Editing Tilburg (section)

==Education==

===Tilburg University===
{{See also|Tilburg University}}

Higher education is of significant importance, with [[Tilburg University]] attracting scholars from all over the world. It has a student population of about 13,000 students, about 8 per cent of whom are international students. With well-facilitated Library, museums and city center with many pubs and cafes,<ref>[http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/ "About Tilburg University,"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104170533/http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/ |date=4 January 2012 }} Tilburg University website</ref> this percentage has steadily increased over the past years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvt.nl/universiteit/profiel_missie/jaarverslagen/2006/bijlage2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.uvt.nl/universiteit/profiel_missie/jaarverslagen/2006/bijlage2.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |title=Annual report of Tilburg University of 2007, p. 51 |publisher=Uvt.nl |access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> TiU offers both Dutch-taught and English-taught programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachelor's programs Tilburg University {{!}} Tilburg University |url=https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/bachelors-programs |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=www.tilburguniversity.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The institution has gained a reputation in both research and education. In the field of economics, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration ranked No. 1 in Europe for the second consecutive time in 2007 according to the Journal of the European Economic Association with regard to publications in top journals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.core.ucl.ac.be/econometrics/Bauwens/Rankings/EuropeanRanking.pdf |title=Ranking Economics Departments in Europe: A statistical approach |access-date=17 May 2023 |author1=Michel Lubrano |author2=Luc Bauwens |author3=Alan Kirman |author4=Camelia Protopopescu |date=May 2003 |lang=en |website=www.core.ucl.ac.be |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205220834/http://www.core.ucl.ac.be/econometrics/Bauwens/Rankings/EuropeanRanking.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> In 2007 the Executive MBA program at the university's TiasNimbas Business School ranked # 11 in the world according to the ''Financial Times''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rankings.ft.com/emba-rankings |title=FT.com / Business Education / EMBA rankings |publisher=Rankings.ft.com |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=24 June 2014 |archive-date=29 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229061100/http://rankings.ft.com/emba-rankings |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts===
{{See also|Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts}}

Tilburg is also the location of the [[Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts]] (Dutch: ''Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten'' - ''FHK''), part of the [[Fontys University of Applied Sciences|Fontys Hogescholen]]. The School originated from the merging of various educational institutions that had existed in different capacity in Tilburg before being united under the Fontys group, such as the Brabants Conservatorium, one of the nine [[music schools|conservatoires]] in the Netherlands, and the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming.

Fontys School of Arts offers various [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]] and [[Master's degree|master]] programmes in English and in Dutch, across different fields in music, visual arts, dance, theatre and performing arts

This institution is based in a building known as 'Kunstkluster', located in the centre of the city next to the Schouwburg and incorporating a Concert Hall.