Erasmus University Rotterdam consists of seven schools, two institutes and a university college with their own administration. Visit the websites of our schools and institutes to learn more about the education and research within several scientific fields.
Schools and institutes
Faculty Board
The administrative organisation of a faculty / school is regulated in broad outline in the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW), amended in 1997 by the Modernisation of University Administrative Organisation Act (MUB), which as regards the EUR came into effect on 1 January 1998. The faculty administrative organisation is regulated in detail in the EUR Administration and Management Regulations (BBR) and in the faculty regulations of each faculty.
The University Council Regulations regulate the duties of the faculty councils. The faculty regulations provide for the administration of school study programmes, of the research to be conducted within the school and of the basic units (capacity groups). The regulations mentioned can be examined at the University Office Support Department Legal Affairs or the faculty offices.
Organisational structure of the faculty board
At Erasmus University Rotterdam the board of the school consists of one person, namely the dean. The Executive Board appoints and dismisses the dean. The Faculty Council is consulted on a proposed appointment or dismissal.
The Faculty Council is the participatory decision-making body of a faculty. Half of the council is elected by and from among the members of staff and half by and from among the students of the school.
The staff members of a school council also act as joint committee where general staff policy, the application of working and service conditions and matters relating to working conditions, etc. are concerned, to the extent the dean of the school has powers in this respect.
The school office provides professional support for the dean and the school council. The office is responsible for the development and implementation of school policy, especially in the sphere of education and research.
The dean makes provision for the administration of the study programme(s) within the school. This administration may consist of more than one person (programme board) or one person (programme director).
The dean makes provision for the administration of the research to be conducted within the school. For this purpose, the dean may set up one or more school research institutes or schools of research.
The dean sets up basic units (capacity groups, departments) to organise, coordinate and integrate the work of staff working in the same field of study. The chairman of a academic unit or department is a professor.