Tilburg University is a Catholic research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.

[5] On 28 April 1969, students barricaded the campus buildings, demanding educational and organizational changes.

[16][17] The Shanghai Ranking lists Tilburg as the 5th best university in Business Administration in the world, 12th in Finance and 27th in Management.

The other four faculties—Law (1963), Social and Behavioral Sciences (1963), Philosophy and Theology (1967), Arts (1981)—were founded more recently.

In addition to these faculties, Tilburg University has a number of research centers and graduate schools (see below).