Rankings
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) seeks to achieve academic excellence. Rankings indicate how a university performs in comparison to other universities. Diverse ranks exist worldwide each using its own methods and weighting factors.
Roughly speaking rankings can be subdivided into research rankings, which primarily look at academic output in terms of numbers of publications and citations, and educational rankings. The latter ranks individual programmes with each ranking adopting its own methods. As a result Erasmus University’s score is not always the same.
The main research-related rankings for the EUR are the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS, Leiden Ranking), the Taiwan Ranking, Times Higher Education, QS Ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and the Scimago Institutions Ranking (SIR).
The study programme rankings are oriented towards the Netherlands: Elsevier (Beste Studies) and the Keuzegids published by the Centrum Hoger Onderwijs Informatie (CHOI).
Research rankings (2012/2013)
Scores (worldwide and in relation to 12 other Dutch universities)
| Position of EUR in NL | Position of EUR worldwide | Type of ranking |
Leiden Ranking / CWTS | 6 | 96 (out of 500) | Number of citations for EUR researchers (Mean Normalized Citation Score) |
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings | 4 | 72 (out of 400) | Based on a great many data including publications, alumni income |
4 | 99 (out of 700) | Based on publications, number of students | |
Scimago Institutions Ranking (SIR) | 4 | 133 (out of 3 290) | Based on publications |
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) / Shanghai | 8 | 151-200 (out of 500) | Based on publications and Nobel prize winners and other criteria |
4 | 70 (out of 500) | Based on publications |
