Teaching
The Tilburg University Fund supports various teaching projects at the university that do not receive regular funding.
Sustainable Development Goals
A number of these projects contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)(new window) of the United Nations. The specific SDGs are mentioned with each project.
Donations and grants
Through donations to the university fund, we have been able to help with the following projects. For each project the amount donated is shown, as is when the grant was achieved from donations from the telephone fundraising campaign. The grant amounts are also shown.
Donations received
Grants disbursed
Named fund
Pre-Bachelor’s refugees
€11,500
€10,000
In 2022, the Tilburg University Language Center started providing a language-link program for refugee students. The program builds on existing programs offered by the Language Center – ‘Dutch as a second language’ courses and the pre-Bachelor’s program. The aim of the language-link program is to give refugees eighteen months to two years to assimilate and to prepare them for a Bachelor’s program at the university. Refugees’ diplomas that they obtained in their home country are often deemed to be at HAVO level. To be admitted to a university, they learn Dutch and take a number of subjects. They also give careful consideration to their choice of study and thoroughly familiarize themselves with the Dutch labor market, by going on small-scale internships, for example. For the language-link program, the Language Center has made agreements with almost every municipality in Noord-Brabant and Noord-Limburg. This enables the prospective students to embark more quickly on the program and therefore ensures that their talents are not wasted. Alumni from the language-link program are now studying at various faculties at Tilburg University, and also at other universities elsewhere in the Netherlands.
Outreaching program
Flavia Leonhardt, Outreaching program student in 2021
€12,870
€88,000
Excellence in citizenship is the central focus of the Outreaching Honors Program. Students are challenged to apply scientific knowledge in ways that address the themes and problems facing society. In addition, they gain international experience and it prepares them for a career as a leading, socially engaged professional. The program comprises various modules on themes such as leadership, partnership, and socially responsible entrepreneurship. Some 70 motivated and inquisitive students registered for the program for the 2022-2023 academic year. Among the modules this year were the Public Speaking Program and a Personal Leadership Program.
Marienburg Campus Fund
Without this scholarship, I would not have been able to come to JADS for my Master’s. I come from Iran and studying in Netherlands would be hugely expensive because of the sanctions and the value of our national currency. After graduating, I hope to be able to launch my own data-driven start-up that will help women generate regular incomes.
Fatemeh Hashemi (31), Iran, Master’s in Data Science and Entrepreneurship
Named fund
€49,744
The Mariënburg Campus Fund was established in 2019 as a named fund within the university fund. It supports international students who have the talent but lack the means to study at JADS. The fund continues the tradition of passing on learning and knowledge that the Sisters of the Society of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph began in 1825.
In 2022, a total of six students from Iran, Zimbabwe, China, Peru, and India received scholarships, enabling them to develop their talents at Tilburg University.
Charitas voor Charitas
I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity the fund has given me to be able to pursue my passion of helping vulnerable individuals and having a positive impact on society. It has made it possible for me to dream bigger dreams and to believe that change is achievable.
Negin Mirzaghavam (31), Iran, Master’s in Data science and society
Named fund
€49,744
The Fundatie Charitas and the Tilburg University Fund set up the Charitas voor Charitas Fonds in 2022. On February 1st, an agreement was signed between the parties in a ceremony at the convent in Roosendaal, in the presence of the last-surviving nun. The Charitas voor Charitas Fonds provides scholarships to talented religious women from emerging and developing countries, so that they can study care and religious life at Tilburg University.
This year, two female students from Iran, one from India and one from China have received scholarships from the fund to enable them to develop their talents.
