Overview articles Tilburg University Magazine
Tilburg University Magazine is an online magazine about Tilburg University's education and research and the impact these have on society. The magazine connects the university with its alumni and relations from the world of business, politics, and social organizations.
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Listen to the science podcast: Work to live or live to work?
In Science Quest, the Tilburg University podcast series, scientists seek answers to questions about people and society that concern us all. From war to peace. From climate to your wallet, from care to organization and from big data to dating. Our own experts discuss the newest, funniest, and most talked-about insights from their own research (in Dutch).
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‘The proposal in Rome was like something out of a movie’
Many loves have their origins on campus, though not all of them last. Some campus couples are still together to this day. Towards the university's 100th anniversary, we collect their love stories. In 1994, Femke Manders (48) started her Business Economics studies at Tilburg University, then called Katholieke Universiteit Tilburg (KUB) in Dutch. In 1995, Jeroen van Nistelrooij (46) started in the same program. They met when they both became members of study association TOP-DOWN. They did not immediately become an item.
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Peter Essers: “As a tax specialist, if you don’t consider the people affected by the law, there’s every chance things will go wrong”
Peter Essers, Professor of Tax Law and former member of the Dutch Senate, is bidding Tilburg University farewell on March 15, 2024, to embark on his well-earned retirement. He has always combined his academic career with a wider societal role, not least that of senator. We invited him to reflect on his career.