Erasmus University Rotterdam

Name

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Legal name

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Website

https://eur.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Comprehensive Doctoral Research Universities (Multi-Disciplinary) (EDAHABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Articulation & Credit Transfer Partnerships (EDAIABAE), Study Abroad Program Management & Administration (for Institutions) (EDAIAAAJ)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Research university
• Executive education
• Academic research
• Professional education

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: As a public Dutch university, EUR receives government funding for educational activities based on student enrollment and research performance metrics.
2. Tuition Fees: Students pay tuition fees for enrollment in bachelor, master, and continuing education programs.
3. Research Grants: EUR receives research funding from Dutch government bodies (NWO), European Union (EU), and private foundations for scientific research projects.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is a public research university that delivers higher education and conducts academic research across multiple disciplines including economics, business, law, medicine, social sciences, philosophy, and history. It offers bachelor, master, PhD, executive, and continuing education programmes through its schools and faculties, and operates Erasmus MC as its academic hospital and medical centre.

Product overview

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is a comprehensive research university offering a multi-school, multi-faculty architecture comprising Bachelor and Master programmes across 10+ schools including Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus School of Law, and others. The portfolio includes core academic degree programmes, executive and continuing education for professionals, PhD research programmes, and specialized research institutes. Cultural and public engagement offerings include Studio Erasmus (talkshow), Studium Generale (cultural programmes), and the Erasmus Gallery. The university also operates Erasmus MC as its medical faculty, maintains the Universitair Historisch Kabinet heritage collection, and supports education through the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Fonds fundraising foundation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachelor Programmes
• Master Programmes
• Executive Education
• Continuing Education
• PhD Programmes
• Research Services
• Erasmus MC

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Codarts RotterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCodarts (Rotterdam University of the Arts) and EUR collaborate on arts and wellbeing research through Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL) and projects like Bauhaus op de Putselaan and Cultuur & Campus. Dr. Janine Stubbe holds a joint chair as lecturer at Codarts and endowed professor at EUR's ESHCC, conducting research on arts for wellbeing and healthy artists.
• Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative between Codarts and EUR for interdisciplinary research combining arts and sciences. Collaborates on various projects including Bauhaus op de Putselaan and Cultuur & Campus.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• University of Amsterdam (UvA): Largest research university in the Netherlands, also public and government-funded, with a similarly broad multi-faculty architecture spanning economics, law, social sciences, and medicine (Amsterdam UMC). Direct peer because UvA competes for the same Dutch and international student pool, OCW funding, and EU/NWO research grants.
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam): Public research university in Amsterdam offering comparable broad faculties (economics, law, social sciences, medical sciences via Amsterdam UMC). Direct peer given identical funding model, similar program breadth, and shared Randstad student and employer market.
• Leiden University: One of the oldest Dutch public research universities, strong in law, social sciences, and medicine (LUMC). Direct peer because it competes directly for students, faculty, and research funding within the same OCW-funded system.
• Utrecht University: Major Dutch public research university with broad multi-faculty structure including economics, law, social sciences, and medicine (UMC Utrecht). Direct peer in the same funding and student-recruitment ecosystem.
• Tilburg University: Dutch public research university specializing in social sciences, law, and business (TiAS), closely comparable to EUR's Erasmus School of Law, RSM, and social sciences faculties. Direct peer in economics, law, and social sciences program categories.
• Maastricht University: Dutch public research university with internationally oriented programs and a similar mix of economics, law, health, and social sciences. Direct peer as a similarly sized competitor for international students and NWO/EU grants.
• Delft University of Technology (TU Delft): Largest Dutch technical university; a peer in the broader Dutch public research university system, competing for top students, faculty talent, and research grants, though more STEM-oriented.

Broad incumbents

• Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e): Dutch public technical university in the same OCW-funded system. Broader incumbent in Dutch higher education but with narrower STEM focus; overlaps with EUR in business and management programs at the interface of technology.
• Wageningen University & Research: Dutch public research university focused on life sciences and agriculture. Broad incumbent in the same OCW-funded research university ecosystem, competing for NWO and EU grant funding.

Others

• Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM): RSM is EUR's own business school but functions as an adjacent brand competing in the European MBA and executive education market against schools like INSEAD, Rotterdam School of Management peer institutions, and other Dutch business schools. Listed as a peer because it represents EUR's principal commercial executive-education and business-degree offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/erasmusuni
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ErasmusUniversity
• Facebookfacebook.com/ErasmusUniversity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/erasmus-university-rotterdam
• Instagraminstagram.com/erasmusuniversity

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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