three PhD students

Professional English

In Professional English, you will develop proficiency and confidence in using English effectively and clearly across diverse professional and business settings. You will enhance your skills in crafting compelling proposals and delivering engaging pitches of your ideas. You will also learn to speak English fluently during business meetings and discussions to present ideas with clarity.

Additionally, you will gain confidence in applying for jobs by presenting yourself optimally through well-crafted cover letters and resumes and in job interviews. Finally, you will learn to adapt language and style to suit different mediums and audiences, ensuring effective communication.

English plays a significant role in many professional contexts. This course aims to make you more competent and confident in skillfully communicating in English in both written and spoken form across a range of professional and organizational settings.

Target audience

This course is recommended for senior-year bachelor’s students as well as (pre-)master’s students who want to specifically cultivate and/or improve their professional communication skills.

At the end of this course, you will be able to

  1. express yourself clearly and effectively in a variety of professional contexts in speech and writing;
  2. produce well-organized proposals that align with the expectations of diverse professional contexts;
  3. deliver engaging and persuasive pitches of your proposal;
  4. participate in professional meetings of a deliberative or negotiatory nature;
  5. compose compelling cover letters tailored to specific job opportunities, demonstrating your fit for the desired position;
  6. compile succinct and well-organized CVs that effectively present your professional background and qualifications;
  7. make spoken or written information accessible to a different audience and/or in a different medium or register.

Specifics

  • 80% attendance is required. Lessons are not recorded for later viewing.
  • The language of instruction in the course is English.
  • Language learning takes time! In this course, you are expected to spend approximately 8 hours a week on independent study.
  • The Language Center reserves the right to cancel the course should enrollment numbers prove to be insufficient.

     

 Professional English in short

Duration and course format13 x 2-hour classes, 8 hours of independent study a week
Taught on campus, 6 ECTS
StartFall semester 2023
Course fee
  • Students Tilburg University: 6 Language Vouchers or € 432
  • Staff/Alumni Tilburg University: € 450
  • External participants: € 510
LevelMinimum level of B2+ to C1 (Common European Reference Framework )
Read moreCourse information and timetable

Sign up

This course is intended for everyone who is highly educated. This means that you have a diploma at HAVO or VWO level and are therefore eligible for Higher Education in the Netherlands.

In our conditions, you can find more information about the registration period, etc.

If you do not know if the level of this course is appropriate for you, you can do the Student English Language Assessment (SELA) to get an indication of your language level.

Student at Tilburg University
  • Students can register and deregister during the registration period via OSIRIS.
  • On the page cashing in language vouchers, you can find, amongst other things, more information about how to register if you have no vouchers or insufficient vouchers and the registration period.

Read our conditions before registration.

Staff member at Tilburg University
  • Tilburg University employees can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
  • Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
    Check the (de-)registration deadlines.

Read our conditions before registration.

Alumnus of Tilburg University
  • Tilburg University alumni can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
  • Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
    Check the (de-)registration deadlines.

Read our conditions before registration.

External participant
  • Professionals from outside Tilburg University can take this language. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
  • Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
    Check the (de-)registration deadlines.

Read our conditions before registration.