Application and admission: Communication and Cognition - national procedure

With the following Tilburg University Bachelor's degrees, you can be directly admitted.

• Bachelor Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen
• Premaster Communication and Information Sciences
• Bachelor Liberal Arts and Sciences: with Major Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain and Cognition, the Major Social Sciences: Human Behavior, or the Major Business and Economics

Are you taking a different Bachelor at Tilburg University? Or are you not or no longer enrolled as a Tilburg University student?

In that case, the Admissions Committee will determine whether your Bachelor's degree is (still) a sufficient fit to be admitted to the Master's program.

The Committee investigates, among other things, whether you meet the knowledge and skills as determined for the courses Methodologie, Statistiek voor bachelors CIW, and the two OZ-practicum courses from Tilburg University's Bachelor's program Communication and Information Sciences.

Are you studying at or do you have a Bachelor's degree from a research university other than Tilburg University?

In that case, the program’s Admissions Committee will determine whether your Bachelor's degree is a sufficient fit to be admitted to the Master's program.

Previously, students with a research university Bachelor's degree in one of the following areas have been admitted:

• Communication and Information Sciences
• Communication Sciences
• Communication and Media
• Psychology
• Information science

Please note: The above-mentioned study programs give you an indication of your chances of admission, not a guarantee. The decision of the Admissions Committee may differ, in a positive or negative sense. There is a possibility that you must first complete a pre-Master before you can be admitted to the Master's program.

Do you have a different degree from those mentioned above?

But do you feel that yours is relevant? If you are in doubt about the suitability of your university degree, we invite you to register in Studielink. The program’s Admissions Committee will assess each application individually and determine whether you can be admitted to the Master or its pre-Master.

Are you studying at or do you have a Bachelor's degree from a university of applied sciences (HBO)?

The program’s Admissions Committee will assess whether your previous education is sufficiently relevant to be admitted to the pre-Master’s program Communication and Information Sciences.

• After you have completed the pre-Master's program, you will be directly admitted to the Communication and Cognition master’s track.
• You can only be admitted to the pre-Master's program with an officially recognized four-year HBO program (240 ECTS).

Previously, students with a university of applied sciences (HBO) Bachelor's degree in one of the following areas have been admitted:

• Communicatie
• Communicatie en Multimedia Design
• Commerciële economie
• Journalistiek
• Media, Informatie en Communicatie
• International Business and Languages
• Toegepaste Psychologie
• International Lifestyle Studies

Please note: The above-mentioned study programs give you an indication of your chances of admission, not a guarantee. The decision of the Admissions Committee may differ, in a positive or negative sense.

Do you have a different degree from those mentioned above?

But do you feel that yours is relevant? If you are in doubt about the suitability of your university of Applied Sciences Degree, we invite you to register in Studielink. The program’s Admissions Committee will assess each application individually and determine whether you can be admitted to the pre-Master’s program of Communication and Information Sciences.

After you have registered in Studielink, the program’s Admissions Committee will assess whether your previous education is a sufficient fit with this program to be admitted. Studielink opens on October 1.

Applicants with a degree from a research university register for the Master’s program.

• The name of the Master’s program in Studielink.
  In Dutch: M Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen
  In English: M Communication and Information Sciences
  After selecting this program, you will be asked to select the track of your choice.

Applicants with a degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences (HBO) register for the pre-Master's program. 

• The name of the pre-Master's program in Studielink is:
  Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen (premaster Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen: New Media Design / Bedrijfscommunicatie en Digitale Media / Communicatie  en Cognitie).
• Applicants with a degree from a university of applied sciences (HBO) and a pre-Master’s program can register for the Master’s program directly in Studielink. If you took a pre-Master other than Tilburg University’s Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen pre-Master’s program, the Admissions Committee will request additional information to assess your eligibility.

Register in Studielink

Enter an e-mail address in Studielink that you use regularly. Tilburg University will use this e-mail address to send you important information on your application and admission.

You will receive the Admissions Committee's decision within six weeks after application at the e-mail address you have provided in Studielink. The e-mail will also contain a description of the further steps you need to take for your admission.

Students from a research university

The Admissions Committee will make one of the following decisions.

1. You are unconditionally admitted to the Master (you meet all the conditions).
2. You are conditionally admitted to the Master (you do not, or not yet, meet all the conditions, for example, because you have not yet obtained your Bachelor's degree).
3. The Committee needs additional information to assess your admissibility.
4. You are not directly admissible to the Master, but you are admissible to the corresponding pre-Master, a transition program.
5. Unfortunately you cannot be admitted.

Students with a degree from a university of applied sciences (HBO)

The Admissions Committee will make one of the following decisions.

1. You are unconditionally admitted to the pre-Master (you meet all the conditions).
2. You are conditionally admitted to the pre-Master (you do not, or not yet, meet all the conditions, for example, because you have not yet obtained your Bachelor's degree).
3. The Committee needs additional information to assess your admissibility.
4. Unfortunately you cannot be admitted.

When you have been admitted, you will need to take a few more steps to complete your enrollment.

You will be automatically informed about these steps via the e-mail address you have provided in Studielink.

So regularly check your e-mail (and junk mail folder)!