Erasmus University

Infobox University
name = Erasmus University
native_name = Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam


latin_name = Erasmus Universitas Rotterdam
motto = ‘Erasmus University Rotterdam. Main Port of Knowledge.’
established = 1913
type = Public, General
rector = Professor Dr. Steven W.J. Lamberts
city = Rotterdam
country = The Netherlands
students = 20,666
faculty = 3,700
affiliations = AMBA EQUIS AACSB
website = [http://www.eur.nl/english Erasmus University] |

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th century humanist and theologian. The university has seven faculties and focuses on three domains

*Economics and Management
*Law, Culture and Society
*Medicine and Health Sciences

The first two domains are situated at the Woudestein campus, in the east of Rotterdam. The Medicine and Health Sciences domain is located at the Erasmus Medical Center (MC) at the Hoboken campus in the west part of the city.

Eramus MC is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centers trauma centers in the Netherlands, whereas its business school, RSM Erasmus University is a leading business school within Europe. The Faculty of Law is one of the largest law schools in the Netherlands. The university has an annual budget of around €350,000,000

University

The University 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 considers 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.

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: In 1966, the government established the Medical Faculty Rotterdam, 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 after a person, a man to whom Rotterdam owes the reputation it has held for centuries in the academic world, Desiderius Erasmus.

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
** Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
** Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University)
* 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

Economics and Management

This domain includes the [http://www.few.eur.nl/few/index.cfm?languagecode=en_US Erasmus School of Economics] and the [http://www.rsm.nl 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 Research 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 programmes International Business Administration (IBA), International Bachelor of Economics and Business Economics (IBEB), 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).

Medicine and Health

This domain includes the [http://www.erasmusmc.nl/content/englishindex.htm Erasmus MC] and the [http://www.bmg.eur.nl/english/ Institute of Health Policy and Management] (iBMG).

Erasmus Medical Center is the new name for the university medical centre in Rotterdam, 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.

Law, Culture and Society

This domain includes the [http://www.frg.eur.nl/english/ Erasmus School of Law] , the [http://www.eur.nl/fsw/english Faculty of Social Sciences] , the [http://www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ Faculty of History and Arts] and the [http://www.eur.nl/fw/english 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.

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 Rotterdam School of Management is ranked by the Financial Times as the 7th best MBA programme in Europe and 29th in the World. The business school 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.

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).

Notable Staff

Nobel laureate

*Jan Tinbergen (Inaugural Recipient of Nobel Prize for Economics, 1969)

Politics

*Pim Fortuyn (politician)
*Bianca Hoogendijk (wife of Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime minister of the Netherlands)
*Cees Veerman (the former Dutch minister of agriculture, environment and foodquality)

cientists

*Jean Paelinck (European Prize In Regional Science, 2003)
*Frank Grosveld (Spinozapremie 1995)
*Jan Hoeijmakers (Spinozapremie 1998)
*Albert Osterhaus (head of the National Influenza Centre, and head of the world reference center for measles of the WHO)
*Henri Theil (successor of Jan Tinbergen; together with Jan Tinbergen founder of the Econometric Institute, 1956)

Philosophy

*Luce Irigaray

Notable Alumni

Business

*Peter Bakker (Chief Executive Officer TNT N.V.)
*Hans Wijers (Chief Executive Officer, Akzo Nobel; former minister of economic affairs The Netherlands)
*Alexander Ribbink (Chief Operating Officer, TomTom)
*Onno Ruding (Former Vice-Chairman, CitiBank; former board member, ABN Amro; former minister of finance The Netherlands)
*Sergio Orlandini (Former chairman KLM)
*Cor Herkströter (Former Chairman, Royal Dutch)
*Herman Heinsbroek (Former minister of economic affairs; founder, Arcade Records)
*Johan Andersen (CEO Ferd AS, Norway)

Politics

*Ruud Lubbers (former Dutch Prime minister and UN High Commissioner)
*Jan Pronk (former Dutch minister and UN Special Representative)
*Supachai Panitchpakdi (WTO Director-General, 2002-2005)
*Mohammad Hatta (1^st Vice president and Prime minister of the Republic of Indonesia)
*Neelie Kroes (European Commissioner)
*Meles Zenawi (Prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)

Other

*K. Geert Rouwenhorst (Professor of Finance & Deputy Director of the International Center for Finance at Yale School of Management)
*Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau (2nd son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)
*Frederique van der Wal (Supermodel) (Did not graduate)
*Peter Nijkamp (Professor of regional economics, winner of the Spinozapremie)

Education

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:

*B.A. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/CulturalStudies Cultural Sciences] *B.A. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/History History] *B.A. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/Philosophy Philosophy] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/busadmin Business Administration] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/crim Criminology] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/econman Econometrics & Management Science] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/econbus Economics & Business] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/infecon Economics & Informatics] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/fiscal Fiscal Economics]

*B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/Medicine Medicine] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/Psychology Psychology] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/pubadmin Public Administration] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/HealthSciences Health Sciences] *B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/Sociology Sociology] * [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/econlaw Joint programme B.Sc. Economics / LL.B. Law] *LL.B. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/law Dutch Law] *LL.B. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/Dutch/law Fiscal Law]

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.

*B.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Bachelor/BaProgrammes/Bachelor/BaProgrammes/BAEcon/ibeb International Bachelor Economics & Business Economics]
*B.Sc. [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/Bachelor%20of%20Science%20in%20International%20Business%20Administration International Business Administration]

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:

Master’s programmes:

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

*M.A. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/phil Philosophy] *M.A. [http://www.fhk.eur.nl/english/education/mastersdegreeartculturestudies/index.html Art & Culture Studies] *M.Sc. [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/Masters%20of%20Science%20in%20Business%20Administration Business Administration] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/EconBus Economics & Business] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/Econman Econometrics & Management Science] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/Infoecon Economics & Informatics] *M.Sc. [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/Masters%20of%20Science%20in%20Business%20Administration/General%20Management General Management]

*M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/healthecon Health Economics, Policy & Law] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/Maprog/IBA International Business Administration] *M.Sc. [http://www.imp.eur.nl/ International Public Administration] *LL.M. [http://www.llm-erasmus.org/?do=programmes/BTL/index Business & Trade Law] *LL.M. Business, Trade and Maritime Law *LL.M. European Law and Economics *LL.M. [http://www.llm-erasmus.org/?do=programmes/IL/index International Law]

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):

*M.Phil. [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/Doctoral%20Programme/Master%20of%20Philosophy%20in%20Business%20Research Business Research] *M.Phil. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/econ Economics] *M.Phil. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/philecon Philosophy and Economics] *M.Sc.Res. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/clin_epi Clinical Epidemiology]

*M.Sc.Res. [http://www.eur.nl/master/masteropleidingen/alfabetisch/clinical_research Clinical Research (MSCR)] *M.Sc.Res. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/molmed Molecular Medicine (MScMM)] *M.Sc.Res. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/neurosciences Neurosciences] *M.Sc.Res. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/researchma/researchlaw Public Administration]

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:

*M.A. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/urbanmang Urban Management and Development] *M.A. [http://www.euricur.nl/popup.asp?folderid=859 Management of the European Metropolitan Region] *M.Sc. [http://www.maritimeeconomics.com Maritime Economics & Logistics] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/epi Epidemiology] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/clinepi Clinical Epidemiology] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/gen_epi Genetic Epidemiology] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/mph Health Services Research] *M.Sc. [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/medinfo Medical Informatics]

*MBA [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/MBA/Executive%20MBA Executive Master's programme in Business Administration] *MBA [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/MBA/Global%20Executive%20OneMBA Global Executive OneMBA Programme] *MBA [http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/Programmes/MBA/Full-time%20MBA International Master's programme in Business Administration] *MCC [http://www.corporatecommunication.nl/ Executive International Master of Corporate Communication] *MHM [http://www.masterhospitalitymanagement.com/ Masters in Hospitality Management] *MFM [http://www.ecft.nl/mfm/ Masters in Financial Management] *MPH [http://www.eur.nl/english/prospective/Master/Maprogrammes/postexp/publhealth Master of Public Health]

Doctorate programs:

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: [http://www.eur.nl/english/phd Ph.D. at Erasmus university] .

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

External links

* [http://www.eur.nl/ Erasmus University Rotterdam]
* [http://www.rsm.nl/ Rotterdam School of Management]
* [http://www.rsmstar.nl/ Study Association Rotterdam School of Management]
* [http://www.erasmusmc.nl/content/englishindex.htm Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam]