| Program description | RMS Erasmus University is named after the famous Dutch humanist and philosopher Desiderius Erasmus, who was born in Rotterdam and was known as a curious traveler. Erasmus University Rotterdam is 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, organization and policy in the public and private sectors on the one hand, as well as on the field of sickness and health care. 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, Law, Culture and Society. 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. Rotterdam is the largest port in the world, the second city and the industrial heart of the Netherlands and the economic, social and cultural center of the Rijnmond (‘Rhine Estuary’) region. In addition, Rotterdam is a city of modern architecture, events, leisure and recreation. More than one million people from 162 countries live in the Rotterdam region. |
