Organizing for Global Social Challenges Program By Tilburg University |Top Universities
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Tuitionfee

14,900 EURTuition Fee/year

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Main Subject Area

SociologyMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Address global societal challenges such as poverty, migration, climate change, or humanitarian interventions from the viewpoint of organizations and private businesses. In this track of the MSc Organization Studies you will get a meso-level perspective on sustainable development, based on the theories and methods pertinent to the specialization Global Management of Social Issues.

You will acquire a meso-level perspective on sustainable development, focused on social and economic drivers and motives. Specifically, you will examine and discuss how organizations may address sustainable development goals by designing sustainable business models, and examine the difficulties and shortcomings these interventions may entail. You will explore the emergence of new hybrid organizations, like social entrepreneurship, the challenges they face, and how they overcome them. 

  • A different perspective on sustainable development: this specialization considers the role of organizations and private businesses in addressing global social challenges, in addition to the emergence of new organizational forms to achieve sustainable development goals.
  • Students learn how to develop organizational interventions, run projects  and compose teams of experts that address global societal challenges. 
  • Community-building activities throughout the program will ensure cohesion in the programs cohort. Become part of an innovative program which brings together academics and students from all over the world in a small-scale and interactive learning environment.
  • Benefit from an internationally focused, and internationally composed program with approximately 50% international students.  

Program overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Address global societal challenges such as poverty, migration, climate change, or humanitarian interventions from the viewpoint of organizations and private businesses. In this track of the MSc Organization Studies you will get a meso-level perspective on sustainable development, based on the theories and methods pertinent to the specialization Global Management of Social Issues.

You will acquire a meso-level perspective on sustainable development, focused on social and economic drivers and motives. Specifically, you will examine and discuss how organizations may address sustainable development goals by designing sustainable business models, and examine the difficulties and shortcomings these interventions may entail. You will explore the emergence of new hybrid organizations, like social entrepreneurship, the challenges they face, and how they overcome them. 

  • A different perspective on sustainable development: this specialization considers the role of organizations and private businesses in addressing global social challenges, in addition to the emergence of new organizational forms to achieve sustainable development goals.
  • Students learn how to develop organizational interventions, run projects  and compose teams of experts that address global societal challenges. 
  • Community-building activities throughout the program will ensure cohesion in the programs cohort. Become part of an innovative program which brings together academics and students from all over the world in a small-scale and interactive learning environment.
  • Benefit from an internationally focused, and internationally composed program with approximately 50% international students.  

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

90+
6+
To be admitted directly to our Master's track in Organizing for Global Social Challenges, you must have the following academic background: A Bachelor's and/or a master's degree in social sciences; Basic knowledge about the social sciences; and Relevant knowledge about organizations, management, and research methods.
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Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

14,900 EUR
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International Students

14,900 EUR
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Tilburg University is a research university based in the south of the Netherlands on a compact green campus with excellent facilities wedged between a forest and the town of Tilburg.

We offer various English-taught (Research-)Master's programs in the fields of:

Are you interested in one of our (Research)-Master’s programs? We welcome both national and international students, and encourage you to submit an application. Applying for our programs is free, and can easily be done online. Tilburg University has a rolling admissions process: your application will be assessed as it comes in, and you will know whether you are (conditionally) accepted within a few weeks.

Our application requirements consist of diploma requirements and English language proficiency requirements. In addition, we want to know more about you to determine whether a certain program is the right fit for you. Therefore, we may require you to write a motivation letter, submit a CV and/or an essay. Find the exact requirements per Master's program and more information about tuition fees and scholarships

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