Application and admission Health, Wellbeing and Society - national procedure

Bachelor’s students of Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The following TSB Bachelor's make you eligible to the Master track Health, Wellbeing and Society:

• Sociology
• Another Social Science subject (including the minor in Sociology)

Bachelor’s students of University College Tilburg

The Bachelor Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Social Science  makes you eligible to the Master track Health, Wellbeing and Society.​

You must apply by registering yourself in Studielink. Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. It then assesses whether your degree qualifies you for admission to this master program.

To start with the program you should have the following prior knowledge:

• Sufficiently conversant in the social sciences : Sociology for Social Sciences; Key questions concerning sociology; Contemporary sociological theories; Classical and modern sociology in action.
• Sufficient knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and statistics.
• Knowledge of the Bachelor's subjects which feature in the relevant minor.

You may qualify for the half-year Pre-Master's program Sociology. If you have completed the Pre-Master’s program and have passed all the exams (30 ECTS), you are automatically admitted to:

• The 1-year Master's track Health, Wellbeing and Society at the end of January or at the end of August next academic year.
• the 1-year Master's Program in Sociology at the end of January or at the end of August next academic year.
• the 1-year Master's track ‘Politics, Policy, and Societal Development’ at the end of August next academic year.

Students have been admitted to the Pre-Master's program Sociology with the following Dutch HBO Bachelor's:

Please note: If your HBO Bachelor’s program is not mentioned in this overview, you can still apply for admission to this Pre-Master’s program by registering yourself in Studielink. The Examination Board of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences will assess whether your degree qualifies you for admission on a case-by-case basis.

• Bedrijfskunde MER
• Bestuurskunde
• Bestuurskunde en overheidsmanagement
• Culturele en Maatschappelijke vorming
• Human Resource Management (of Personeel en Arbeid of Personeel en Organisatie)
• Integrale Veiligheid/ Integrale veiligheidskunde
• International Business
• Lifestyle
• Maatschappelijk Werk en Dienstverlening
• Maatschappijleer: lerarenopleiding
• Personeel en Arbeid
• Personeel en Organisatie
• Sociaal Pedagogische Hulpverlening
• Social Work
• Sociale Studies
• Sport, gezondheid en management
• Toegepaste Psychologie
• Vrijetijdmanagement/ Leisure Management

With a prior education in the Netherlands, you can get an indication of your eligibility at http://doorstroommatrix.nl.

Please note: the programs and sources mentioned above provide an indication of your eligibility to the Pre-Master's program, not a guarantee.

The admission and registration procedure starts when you enroll for the (Pre-) Master's program in Sociology – Track Health, Wellbeing and Society via Studielink, the Dutch national database for higher education.

Register yourself in Studielink before:

• Starting end of August: August 1 
• Starting end of January: February 1

• The name of this Master's program in Studielink:
  M Sociology – Track Health, Wellbeing and Society (CROHO-code: 66599)
• The name of the Pre-Master's program in Studielink :
  B Sociology (Pre-Master)

Enroll via Studielink

Please note: Enter an e-mail address in Studielink that you use regularly. Tilburg University sends you important information at this address to complete your registration. Please read the documentation in the e-mail carefully.

The Examination Board assesses whether your degree qualifies you for admission to this (Pre-)Master's program on a case by case basis. This procedure takes a maximum of six weeks. You will receive the decision of the Examination Board by e-mail.

There are three possibilities:

• (Conditionally) accepted to the Master's program
  If you are conditionally accepted, this means that you are admitted to our Master's program (on the condition that we request additional information).
• (Conditionally) accepted to the Pre-Master's program
  It is possible that you do not completely fulfill the requirements for the Master’s program. If this is the case, we may offer you a Pre-Master's program to prepare you for the Master's program.
• 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.

Confirm your registration at Tilburg University

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

Please read the documentation in your e-mail carefully and check your mailbox (and junk mail) regularly.