Erasmus School of Economics strives to become the best in its disciplines (economics, econometrics) and seeks to achieve excellence both in its research and teaching. This can be measured by its performance in rankings.
There are several international university rankings which Erasmus School of Economics participates in that are considered to be most influential ones. QS World University Ranking, Times Higher Education Ranking and Academic Ranking of World Universities. Most of the ranking are focused on research, but some of them became multi-dimensional in the past few years.
The above mentioned influential rankings have determined that there is a demand for a more balanced ranking system that is based on more indicators besides research. Thus, they have adjusted their methodology by incorporating more indicators, which definitely give a more balanced and accurate view of a university.
QS Ranking
QS World University Rankings is one of such multi-faceted rankings, where Erasmus School of Economics scores particularly well when it comes to Economics/Econometrics.
Over 1,500 of the world's top universities are included in the QS World University Rankings, with over 100 locations represented around the world.
QS World University Ranking ranked Erasmus University Rotterdam (subject Economics & Econometrics) as follows:
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 18 | 54 |
| 2025 | 2 | 14 | 55 |
| 2024 | 1 | 13 | 47 |
QS World University Ranking ranked Erasmus University Rotterdam (subject of Accounting & Finance) as follows:
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 13 | 45 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 45 |
| 2024 | 1 | 12 | 42 |
Times Higher Education
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026 methodology is designed to evaluate universities across 11 subject areas (change implemented since 2025) using a refined version of the overall World University Rankings methodology. Trusted worldwide by students, academics, governments and industry experts, the list of the best universities in the world includes 2,191 institutions from 115 countries and territories.
Subject: Business and Economics includes the following subtopics: Business and management, Accounting and finance, Economics and econometrics
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
Previous subject ranking before the change implemented in 2025.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Erasmus University Rotterdam (subject Economics and Econometrics) as follows:
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Erasmus University Rotterdam (subject Accounting & Finance) as follows:
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Six different objective indicators are used to rank world universities: alumni or staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields medals, number of researchers with most citations selected by Thomson scientific, number of articles published in journals and, of course, per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution. Over 1000 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Erasmus University Rotterdam (subject Economics) as follows:
| Year | Netherlands | In Europe | In the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 8 | 45 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 49 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 | 34 |