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Education at Erasmus University Rotterdam is the perfect start to a flourishing career. Our extensive network will bring you into contact with organisations from the commercial and non-profit sectors in the Netherlands and abroad, even before you graduate. Therefore our curriculum is designed to apply knowledge and skills to real world situations.

Your career starts here

Erasmus University Rotterdam organises the following career events that enable you to find challenging interships and/or future employment.

Alumni network

After graduation you will join an illustrious alumni network. Many of them now hold executive positions.

We have over 49,000 alumni working in different parts of the world. We offer them to possibility to meet each other through local chapters. At present, the following Local Chapters have been established: LC China-Shanghai, LC France-Paris, LC Germany-Frankfurt, LC Italy-Milan, LC Netherlands Antilles-Curaçao, LC Spain-Barcelona, LC UK-London, LC USA-New York.

Many illustrious alumni have pursued their degree at our campus. To name some examples: Neelie Kroes (European Commissioner), Jan Pronk (former Dutch Minister) and Ruud Lubbers (former UN High Commissioner).

Find out from the people themselves


Mihayl Kilev - Bulgaria
Bachelor student International Business Administration
"....This experience helped me formulate my career goals for the future..."
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Tamara Schellekens - Netherlands
High Potential Recruiter, Philips
"....Erasmus University Rotterdam is one of our target universities as a large multinational..."
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Hongyan (Annie) Xu - China
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Siemens Process Compression
"....I decided to do an MBA and move into a position in a global company. Since I was looking for cultural exposure, I chose Europe, and RSM..."
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