The Department of Communication and information sciences hosts about 50 staff members, who are working in the broad field of communication and information studies. Research interests include human aspects of information technology, knowledge representation, discourse studies, non verbal communication, multimodal communication. The departement hosts a newly established center of Creative Computing (Tilburg center of Creative Computing TICC). In the field of teaching, the department is responsible for a flourishing teaching programme Communication and Information Sciences, with each year about 100 new bachelor students, 60 premaster students and about 100 master students.