Application and admission Supply Chain Management - national procedure

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

• Bedrijfseconomie
• International Business Administration, including the course: Operations Management for IBA
• Economie en Bedrijfseconomie, including the course: Operations Management for EBE
• Econometrie & Operationele Research, including 12 ECTS of Business Analytics and Operations Research courses
• Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, including Operations Management or Supply Chain Management as an elective

The following TiSEM Bachelor's do not give access to the Master’s program in Supply Chain Management:

• Economics
• Fiscale Economie

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

You can schedule an appointment for an individual assessment with the education coordinator.

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:

• Organisatie- en Managementwetenschappen / Organization and Management studies
• Psychologie / Psychology
• Sociologie / Sociology
• Personeelswetenschappen / Human Resource Studies
• Global Management of Social Issues

The admission requirements for these Bachelor's programs are as shown in this overview.

You can contact the education coordinator of the Master’s program in Supply Chain Management for more information about your eligibility.

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

• Management and Organization (6 ECTS)
• Economics (6 ECTS)
• Supply Chain Management (6 ECTS) / Operations Management (6 ECTS)/ Operations Research (12 ECTS)
• Statistics (6 ECTS)
• (Other) Mathematics (6 ECTS)
• Research methods and Academic Training (6 ECTS)
  Academic training means courses / experience in research skills and an academic way of working. E.g. if you have written a thesis or have done a research project this will count as academic training.

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 Supply Chain Management prior to entering the Master's program.

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

• Accountancy
• Bedrijfseconomie
• Bedrijfskunde 
• Bedrijfskunde en agri(food)business
• Bedrijfsmanagement MKB
• Commercieel Management
• Commerciële Economie/Speco CE
• Finance and Control
• Finance Tax & Advise
• Financial Services Management
• Global Project and Change Management 
• International Business 
• Logistiek & Economie
• Logistics Engineering
• Logistics Management
• Small Business & Retail Management 
• Technische Bedrijfskunde

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

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

GPA requirement

The GPA is a compulsory qualitative admission requirement for the pre-Master’s program Supply Chain Management. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is an internationally recognized calculation used to determine the average result of grades achieved throughout your Program. The required minimum GPA for applicants is 7.0. 
You include all the grades obtained so far in your last three years of your hbo bachelor. Grades of your first year are not taken into account. A rating other than a grade, such as an exemption, a Pass or a V, will not be taken into account.

How can I calculate my GPA?

We advise to use this Excel form to calculate and hand in your GPA. 
The GPA is calculated as follows: 

1. Applicable exam result x ECTS = Quality Points (QP) 
2. Total number of Quality Points obtained / Total number of ECTS obtained = average exam result.

For example: 
Course A is 15 ECTS, your grade is an 8: 8 x 15 = 120 QP
Course B is 7.5, ECTS your grade is a 7: 7 x 7.5 = 52.5 QP
Course C is 9 ECTS, your grade is a 6: 6 x 9 = 54 QP

Total QP = 120 + 52.5 + 54 = 226.5
Total ECTS = 15 + 7.5 + 9 = 31.5

GPA = 226.5 / 31.5 = 7.19

Your GPA is 7.19; you meet the GPA requirement.

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 Supply Chain Management (croho: 60093)

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 Dutch: B Bedrijfseconomie (premaster Supply Chain Management HBO)
  In English: B Business Economics (premaster Supply Chain 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 Supply Chain 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 Supply Chain 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.