Erasmus University

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Erasmus University
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Image:Erasmus Logo.jpg
Latin: Erasmus Universitas Rotterdam
Motto ‘Erasmus University Rotterdam. Main Port of Knowledge.’
Established 1913
Type Public, General
Rector Professor Dr. Steven W.J. Lamberts
Faculty 3,700
Students 19.695
Location Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Affiliations AMBA EQUIS AACSB
Website Erasmus University

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam.

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statue of Desiderius Erasmus at Erasmus University Rotterdam
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statue of Desiderius Erasmus at Erasmus University Rotterdam

It describes itself as an "international knowledge workshop for critical thinking and academic training, driven by a strong focus on current social issues."
The university concentrates its expertise on issues of management, organisation and policy in the public and private sectors on the one hand, as well as on the field of sickness and health care. The university counts as its core tasks: to generate knowledge from research, to share knowledge in education and to transfer knowledge to the community. Its driving forces are academic curiosity, critical reflection and social engagement.

The university has an annual budget of around €350,000,000

[edit] History

Erasmus University Rotterdam has existed in its present form since 1973. Its history, however, dates back to 1913, the year in which the Netherlands School of Commerce was founded through private initiative with broad support from the Rotterdam business community. The statutory recognition of higher education in commerce and economics as an academic discipline resulted in 1939 in a change of name. The NHH became the NEH or Netherlands School of Economics. The growing complexity of society led in the 1960s to the arrival of the faculties of Law and Social Sciences, followed in later decades by Philosophy, History and Arts, and Business Administration.

From 1950, the Foundation for Higher Clinical Education used its best efforts to get a full academic medical study programme established in Rotterdam, and with success. For in 1966 the government established the Medical Faculty Rotterdam, which was housed next to Dijkzigt Hospital. Together with the Sophia Children's Hospital and the Daniel den Hoed Clinic, it forms the University Hospital Rotterdam, which as of 1 January 2003 bears the name Erasmus MC. In 1973, the Medical Faculty Rotterdam and the Netherlands School of Economics merged to become Erasmus University Rotterdam – the first university in the Netherlands named for a person, a man to whom Rotterdam owes the reputation it has held for centuries in the academic world, Desiderius Erasmus.

[edit] University Structure

Erasmus University Rotterdam has bundled its education and research in three domains in which the university has a national and international reputation to maintain:

  • Economics and Management
  • Medicine and Health Sciences
    • Erasmus MC
    • Institute of Health Policy and Management (iBMG)
  • Law, Culture and Society
    • Erasmus School of Law (ESL)
    • Faculty of Social Sciences
    • Faculty of History and Arts
    • Faculty of Philosophy

[edit] Economics and Management

This domain includes the Erasmus School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management.

This domain has a very strong reputation in education as well as in research. Its economics programmes and management programmes attract students and postgraduates from all over the world. The research schools Erasmus Institute for Management (ERIM) and the Tinbergen Institute attract PhD students, research fellows, PostDocs and visiting professors of repute from all corners of the world. Other joint ventures are the English-language programme International Business Administration, the Erasmus Executive Development programme (EED), the Erasmus University Centre for Contract Research and Business Support (ERBS) and the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Euricur).

[edit] Medicine and Health

This domain includes the Erasmus MC and the Institute of Health Policy and Management (iBMG).

Erasmus MC is the new name for the Rotterdam university medical centre, which is a merger of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the University Hospital Rotterdam (Dijkzigt, Sophia, Daniel den Hoed clinic). This centre for knowledge development, training and care in the field of sickness and health – the largest of its kind in Europe – is renowned nationally and internationally. The research combines its internationally acknowledged expertise in the fields of clinical sciences, health sciences and biomedical sciences. The biomedical cluster plays a leading role in the field of genomics (analysis of genes and proteins) and bioinformatics. The Forensic Molecular Biology department works together with the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). Major long-term genetic epidemiological studies among the elderly and children are Erasmus Rotterdam Health for the Elderly (ERGO) and Generation R respectively. The institute of Health Policy and Management (iBMG) forms a bridge between medicine and the health sciences on the one hand and social sciences on the other.

[edit] Law, Culture and Society

This domain includes the Erasmus School of Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of History and Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy.

The research in this domain focuses on the complexity of global society and the link between economic and social problems on the one hand and law, history and culture on the other. It provides a critical reflection on research and academic training from the point of view of specialist fields like philosophy and ethics. The domain has ground in common not only with economics and management, but also with the medical and health sciences.

[edit] Education

[edit] Undergraduate programs

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a broad range of Bachelor's programmes taught in the Dutch language, leading to a B.A., B.Sc. or LL.B. degree:

Furthermore the university offers two completely English-language Bachelor programmes. Both programmes are open to students aiming for an international career in Business and/or Economics. Apart from the Dutch students, about 40% of the students taking these programmes are international students from over 80 countries.

[edit] Graduate Studies

Students can choose from 28 master courses with more than 65 different programs. Education at this level is given mostly in English, and is international and applicable oriented. The research is of top level. There is a wide range of study facilities. And these programmes have an excellent reputation at the job market.

Erasmus University offers three types of Master’s programmes:

[edit] Master’s programmes:

These type of Master’s programs leads to a M.A., M.Sc. or LL.M.:

[edit] Research Master’s programmes:

Talented students are given the opportunity to utilise their skills and potential in academic research. Completion of these Research Master’s programmes leads to the degree's M.Phil. or M.Sc.Res. (Master of Science by Research):

[edit] Post-experience and professional Master's programmes:

The university also offers specialised knowledge and skills programma's for further development of your professional career. These type of programmes leads to the commonly known M.A., or M.Sc., but also to professional Master degree's like MBA, MFM, or MHM:

[edit] Doctorate programs:

[edit] Research doctorates:

In addition, most departments, affiliated (research)institutes or faculties offer doctorate programs or positions, leading to the 'Doctor of Philosophy' (Ph.D.) degree. Most of the Ph.D. programs offered by the university are concentrated in several research schools or institutes. See also: Ph.D. at Erasmus university.

[edit] Post-experience and professional doctorates:

  • M.D. Medicine
  • D.Sc. Epidemiology
  • D.Sc. Clinical Epidemiology
  • D.Sc. Genetic Epidemiology
  • D.Sc. Health Services Research
  • D.Sc. Public Health
  • D.Sc. Medical Informatics

[edit] International Acclaim

Erasmus University Rotterdam is ranked (2006) as 34th in Europe and 92nd globally (dropped from 57th position in 2005) by the Times Higher Education Supplement. The School of Management is ranked by the Financial Times as the 7th best MBA programme in Europe and 29th in the World. The School of Economics is ranked as the 24th best Economics department in the world. Furthermore, the Erasmus MC (the university medical center) is ranked by The Scientist as the 5th best of the top 15 medical institutions outside the United States (ranking 2004).

Erasmus University has achieved accreditation from the three international accrediting bodies of management education; AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB. Only a handful of business schools in the world have acquired triple accreditation, although it should be noted that many schools have a policy of not applying for multiple accreditations.

In 2006, the Medical Centre was ranked as the third best medical department in the world after Harvard and Johns Hopkins University.

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[edit] Scientists

  • Jean Paelinck (European Prize In Regional Science, 2003)
  • Frank Grosveld (Spinoza Award 1995)
  • Jan Hoeijmakers (Spinoza Award 1998)
  • Albert Osterhaus (head of the National Influenza Centre, and head of the world reference center for measles of the WHO)

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[edit] Contact

Erasmus University Rotterdam
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 10 408 1111

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Universities in the Netherlands (list)

University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam Free University | Delft University of Technology | Eindhoven University of Technology | Groningen University | Kampen Theological University | Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Church (Liberated) | Leiden University | Maastricht University | Nijmegen Radboud University | Nyenrode Business University | Open University | Rotterdam Erasmus University | University of Tilburg | University of Twente | Utrecht University | University for Humanistics | Wageningen University
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