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 - Fast Track
In this course for native speakers of Germanic languages other than English (such as German, Norwegian or Swedish), you will quickly learn the basic grammar of Dutch. You will acquire vocabulary aimed at understanding simple written and spoken Dutch. Owing to the affinities between your mother tongue and Dutch, you will reach level A2 in a short time.
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Dutch II for International Students (A2)
This course is a continuation of Dutch I for International Students and provides an even more comprehensive foundation in the Dutch language. In the course, you will give short presentations on topics covered in the book and lessons. Many dialogues and role-plays are included in the lessons.
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Korean for Beginners
In this beginner's course, you will learn Hangul (Korean script), basic vocabulary, and the grammar necessary to communicate in familiar, everyday situations. All skills are covered: speaking, writing, reading, and listening.
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Professional English
In Professional English, you will develop proficiency and confidence in using English effectively and clearly across diverse professional and business settings.
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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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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.