Erasmus University Rotterdam

Overview

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is a public research university in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was established in 1913 and first named the Netherlands School of Commerce. The present name was in honor of Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a humanist and theologian from the 15th-century. Erasmus University is listed among the top 100 universities in the world and 4th in the Netherlands.

Erasmus University Rotterdam Key Statistics

The university has eight faculties which include the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, the Erasmus School of Economics, and the Rotterdam School of Management. The university offers 16 undergraduate courses such as law, philosophy, psychology, and social sciences. EUR also offers 32 postgraduate programs like urban planning, sociology, business administration, business economics, and public law.

Erasmus University Rotterdam’s student population stands at 31,149, both undergraduates and graduates. The university also employs 3,288 academic staff. The University has four campuses, three are located in Amsterdam, while the fourth is in The Hague.

The university library has a diverse collection of books and journals on every subject that is taught at the Erasmus University. The library also supports students and staff in various aspects of their education, teaching, and research.

Other Erasmus University Rotterdam key statistics include two Nobel laureates as well as notable alumni like Frans Muller, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, and Maria Lynn Ehren. It

Erasmus University Rotterdam Research

EUR is one of the top research institutes and graduate schools in economics and finance in the world. Erasmus University is notable for its world-class research. Its key research centers include the Erasmus Research Institute of Management, the Econometric Institute, the Tinbergen Institute, and the Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics.

The top three fields of research in the university are medicine, biology, and surgery. Many Erasmus University Rotterdam research outputs have been published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Some of the top international conferences and symposia where the university's researchers have presented papers/attended include Web Science, Decision Support Systems, and Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention.

The most cited publication by Erasmus University Rotterdam research is Stupp et al.’s (2005) “Radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant Temozolomide for glioblastoma,” published in The New England Journal of Medicine. This has received 16,531 citations so far. The second most cited article is Lozano et al.’s (2012) “Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010,” published in The Lancet. This has received 14,092 citations. The third most cited is Aletaha et al.’s (2010) “Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative,” published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. This paper has generated 13,102 citations to date.

In addition, EUR has a number of research institutes and centers which include the Erasmus Research Institute of Management, the Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Cardiovascular Research School Erasmus University Rotterdam.