices to prevent infestation.

• From April 8, students and staff will be able to pick up/return borrowed books/materials from the Library on weekdays from 10:30 to 13:00 hrs. on the ground floor of Koopmans building.

• Lecturers can use the Video Lectures & Recordings Request Form if they want to live stream a lecture from a lecture room or if they want to have a lecture recorded on campus. Upon arrival, they must call security to open the building. It is no longer possible to get access with your Tilburg University card only.

• The residential units for students in Prisma building will remain open.

• All other buildings are closed until further notice. Cleaning in these buildings will stop and heating will be reset to 17 degrees.

Employees can come to the campus to do work that cannot be done from home, provided they follow the guidelines proclaimed by the central government on March 12. Our advice is to work from home as much as possible. Please make agreements about this with your supervisor. All important information regarding working from home can be found on this page and this document.

In order to comply with the central government's guidelines of March 12, measures will be taken to prevent more than a hundred people from congregating in any enclosed space at the same time.

Students, visitors and staff with symptoms like a nose cold, coughing, sore throat, or fever are asked to stay at home (National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection guideline).