BSc Global Management of Social Issues

About the course

Combines organisation and management studies, human resource studies and sociology to analyse complex social problems such as poverty and migration from an organisational and management angle. In the third year you choose an exchange abroad, an internship or a minor, and finish with a bachelor’s thesis.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Irish Leaving Certificate with at least 6 accepted exam subjects, at least 2 of them at Higher Level with grades H1-H4, and a minimum of 350 CAO points calculated over 6 academic subjects. The Leaving Certificate Applied is not accepted. You also need proof of English proficiency.
• Mathematics as an exam subject in your final year, at Higher Level or Ordinary Level. If you do not meet this, you can get a maths certificate from Boswell-Beta, CCVX or the Online Mathematics Placement Test (OMPT); it must be submitted before the course starts.

How to apply

1. Register in StudielinkStudielink opens 1 October 2026 for the autumn intake; choose Global Management of Social Issues.
2. Apply in OSIRIS AanmeldUpload passport, grades and diploma (or predicted results) as PDFs and pay the one-time €100 application fee for non-Dutch diplomas, by 1 May 2027.
3. Admissions decisionTilburg aims to decide within 4-6 weeks; offers are usually conditional on final Leaving Cert results and English proof.
4. Matching and enrolmentTake part in the non-binding matching activity, then enrol for the late-August start.

Costs

• Standard Dutch EU fee: €2,694 (2026/27). The 2027/28 fee is set by the Dutch government each year (expected to be close to €2,800).
• EU students may be eligible for a Dutch tuition-fee loan (DUO).

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