Tilburg Law School
Tilburg Law School is internationally recognized as a leading law school with a strong reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Year after year the school ranks amongst the best schools in the world (e.g. Times Higher Education Rankings).
Tilburg Law School is proud of its many accomplishments, including its innovative education, its groundbreaking research and its commitment to social justice.
"Our agility and social commitment help us to stay relevant, and to be a thought leader in the area of Law and Public Governance."
Geert Vervaeke, Dean Tilburg Law School
Education
Tilburg Law School offers a rich variety of programs in the fields of Law, Data Science and Public Administration.
The programs offer state-of-the-art, high quality education. Attractive because of the effective combination of face to face and online teaching methods. The programs are constantly being improved, based on the latest insights. Currently, more than 4,000 students are following a degree program in law, data science or public administration.
- Bachelor's programs | of which 3 in English
- Master's programs | of which 7 in English, and 3 fully online
- Tilburg Graduate Law School for PhD's
- Post graduate education
"We strive to educate the architects of society; academic specialists with the right skills and a moral compass."
Stéphanie van Gulijk, Vice-dean education
What makes our education leading
Research
The research conducted within Tilburg Law School is focused at four Signature Plans:
- Regulating Socio-Technical Change | How can we regulate the socio-technical changes coming with the rapid evolution of technology?
- Connecting Organizations | How does the law help, or limit, the interaction between private actors and technology driven economic activities in the pursuit of a sustainable society?
- Global Law and Governance | How can we shape a “new” law and governance in a sustainable way, now the state is no longer the sole starting point for law and governance?
- Law and Security | How can we handle activities that seriously undermine the integrity of the social and economic fabric, democratic values, and our environment?
Tilburg Law School actively stimulates team science to generate cutting-edge knowledge that advances society and broad prosperity.
For those who aspire to a career as a legal researcher, there is the Tilburg Graduate Law School.
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Three Tilburg University Professors Appointed Crown Members for the SER
28th March 2024The Council of Ministers has appointed three professors from Tilburg University as crown members of the Social and Economic Council (SER). They are Irmgard Borghouts (TSB), Bastiaan Starink (TLS), and Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers (TIAS). The SER crown members will advise the government on the domains of entrepreneurship, dignified work, sustainable growth, inclusive society, balanced income distribution, and broad prosperity. The appointment is valid for the period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026.
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Valedictory address Peter Essers: Analysis of previous tax reforms doesn’t bode well for box 3 reform
15th March 2024What makes some fundamental tax reforms a success and others a failure? This question will be answered by Peter Essers, Professor of Tax Law at Tilburg University and former senator for Christian-democratic party CDA, in his valedictory address on March 15, 2024, at 16:15 hrs. in the Auditorium of Tilburg University. The chances of a successful reform of box 3 are slim, he argues based on his research.
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Who will control the truth in the synthetic reality we create with AI?
11th March 2024Who will control the truth in the synthetic reality we create with AI? This is one of the questions addressed in TAISIG Talk #22 in which Pieter Spronck and Aimen Taimur interview Bart van der Sloot (TILT) and author of the recently published book "Regulating the Synthetic Society".