Application and admission Digital Culture Studies - international procedure

Education requirements

• You are certainly eligible to apply if you have a Bachelor's degree in Humanities or Social Sciences, such as: Culture Studies, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Modern Languages, Psychology, Social Geography, Communication Studies, Sociology, Media Studies, Anthropology, Political Sciences, Philosophy, Economics, Law, History and Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• However, the academic background of the students in our Master's program varies a lot. Students with a Bachelor's degree in a different subject area are also most welcome to apply.

You need to prove your proficiency in English by submitting the results of one of these tests:

• TOEFL with a minimum score of  90-91 (internet-based). The TOEFL institutional code for Tilburg University is 9860.
• Academic IELTS score with a minimum of 6.5 score overall and a minimum score of 6.0 on all individual parts of the test.
• Cambridge English test results: C1 advanced (formerly CAE) or C2 proficiency (formerly CPE). For both C1 and C2, we accept a score of A, B or C.
• The above mentioned English proficiency tests should be no older than two years old.

An English proficiency test is not required if…

• You are an English native speaker, i.e. if you are a citizen of, or have obtained all your secondary or university education in English for at least three years in one of the following countries:
  • Australia
  • Canada (with exception of Quebec)
  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
• You have an International Baccalaureate (IB) or European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma with English as the language of instruction.
• You completed a 4-year Bachelor’s program (of at least 240 ECTS credits) fully in English at an accredited University of Applied Sciences (HBO) in the Netherlands.
• You completed a 3-year Academic Bachelor’s program (of at least 180 ECTS credits) fully in English at an accredited research university in the Netherlands.
• You completed a 1- or 2-year Academic Master’s program (of at least 60 or 120 ECTS credits, respectively) fully in English at an accredited research university in the Netherlands.

For all other countries and situations, the English language test is compulsory.

• Starting end of August: 1 July

EEA countries are…

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

NB: while Switzerland is not in the EEA, Swiss nationals have the same rights as EEA nationals.

• Starting end of August: 1 April

Required documents in all situations:

• Copy / scan of your valid passport.
• Certified copy of your Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in English, Dutch, German or French
• Certified copy of your Transcript of Records/list of grades.
• English proficiency test results (TOEFL; IELTS; Cambridge Proficiency) - Exemption form (pdf).
• Statement of purpose (motivation letter) - format (pdf).
• Resume / Curriculum vitae.
• A copy of your Bachelor's or Master's thesis or an essay completed during your studies (only in English and at least 1500 words; if you have not yet written a thesis, you could also upload a dedicated writing sample in form of an academic essay or research proposal)

Additional documents in specific situations:

• Legalized translation of all documents that are not already in English, Dutch, German, or French.
• Nuffic certificate (for Chinese students only).
• Proof of Dutch Language Proficiency (only if you wish to apply for a Dutch-taught program).

Don't have all the required documents yet?

• In case you do not have your diploma and/or transcript of records at the moment you would like to apply, you can just upload a temporary unofficial transcript of records with the courses you completed so far + a list of courses you will still need to complete. We will still be able to review your application.
• In case you do not have a proof of English proficiency at the moment you would like to apply, you can indicate this in our online application form. We will still be able to review your application.

To apply for this Master's program at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences please take the following steps:

1. Create an online application account.
2. After you have created this account, the online application system (MySAS) will send you an email asking you to activate your account. Once you have activated your account, you may return to MySAS and start your application.
3. Select the major you would like to apply for in Mysas.
4. Upload all the required documents as mentioned in the online application system.
5. As soon as you submitted your application, we will start assessing your application. In case you forgot to upload some necessary documents, our admissions officer will contact you by email.

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Within 4 to 6 weeks after you submitted your application package, you will receive the decision of the Admission Committee by email.

You will receive an email and a letter stating the outcome of your admission request and information about the rest of the admission procedure.

There are three possibilities:

A) (Conditionally) accepted to the Master's program
If you are conditionally accepted, this means that you are admitted to our Master's program, provided that you send the originals or certified copies of your documents.

B) (Conditionally) accepted to the Pre-Master's program
It is possible that you do not completely fulfill the requirements. If this is the case, we may offer you a Pre-Master's program to prepare you for the Master's program, provided that you send the originals or certified copies of your documents.

C)  Rejected
If you do not fulfill the admission requirements, your application will be rejected. We will e-mail you personally the reasons for the rejection.

All applicants accepted for this program are required to register via Studielink, the Dutch national database for higher education.

• You need to register before the official start of the program, but we strongly advise you to register in Studielink as soon as possible after your admission.
• You will not receive information about other procedures after your admission until you have registered in Studielink.
• You will be given more specific information in your acceptance letter regarding the registration procedure, including information about the exact program for which you must register in Studielink.
• The name of this Master's program in Studielink:
  M Culture Studies (Specialization: Digital Culture Studies (CROHO-code: 60087))

• The name of the Pre-Master's program in Studielink:
  B Culture Studies (pre-master Digital Culture Studies) 
  (CROHO-code: 56823)

Enroll via Studielink

Confirm your registration at Tilburg University

After your registration in Studielink, you will be notified by Tilburg University and need to confirm this registration before you can start with the program.