Tilburg University is a research university located in the city of Tilburg in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1927 and offers a range of bachelor's, master's, and PhD programs in fields such as economics, law, social sciences, humanities, and theology. The university is known for its expertise in fields such as economics, business, psychology, and law, and is home to a number of research institutes and centers focused on these areas. Tilburg University has a strong international focus, with students from over 100 countries and partnerships with over 150 universities worldwide. It is also a member of several international research and educational networks.

Program content
Core courses
Choose 5 out of the following core courses (30 ECTS in total):
Decision Making with Business Analytics
Decision Making under Uncertainty
Optimization
Data Science Methods
Professional Business Analytics Skills
Supply Chain Analytics
Elective courses
Through your choice of electives, you can acquire specialized skills of business analytics methods and techniques in a specific field of your interest, e.g., finance, marketing or economics, or you can extend your technical skills in data science or optimization methods and techniques.

Choose 2 out of the following elective courses (12 ECTS in total), presented by field of interest:
Asset Liability Management
Customer Analytics
Empirical Finance
Microeconometrics
Panel Data Analysis of Microeconomic Decisions
Dynamic Real Investment
Games and Cooperative Behavior
Time Series and their Applications
Operations Research and Machine Learning
Courses in Operations Research theory and methods offered by LNMB in Utrecht
Other electives
It’s also possible to choose the core course you didn’t take yet.

Optional courses (0 ECTS):

Software workshops
Career Development: developing skills as a preparation for the job market
Master’s thesis (based on an internship or not)
The aim of your Master's thesis is to learn to do independent scientific research, and to write, present, and defend scientific work concerning a quantitative/econometric topic belonging to the area of Operations Research & Management Science.

The subject of the thesis - based on an internship or not - should meet the following criteria:

The research involved should be related to topics dealt with in the Business Analytics and Operations Research curriculum and should include sufficient quantitative aspects.
The project should go beyond applying general and current techniques or principles. This may be achieved by applying current techniques to new fields of application, or by developing new methods for solving existing or new problems;
The project should allow you sufficient scope to operate creatively and independently.
Watch a trial lecture
Do you want to experience what a lecture of this Master's program is like? Watch the recording of a lecture and get an impression what to expect.

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it