Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a
public
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research university
A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kn ...
located in
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
. The university is named after
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' w ...
, a 15th-century humanist and theologian.
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centers and
trauma center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergen ...
s in the Netherlands, whereas its economics and business school, Erasmus School of Economics and
Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (or RSM) is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. RSM offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes taught mostly in English, ...
are well known in Europe and beyond. Currently, Erasmus University Rotterdam has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by four prominent international ranking tables.
In 2017, the university was ranked by Times Higher Education as 69th in the world with its business & economics as 17th, and clinical health as 42nd in the world, and was ranked among top ten business schools in Europe by the ''
Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Ni ...
''. In 2015, Erasmus University Rotterdam was ranked by Times Higher Education as 20th in Europe and 72nd in the world, with its social sciences as 40th, and clinical health as 35th in the world.
[Times Higher Education University Rankings 2014–2015](_blank)
Retrieved 22 January 2015
The university has seven faculties and focuses on the following four areas:
*Health – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences/
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
and Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM)
*Wealth – Erasmus School of Economics and Rotterdam School of Management
*Governance – Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)
*Culture – Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) and Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil)
History
![Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Campus spring](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Rotterdam_School_of_Management_Erasmus_University_Campus_spring.jpg)
Erasmus University Rotterdam was founded on 8 November 1913 as the Netherlands School of Commerce (, or NHH) through private initiative with broad support from the business community of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
. In 1937, the school was recognized as a higher educational institute with university status, providing education in commerce and economics as an academic discipline. This resulted in a change of its 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, after which the institution was renamed under its current name 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.
Health
This domain includes the
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
, the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management (ESHPM) and the Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA).
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
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). The biomedical cluster plays a leading role in the field of analysis of role of individual genes playing role in diseases. 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 Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management (ESHPM) forms a bridge between medicine and the health sciences on the one hand and social sciences on the other. The institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA) conducts health economic research in collaboration with both the Erasmus MC and the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management.
Wealth
![ErasmusUniv3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/ErasmusUniv3.JPG)
This area includes the Erasmus School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management. 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) and the Erasmus University Centre for Contract Research and Business Support (ERBS).
Governance
The research focuses on the organisation of business and society. This area has ground in common not only with economics and management, but also with medicine and health sciences.
Culture
![Rotterdam universiteit bibliotheek](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Rotterdam_universiteit_bibliotheek.jpg)
As one of four concentrations of Erasmus University, culture is defined broadly with focus on the areas of media, cultural economics, and the high arts. Primary research is on society and the arts, including cultural policy, media, and social identity in modern society. Faculty has particular strengths in research, and the students tend to graduate with strong research skills for both academic and field placement.
Research Institutes/Schools
Wealth
* Erasmus Research Institute of Management
The
Erasmus Research Institute of Management
The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management and the Erasmus School of Economics, both at Erasmus University Rotterdam. It aims to bring together top researchers in busi ...
(ERIM) is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management and the Erasmus School of Economics, both at Erasmus University Rotterdam. It aims to bring together top researchers in business and management.
* Econometric Institute
Erasmus University today is seen as the leading university in
Econometrics
Econometrics is the application of statistical methods to economic data in order to give empirical content to economic relationships. M. Hashem Pesaran (1987). "Econometrics," '' The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 2, p. 8 p. 8 ...
and
Operational Research
Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...
.
Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen (; ; 12 April 19039 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis o ...
, Nobel Prize winner for Economics (1969), and
Henri Theil
Henri (Hans) Theil (October 13, 1924 – August 20, 2000) was a Dutch econometrician and professor at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, known for his contributions to the field of econometrics.
Biography
Born in Amsterdam, The ...
founded the
Econometric Institute
Econometric Institute (Dutch ''Econometrisch Instituut'') at the Erasmus University Rotterdam is a leading research institute in the fields of econometrics and management science in the Netherlands. The Institute offers advanced education in econom ...
and influenced both Econometrics & Management Science. Tinbergen's theories also had a political inclination, with multiple objectives of price stability and employment and policies to achieve the desired results and stabilizing the economy.
* Tinbergen Institute (TI)
The
Tinbergen Institute The Tinbergen Institute is a joint institute for research and education in economics, econometrics and finance of the VU University Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The institute was founded in 1987 an ...
is a joint institute for research and education in economics, econometrics and finance of the University of Amsterdam, the VU University Amsterdam and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. It is one of the top research institutes and graduate schools in economics and finance in the world. It offers a research master program (MPhil) in economics and finance as well as PhD opportunities.
* Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (TRAIL)
In association with
TU Delft
Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...
, the
TRAIL Research School
The TRAIL Research School is the Netherlands’ national (university) research school active in the fields of Transport, Infrastructure, and Logistics.
TRAIL provides education at Ph.D.-candidate level, initiates and conducts scientific and app ...
is the Dutch national research school active in the fields of Transport, Infrastructure, and Logistics.
* Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE)
Health
![Rotterdam_universiteit_aula](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Rotterdam_universiteit_aula.jpg)
* Cardiovascular Research School Erasmus University Rotterdam (COEUR)
* Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES)
* Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine (MM)
* Medical Genetics Centre South-West Netherlands (MGC)
MGC participates in the top Research School Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics
* Helmholtz School for Autonomous Systems Research
Law, Culture and Society
*
Institute for Sales and Account Management
*
International Institute of Social Studies
The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam is an independent and international graduate school of policy-oriented critical social science. ISS was established in 1952 by Dutch universities and the Neth ...
* Research School Public Safety
* Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG)
* Huizinga Instituut
* N.W. Posthumus Instituut
* Amsterdam School of Social-Public Research (ASSR)
* Research School Rights of the human
* Experimental Psychologic Researchschool (EPOS)
* Kurt Lewin Institute
* Research School of Ethics
Campus
![Social sofa Den Haag Kortenaerkade (3)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Social_sofa_Den_Haag_Kortenaerkade_%283%29.jpg)
The University has campuses at five locations, of which four in Rotterdam and one in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
:
* Campus Woudestein (main university location near
Rotterdam-Kralingen)
* Campus Hoboken (
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
location near
Rotterdam-Dijkzigt)
* Location EUC (
Erasmus University College in
Rotterdam Center)
* Location ISS (
International Institute of Social Studies
The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam is an independent and international graduate school of policy-oriented critical social science. ISS was established in 1952 by Dutch universities and the Neth ...
located in
The Hague Center
The City Center of The Hague ( nl, Centrum) is the oldest and, with a population of 104,658 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2018), the second largest of The Hague's eight districts, consisting of nine neighbourhoods. Two railways stations can be fo ...
)
* Location ECE (Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship near
Rotterdam-Delfshaven)
Sustainability
On 9 September 2009 ("Sustainability Day"), GreenEUR was launched officially. During this day, GreenEUR organized several on-campus activities in cooperation with Greening the Campus. Since April 2010 GreenEUR is officially recognized by the Executive Board.
Student activities
* In Duplo – Student Association for double degree students
*
Economic Faculty Association Rotterdam
Established in 1925, The ''Economic Faculty association Rotterdam'' (EFR) has over 7000 members making it one of the biggest, oldest, and most active faculty associations in the Europe.
It belongs to the Erasmus School of Economics, a faculty ...
*
STAR Student Association Rotterdam School of Management
**
STAR Management Week
**
Erasmus Consultancy Project
* FAECTOR – official school association Erasmus School of Economics
** Econometric Career Days
* Erasmus debating society – oldest debating society in the Netherlands
* Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
* Erasmus Magazine
* EUCSA – Student Association EUC Campus, Liberal Arts & Sciences
* Investment Week & Symposium
* Student Investment Society B&R Beurs
Rankings
Erasmus School of Economics
; Economics Department
The economics faculty is, according to the
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
2018, the 9th best in Europe (UK included) and 50th in the world in economics and econometrics, and 37th in the world in accounting and finance (10th best in Europe).
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli ...
ranks Erasmus University 1st in the Netherlands, 7th in Europe and 28th in the world for the subject Economics and Business in 2020.
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Ranking of World Universities published in 2018, lists Erasmus School of Economics as 9th in Europe and 32nd in the world in the fields of economics and business.
According to US News 2022, Erasmus University Rotterdam ranked 1st in the Netherlands, 2nd in Europe and 10th in the world for Economics and Business.
[Global University Rankings](_blank)
Retrieved 22 November 2021
Rotterdam School of Management
The ''
Financial Times
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'' European Business School Rankings
[FT European Business school rankings](_blank)
Retrieved 1 July 2020 as well as the Global MBA rankings consistently lists RSM as top 10 in Europe. The ''Financial Times'' ranked the CEMS MSc in International Management offered by
Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (or RSM) is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. RSM offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes taught mostly in English, ...
, Erasmus University as third in the world in 2022.
; Accreditations
The business school has achieved
triple accreditation
Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble":
Sports
* Triple (baseball), a three-base hit
* A basketball three-point field goal
* A figure skating jump with three rotations
* In bowling terms, three strikes in a row
* I ...
from the international accrediting bodies of management education;
AMBA
Amba or AMBA may refer to:
Title
* Amba Hor, alternative name for Abhor and Mehraela, Christian martyrs
* Amba Sada, also known as Psote, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt
Given name
* Amba, the traditional first name given to the first ...
,
EQUIS
The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is an international school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFM ...
, and
AACSB
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...
. Only 100
business schools
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
in the world have acquired triple accreditation, although many schools have a policy of not applying for multiple accreditations.
Erasmus Medical Center
The
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
(university medical center) is considered by several major rankings to be a global top institution for clinical medicine, i.e. ranked in the world as 45th in 2020 by
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli ...
, as 28th in 2020 by
U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking and 50th in 2019 by
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
.
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019: Life Sciences and Medicine
– website QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
Furthermore, the Erasmus MC is listed by '' The Scientist'' as the fifth-best of the top 15 medical institutions outside the United States (ranking 2004).
Education
Undergraduate programmes
Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a broad range of Bachelor's programmes taught in the Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...
, leading to a B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
, BSc
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
or LL.B.
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
degree
Furthermore, the university offers several completely English-language Bachelor programmes. These programmes are open to students aiming for an international career in Business and/or Economics or Communication and Media. Apart from the Dutch students, about 40% of the students taking these programmes are international students from over 80 countries.
Graduate Studies
Students can choose from different types of Master programmes: (common) Master programmes, Research Master programmes or Post-experience Master programmes. Education at this level is given mostly in English.
Master’s programmes
These type of Master's programmes lead to a M.A.
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
, MSc or LL.M. degree.
Research Master’s programmes
Talented graduates are given the opportunity to utilise their skills and potential in academic research. To be eligible for a Research Master, a bachelor's or master's degree must have been obtained.
Post-experience and professional Master's programmes
The university also offers specialised knowledge and skills programmes for further development of one's professional career. These types of programmes leads to the commonly known M.A. or MSc, but also to professional master's degree's like MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
, MFM (Master in Financial Management), or MHM:
Doctorate programmes
Research doctorates
In addition, most departments, affiliated (research) institutes or faculties offer doctorate programs or positions, leading to the 'Doctor of Philosophy' (PhD) degree. Most of the PhD programs offered by the university are concentrated in several research schools or institutes.
Erasmus Honours Academy
Erasmus University offers special honours programmes.
Students are invited to take part if their first-year grades are well above average and if they have proved themselves to be sufficiently motivated. The programmes are either disciplinary: special programmes for the very best students of one departments, or interdisciplinary: one of the Erasmus Honours Programme-tracks, where the very best students of the different faculties of the Erasmus University investigate, discuss, and tackle crucial contemporary scientific and societal questions from various perspectives.
After successfully completing the honours-programme, students receive a Honours-certificate and a Letter of Recommendation from the dean of their respective Faculty, or the Rector Magnificus
A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a un ...
of the EUR.
Notable staff
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...
laureates
*Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen (; ; 12 April 19039 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis o ...
(recipient of the inaugural prize in 1969)
*Guido Imbens
Guido Wilhelmus Imbens (born 3 September 1963) is a Dutch-American economist whose research concerns econometrics and statistics. He holds the Applied Econometrics Professorship in Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business at Sta ...
(recipient in 2021)
Politics
*Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (; born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010.
Balkenende studied H ...
(former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
)
*Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) ...
(politician)
*Alexander Rinnooy Kan
Alexander Hendrik George Rinnooy Kan (born 5 October 1949) is a Dutch politician, businessman and mathematician who served as Chairman of the Social and Economic Council from 2006 to 2012. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, he was a memb ...
(former president of the Dutch Social-Economic Council
The Social and Economic Council ( Dutch: ''Sociaal-Economische Raad'', SER) is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social pa ...
)
*Jo Ritzen
Jozef Marie Mathias "Jo" Ritzen (born 3 October 1945) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.
Ritzen worked as researcher at the Delft Institute of Technology from July 1969 until June 1972 and at the Erasmus ...
(former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science; alumnus as well)
* Cees Veerman (former Dutch Minister of Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...
, Nature and Food Quality)
Business
*Hans Wijers
Gerardus Johannes "Hans" Wijers (born 11 January 1951) is a Dutch retired politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, and businessman. He is the chairman of the supervisory board of ING Group since 2018.
Early life
After secondary school at Ho ...
(former CEO of AkzoNobel
Akzo Nobel N.V., stylized as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings for both industry and consumers worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries ...
; former Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs)
Scientists
* Eelco van Asperen (computer scientist)
* Klaas Bom (medical engineer and inventor of the portable ultrasound
Portable ultrasound is a modality of medical ultrasonography that utilizes small and light devices, compared to the console-style ultrasound machines that preceded them. In most cases these mobile ultrasound systems could be carried by hand and in ...
scanner)
* Michael Braungart (chemist holding the Cradle-to-Cradle chair)
* Frank Grosveld (molecular biologist, recipient of Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...
in 1995)
* Jan Hoeijmakers (molecular biologist, recipient of Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...
in 1998)
* Albert Osterhaus (virologist and influenza expert; head of the National Influenza Centre, and head of the world reference center for measles of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...
)
*Gerrit van Poelje
Gerrit Abraham van Poelje (January 31, 1884, in Naaldwijk – September 8, 1976, in The Hague) was a Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar. He is considered one of the most important founders of the science of Public Ad ...
(founder of the Public Administration
Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit est ...
in the Netherlands)
*Mihir Rakshit
Mihir Rakshit (born 1 July 1936) is an Indian economist, known for his work on fiscal, monetary and other policy, especially issues that concern developing economies. Originally from Chittagong, which is now in Bangladesh, he did his graduation ...
(economist known for his work on fiscal and monetary policy related to the developing economy)
*Henri Theil
Henri (Hans) Theil (October 13, 1924 – August 20, 2000) was a Dutch econometrician and professor at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, known for his contributions to the field of econometrics.
Biography
Born in Amsterdam, The ...
(successor of Jan Tinbergen; together with Jan Tinbergen founder of the Econometric Institute in 1956)
Philosophy
* Luce Irigaray (feminist theorist)
Notable alumni
File:Ruud Lubbers 1986.jpg, Ruud Lubbers
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...
File:Jeroen van der Veer (2015).jpg, Jeroen van der Veer
Jeroen van der Veer (born 27 October 1947) is a Dutch businessman. He is the chairman of Philips, and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Shell.
Education
Van der Veer graduated in 1971 from the Delft University of Technology ...
File:Prince Friso.jpg, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
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File:Neelie Kroes.jpg, Neelie Kroes
File:Albert Winsemius (1971).jpg, Albert Winsemius
File:Melanie Schultz van Haegen 2013 (2).jpg, Melanie Schultz van Haegen
Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (born 28 June 1970) is a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she served as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environ ...
File:Mohammad Hatta 1950.jpg, Mohammad Hatta
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File:Meles Zenawi - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg, Meles Zenawi
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Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen (; born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017, a ...
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Witteveen attended the Gymnasium E ...
File:Jan Pronk portrait.jpg, Jan Pronk
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Pronk studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree and ...
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File:Feike sijbesma-1495556952.jpg, Feike Sijbesma
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Business Studies
* (former CEO, AFC Ajax
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)
* Cor Herkströter (former chairman Royal Dutch Shell
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, President Commissioner of the ING Group
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)
*Herman Heinsbroek
Hermanus Philippus Johannes Bernardus Heinsbroek (born 12 January 1951) is a Dutch business entrepreneur, media commentator, author and was Minister of Economic Affairs in the First Balkenende cabinet. He also served as a member of the Member of ...
(former Minister of Economic Affairs; founder, Arcade Records)
* Maria Oudeman, Dutch
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People E ...
businesswoman and former President of Utrecht University
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(MBA, joint with University of Rochester
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, New York)
Economics
*Frans Muller
Frans W. H. Muller (born 1961) is a Dutch businessman, and the CEO of Ahold Delhaize, since July 2018, having been deputy CEO.
Education
Muller earned a master's degree in business economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Career
Muller sta ...
(CEO, Delhaize Group
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)
*Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen (; ; 12 April 19039 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis o ...
(first winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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)
* Cor Herkströter (chairman of DSM
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Science and technology
* Deep space maneuver
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* Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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, former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell
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)
* Eduard Bomhoff (former Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport and Deputy Prime Minister
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)
*Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau
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(2nd son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
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Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husba ...
)
*Peter Nijkamp
Peter Nijkamp (born 26 February 1946) is a Dutch economist, Professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of t ...
(professor of regional economics, recipient of the Spinoza Prize
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in 1996)
*Jeroen van der Veer
Jeroen van der Veer (born 27 October 1947) is a Dutch businessman. He is the chairman of Philips, and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Shell.
Education
Van der Veer graduated in 1971 from the Delft University of Technology ...
(Chairman of Philips
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, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
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)
* Onno Ruding (former vice-chairman, Citibank; former board member, ABN AMRO
ABN or abn may refer to:
Companies
* ABN AMRO Group, a Dutch bank group
* ABN AMRO, sometimes referred to as "ABN" in shorthand, is a Dutch state-owned bank
* Algemene Bank Nederland, a now-defunct Dutch bank
Radio, news and television organizat ...
; former Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
in the Netherlands; former executive director of the IMF)
*Frans Weisglas
Frans Willy Weisglas (born 8 August 1946) is a retired Dutch politician, diplomat and economist. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 16 May 2002 until 30 Nove ...
(former president of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
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)
*Jan Kees de Jager
Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born 10 February 1969) is a former Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He was State Secretary for Finance between 2007 and 2010 and later Minister for Finance betw ...
(former Dutch Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
)
* Henri Termeer (former president, CEO and chairman of Genzyme
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)
*Trevin Stratton (chief economist at Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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)
* Albert Winsemius (long-time economic advisor to Singapore
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)
* Antoine van Agtmael (former economist of the World Bank
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; coined the term emerging markets
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)
* Jan Pronk
Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. (; born 16 March 1940) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and activist.
Pronk studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree and ...
(former Minister for Development Cooperation and Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
* Cees Veerman (former Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality)
* Drs. P
Heinz Hermann Polzer (; 24 August 1919 – 13 June 2015), better known under his pseudonym Drs. P (), was a Swiss singer-songwriter, poet, and prose writer in the Dutch language.Zanger en plezierdichter Drs. P op 95-jarige leeftijd overleden, '' ...
(singer and writer)
* Frank Slootman (tech billionaire, CEO, Snowflake Inc.
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The firm offers a cloud-based data storage and a ...
, former CEO of ServiceNow
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)
* Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra (; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 N ...
(former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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, former President of De Nederlandsche Bank)
Politics
*Ruud Lubbers
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...
(former Dutch Prime Minister
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and UN High Commissioner)
*Jan Pronk
Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. (; born 16 March 1940) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and activist.
Pronk studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree and ...
(former Dutch minister and UN Special Representative)
*Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi ( th, ศุภชัย พานิชภักดิ์, , ; born 30 May 1946 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai politician and professor. He was Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from ...
(WTO Director-General, 2002–2005)
*Johan Witteveen
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as the fifth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973 to 1978.
Witteveen attended the Gymnasium E ...
(managing director IMF, 1973–1978 and first chairman of the Group of Thirty
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)
*Mohammad Hatta
Mohammad Hatta (; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman and nationalist who served as the country's first vice president. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indone ...
(a proclamator of Indonesia's independence, 1st vice-president and prime minister of the Republic of Indonesia)
* Neelie Kroes (former European Commissioner)
*Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigrinya and ; , born Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian soldier and politician who served as President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his ...
(former prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
*Zoran Jolevski
Zoran Jolevski ( mk, Зоран Јолевски; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambassador to ...
(former Macedonian Ambassador to the United States and negotiator of Macedonia naming dispute
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)
* Paul Zimmerman (councillor, Hong Kong's Southern District Council)
*Melanie Schultz van Haegen
Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (born 28 June 1970) is a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she served as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environ ...
(former Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment
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)
Law
* Stefan Aartsen (former Dutch butterfly swimmer)
*Aart Jan de Geus
Aart Jan de Geus (born 28 July 1955) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from 2002 to 2007. Then he worked as Deputy Secretar ...
(former deputy secretary-general of the OECD
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and former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands)
* Marianne Thieme (well known Dutch animal activist and politician)
*Fatima Moreira de Melo
Fatima Moreira de Melo (born 4 July 1978) is a former Dutch field hockey player and professional poker player of Portuguese descent. She has played 191 international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. De Melo's d ...
(former Dutch field hockey
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international)
Science
* Jacques Cohen (embryologist, director at reprogenetics
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)
Other
*Lilianne Ploumen
Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen (; born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017, a ...
(former minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation 2012–2017; member House of Representatives
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; studied social history)
* Ronald van Raak (member House of Representatives of the Netherlands
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and non-fiction writer; studied social history and philosophy)
* Maria Lynn Ehren ( Miss Universe Thailand 2017)
* Samuel Kofi Woods (Liberian human rights activist and journalist)
References
External links
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam datasets
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Universities in the Netherlands
1913 establishments in the Netherlands