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:

• International Sociology (Sociologie)
• Global Management of Social Issues
• Another TSB Bachelor's program, provided that the minor in Sociology has been completed

Bachelor’s students of University College Tilburg

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

For admission to this Master's program you must register in Studielink. See Step 1 of the admission procedure below.

Do you have any questions? Send an e-mail to Ma_SOC@tilburguniversity.edu.

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 can find the admission criteria in this course list. 

Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. Should you fail to meet all the prerequisites for admission to the Master's program, you may be able to make up this so-called deficit by taking an individual pre-Master's program at Tilburg University.

Do you want to know if you are admissible? 

The only way to find out whether you are eligible for the Master's program, is to register in Studielink and apply for admission. See the admission procedure below.

Do you have questions about the procedure? Send an e-mail to Ma_SOC@tilburguniversity.edu.

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 one of the following:

• 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 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
• Communicatie
• Culturele en Maatschappelijke vorming
• Human Resource Management (of Personeel en Arbeid of Personeel en Organisatie)
• Integrale Veiligheid/ Integrale veiligheidskunde
• International Business
• International Business and Languages
• International Business and Management Studies
• 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

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

Bachelor students Leisure Studies Breda University of Applied Sciences

You are eligible for admission to the Master’s track Health, Wellbeing and Society when you have successfully completed the Academic Bachelor’s program Leisure Studies at Breda University of Applied Sciences, including the minor in Sociology.

Bachelor students Convenant programs HBO

You are eligible for admission to the Master’s track Health, Wellbeing and Society when you have successfully completed one of the following HBO Bachelor’s programs of the Convenant program: 

Avans University of Applied Sciences ’s-Hertogenbosch and Breda

• Bachelor’s programs in Social Work respectively
  • Sociaal Pedagogische Hulpverlening,
  • Maatschappelijk Werk en Dienstverlening and
  • Culturele Maatschappelijke Vorming

For admission to this Master's track you must register in Studielink. See step 1 of the admission procedure below.
Do you have questions? Send an email to Ma_SOC@tilburguniversity.edu.

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.
We will send 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.

Admission requests for the September 2021 intake will be processed as of February 1, 2021.
You will receive the decision of the Examination Board by e-mail.
In general, we aim to assess your application within 6 weeks.

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.