Application and admission Information Management - national procedure

The following TiSEM Bachelor's make you eligible to the Master's program in Information Management:

• Bedrijfseconomie
• International Business Administration
• Economics
• Econometrics and Operations Research
• Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
• Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation
• Fiscale Economie

Check the Overview Admission for TiSEM Bachelors for the specific entry requirements to each Master's program.

Bachelor’s students of other Tilburg University schools

Some programs at Tilburg University give access to a tailor made individual deficiency program (during the bachelor), or to an academic pre-master.

Contact the education coordinator of the Master’s program in Information Management for more information.

A solid basis in the following areas is required in order for you to be eligible for the Master's program in Information Management:

You must have a solid academic basis in the following areas in order to qualify for the Master's in Information Management: 

• Academic training (6-12 ECTS)
• Mathematics (6-12 ECTS)
• Statistics (6-12 ECTS)
• Management and Organization (6-12 ECTS)
• Finance (6-12 ECTS)
• Marketing (6 ECTS)
• Accounting (12 ECTS)
• Information Management (6 ECTS)
• Knowledge of databases (strongly recommended)

The requirements mentioned above are indicative. 

The final assessment lies with the Admissions Committee, for which they need the transcript(s) of your Bachelor’s program and relevant course descriptions of courses in the fields mentioned above. See under c), Step 2: Continue your application in our online application system below on this page.

Students with a Bachelor's degree from a university of applied sciences (hbo) in the Netherlands are required to complete the pre-Master's program Information Management prior to entering the Master's program.

Students have been admitted to the pre-Master's program Information Management with the following Dutch hbo Bachelor's:

• Accountancy
• Bedrijfs(kundige) informatica
• Business Economics (Bedrijfseconomie)
• Business Administration (Bedrijfskunde)
• Bedrijfskunde en agri(food)business
• Business IT & Management
• Commercieel Management
• Commerciële Economie / Speco CE
• Finance and Control
• Finance Tax & Advice
• Financial Services Management
• Food and Business
• Global Project and Change Management
• ICT Management & Security Interale Veiligheidskunde
• Informatica
• International Business 
• Technische Bedrijfskunde
• Technische Informatica

You can get an indication of your eligibility to all TiSEM pre-Master's in the overview eligibility hbo to pre-Master's programs (pdf).

There are two variants of the pre-master: Fast track, a half-year pre-master's program that starts in September and concludes in January, and Regular track, a one-year pre-master's program available in either September or February. The admission requirements are the same for both variants.

You will not receive information about your application and admission until you have registered in Studielink. Therefore we advise you to register in Studielink as soon as possible. Studielink opens on October 1st.

For applicants with a degree of Tilburg University or another Dutch university:

• The name of this Master's program in Studielink:
  M Information Management (croho: 60055)

Register in Studielink

For applicants with a degree of a Dutch university of applied sciences (hbo):

• The name of the pre-Master's program in Studielink:
  In English: B Tax Economics (pre-master Information Management HBO)
  In Dutch: B Fiscale Economie (pre-master Information Management HBO)

Register in Studielink

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 and check your mailbox (and junk mail) regularly.

This information is only applicable if you want to apply for the February 2024 intake. Do you want to apply for the September ‘24 intake? Please proceed to Step 2 – September intake. 

This step is not applicable for:

• TiSEM students who are currently enrolled in a TiSEM Bachelor's program.
• Students from a Dutch university of applied sciences (hbo).  

In these cases you only need to register in Studielink. Please continue to 'Step 3: Admissions Committee's decision'.

Upload your documents in our online application system

After you have registered in Studielink, please go to our Master Application System and upload the following documents:

1. Grades list (Transcript of Records)
   This is an official list from your University of the courses you have taken in your Bachelor's degree, with the grades you have achieved.
2. Courses list (full descriptions of relevant courses)
   This is a description of the content of each course you took as part of your previous degree which is relevant to your application for this program. Please use this MSc Information Management Course list template.

Upload your documents

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If you want to apply for the February ’24 intake, please go back to the previous Step 2 for the February intake. Do you want to apply for the September 2024 intake? Please follow the procedure below.   

This step is not applicable for:  

Students who are currently enrolled or have already completed a Bachelor's program at Tilburg University that makes them directly admissible for this Master’s program.  

• See the tab “Students of Tilburg University” below the heading Check your eligibility at the top of this webpage for an overview of Bachelor’s programs that make you directly admissible. 
• If you are directly admissible with your Bachelor's program, you only need to register in Studielink. Please continue to Step 3: Admissions Committee's decision. 

In all other cases, you must continue your application in OSIRIS Aanmeld, our online application system, after you have registered in Studielink. 

Application in OSIRIS Aanmeld

Within 1 week of your registration in Studielink, you will receive two e-mails from Tilburg University.  

• One e-mail contains your Tilburg University account details (your student number and Tilburg University e-mail address). You will not need these details for your application, but please save them carefully, as you will need them at a later stage.
• The other e-mail contains your OSIRIS Aanmeld account details as well as information on how you can start your application in OSIRIS Aanmeld. If you have not received this e-mail within 1 week of your registration in Studielink, please contact your Education Coordinator.

Upload your documents

Please collect the requested documents and upload them in pdf-format.  

• Grades list (Transcript of Records) 
  This is an official list from your University of the courses you have taken in your Bachelor's degree, with the grades you have achieved. 
• Course list template MSc Information Management (full descriptions of relevant courses)  
  This is a description of the content of each course you took as part of your previous degree which is relevant to your application for this program. 

Depending on your exact educational background more documents might be required. You will see exactly which documents you need to upload once you have filled out the necessary details in Osiris Aanmeld.  

Submit your application before the deadline as stated above

If you submit your application either close to or on the deadline, but have not uploaded the correct documents, Tilburg University reserves the right not to process your application.

After submitting your application

Our Admissions Committee will check that your application is complete, according to the requirements above. 

If your documents are not complete, you will be asked to submit any missing or replace any illegible document(s).  

You can check your application status anytime you log in to your account in OSIRIS Aanmeld.