Learning a Language at the Language Center
Tilburg University is an internationally oriented research and education institute. The Language Center assists students, university staff, and non-university students in improving their language proficiency.
Are you highly educated and do you want to improve your Dutch or learn Dutch as a 2nd language (Nt2)? Then you can choose from a wide range of courses. If you want to learn a foreign language, you are also at the right address at the Language Center.
Learn a foreign Language for free with your language vouchers
Tilburg University offers its students the opportunity to follow free language courses. Are you enrolled at Tilburg University and paying tuition fees here? If so, you will have received twelve digital language vouchers at the start of your studies. Exchange students and Pre-Master's students also receive these twelve language vouchers.
Course overviews
Choose your Course
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Portuguese for beginners
In this course you, will learn the basics of Portuguese. All skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) are covered, but the course focuses mainly on oral communication. You will soon be able to have short conversations in Portuguese.
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Discovering the Dutch
In the course Discovering the Dutch, you will explore a number of themes in Dutch society from different interdisciplinary aspects such as history and sociology. We go beyond the “windmills, cheese and tulips” and anecdotal evidence of how the Dutch are different, and focus on really understanding and explaining what ‘makes the Dutch tick’.
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French for beginners 2
This course is the continuation of French for beginners 1 and provides a broader basis. All skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) are covered in roughly equal measure, but the emphasis is on oral communication.
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English Master's Prep Course
During this English Master’s Prep Course, you will be prepared for productive academic use of English (writing and speaking) at the C1 level that is recommended for a Master’s program.
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German - Intermediate
This course is the continuation of German for beginners 2 and provides depth. All skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) are covered, but the emphasis is on oral communication. You broaden your use of language and are able to express yourself with increasing accuracy and precision.
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What else can I do at the Language Center?
Why choose a Language Course at the Language Center?
Educational Vision Teaching Approach
- Our academically trained teachers
- Our focus on a highly educated target group
- Our modern facilities
- Tilburg University Language Center is a member of the Association of Dutch-speaking University Language Centres (NUT), which brings together language centres from the Netherlands and Flanders.
- Officially issued with the quality mark 'Blik op Werk' for civic integration courses (Nt2) (only available in Dutch)
Practice your languages with a Language Buddy!
Would you like to have a conversation in another language? Are you following a language course at the Language Center? Would you like to talk to a foreign student about his or her language and country? Then sign up as a Language Buddy.