Friday, 22 January 2010

Why Tilburg University?

This week, I had the pleasure to address a word of welcome to our foreign students. The second semester group is always somewhat smaller in size in comparison with the start of the academic year, mainly involving students who come here to study in the context of an exchange programme. However, with around 150 students from 40 countries, we are seeing an increase over previous years.

During the informal part of the programme, I had another fortunate opportunity to talk to a number of the students. This can be very enlightening. One of my questions is always: Why Tilburg University? What enticed you to move from Buenos Aires, Sydney, Montreal, Seoul, Beijing, Ankara or Milan to Tilburg University?

The reactions show a remarkable consistency. The most frequently heard response is: I heard from other students at my university that studying at Tilburg University and living in Tilburg is very worthwhile. Word-of-mouth advertising by like-minded people therefore works well.

The second most common response is that a professor of the student’s own university recommended our university because of its good reputation in the area of……

Useful information, of course, and I find such conversations very motivating.

10 reacties:

  1. I think that mouth-to-mouth is used to save someone's life :) this particular type of advertising is mostly referred to as word-of-mouth m.nilsenova@uvt.nl

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  2. "Thanks Maud for your reaction. They made a mistake in the translation, which is corrected"

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  3. I also heard from many 'foreign'/exchange students that Tilburg University is being 'promoted' actively at their home university. Really good job! I'm proud to be a Tilburg University graduate!

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  4. Dear Eijlander

    My name is Jean-Carlo Alves da Silva. I'm also an international student. If all goes well I'll be studying at the University of Tilburg next school year.

    There is something i would like to discus with you.But I couldn't find anywhere on the blog to send a personal message so I decided to make it a comment instead.

    My e-mail is jean_carlo990@live.com
    I would be very honored if we could get a chance to discus certain matters.

    I hope to hear from you soon
    and i apologize is this comment is ill placed

    Jean-Carlo Alves da Silva

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  5. "I am glad to notice that Helen is proud to be a Tilburg University graduate"

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