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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Dutch II for Expats
This course is a continuation of Dutch I for Expats and provides an even more comprehensive foundation in the Dutch language. You will be trained from level A1 to level A2 of the European Framework of Reference. Like Dutch I for Expats, the course is intended for Tilburg University employees and other highly educated interested parties.
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Dutch (Nt2) as a Second Language
You can choose from a wide range of courses. The "intensive program" trains you to reach the level of the Dutch Nt2 State Exam, within a year. We offer in-depth courses after the State Exam to perfect your Dutch, or you can learn how to survive from day to day with our Social Dutch courses.
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Chinese for beginners 1
In this course you will practice intensively the tones and sounds of Mandarin and build vocabulary at a rapid pace. You will learn to write Chinese characters and become proficient in Pinyin, the system of representing Chinese in Latin letters.
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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.