Pre-Master’s program Health Humanities

Tilburg University offers a program designed for students with a university Bachelor's degree that does not entirely meet the entry requirements of the Master's track Health Humanities.

• The program consists of five courses (total: 30 ECTS). You can choose to start the pre-Master's at the end of August or at the end of January. If you start with the pre-Master's at the end of August, you can choose to finish it in one semester or in two semesters.
• After completing the pre-Master's program with good results, you can start with the one-year Master's track at the end of August of the next academic year.

Tuition fees

Please consult the page about the tuition fee rates concerning the Weighted fees pre-Master. This rate is the same for EEA and non-EEA students.

Application and admission

After you have submitted your complete application, the Admissions Committee will, based on this, decide whether:

• You can be admitted directly into the Master’s program.
• You can be offered a pre-Master’s program.
• You cannot be admitted to the (pre-)Master’s program.

More on the application and admission procedure

The pre-Master's program for University of Applied Sciences (hbo) graduates builds on the practically-oriented knowledge you acquired during your Bachelor's by enhancing your theoretical knowledge as well as your capacity for conceptual thinking.

The program consists of five courses (total: 30 ECTS).

• You can choose to start the pre-Master's at the end of August or at the end of January. If you start with the pre-Master's at the end of August, you can choose to finish it in one semester or in two semesters.
• After completing the pre-Master's program with good results, you can start with the one-year Master's track at the end of August of the following academic year.

Tuition fees

Please consult the page about the tuition fee rates concerning the Weighted fees pre-Master. This rate is the same for EEA and non-EEA students.

Application and admission

To be eligible for this pre-Master's program, you must have completed a Dutch hbo Bachelor's program that gives direct access to the pre-Master's program.

More on the application and admission procedure

Curriculum if followed in semester 1 (starting end of August)

• Transformations of the Public Sphere
• Life Writing: From Rousseau to Facebook
• Applied Ethics for PM (Fall)
• Digital Culture and Society
• Doing Research: Discourse Analysis

You will find a detailed description of the courses and required literature in our course catalog.

Go to the course descriptions

Curriculum if followed in semester 2 (starting end of January)

• Communication in Global Settings
• The Truth of Fiction
• Visual Culture and Semiotics
• Doing Research: Survey Design & Analysis
• Gender and Culture

You will find a detailed description of the courses and required literature in our course catalog.

Go to the course descriptions

Curriculum if followed in semester 1 and 2 (starting end of August)

Semester 1:

• Transformations of the Public Sphere
• Life Writing: From Rousseau to Facebook
• Applied Ethics for PM (Fall)

Semester 2:

• Doing Research: Survey Design & Analysis
• Gender and Culture

You will find a detailed description of the courses and required literature in our course catalog.

Go to the course descriptions