Three Domains
Erasmus University Rotterdam has bundled its education and research into three domains, in which the university enjoys international recognition. The cohesion in domains is conducive to multidisciplinary collaboration in education and research. Where disciplines meet, knowledge is advanced.
The domains are:
The three domains are linked to the seven faculties of the EUR. The research grouped in the three domains is conducted at the research schools and institutes or in the faculty research groups.
Economics and Management
This domain includes the Erasmus School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. This domain has a strong reputation in education as well as 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) and the Erasmus University Centre for Contract Research and Business Support (ERBS).
Medicine and Health
This domain includes the Erasmus MC/Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 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 Hoek 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 Erasmus School of Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication 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.
