Rotterdam School of Management

For over 45 years, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University has firmly established its reputation as one of Europe’s leading business schools.Long before ‘global’ became an important descriptor for business education, RSM’s students, faculty and staff were already reflecting the diversity of the globalising world and developing the school into a force for positive change.

Just like our host country, one of the world's most renowned and open minded international trading nations, RSM has continued to expand and internationalise, cementing its status as one of Europe’s most international and innovative business schools.RSM offers a distinctive intellectual culture; one that is critical, creative, caring and collaborative, and committed to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. We believe that leadership can be taught through a combination of intellectual and practical challenge.

We believe that the difficulties encountered working in diverse teams fosters creative new approaches in business. We enjoy a reciprocal, supportive relationship with multinational companies. And we encourage a flexible, broad and sometimes iconoclastic mindset in matters of business practice and research.This distinct approach has helped RSM to establish a portfolio of top-ranked programmes, as well as one of the world’s largest and most prolific management faculties.

As one of Europe’s largest international business schools, RSM reaches an expansive international audience of future and current leaders through its broad portfolio of programmes, services and academic activities.Building on the entrepreneurial tradition of Rotterdam and the Netherlands, RSM provides management research, education and societal engagement so people and organisations can thrive worldwide. In keeping with our commitment to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we help students, academics and people in business become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.

Our mission statement is therefore:

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is a force for positive change in the world.We help, educate and prepare students, academics and people in business to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.We do this in our own operations – in research, education and engagement – and in our role as a thought leader in the worlds of business, research and education.

• We have researched intelligent energy networks to bring sustainable energy a step closer;
• We have initiated a goal-setting course that increases the engagement of our bachelor students;
• We have established a mentoring scheme that seeks the best match for mentors and mentees among our alumni network and our students;
• It’s already in our culture to consider how to make the change happen; it's in our forward thinking I WILL initiative.