


Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam, Netherlands
With its mission to be a force for positive change in the world, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) has firmly established its reputation over almost 50 years as one of Europe’s most international and innovative business schools. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class portfolio of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage people to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
LOCATION
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam, Netherlands
USEFUL LINKS
student feedback
workload

ACADEMICS
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Previous students rated the university a 5 out of 5
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Previous students rated the courses difficulty to be similar to Nova.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): You have a wide range of classes to pick from (approx. 30). There's basic electives such as International Strategy and Entrepreneurship, but also courses for people interested in Finance, Marketing, Innovation, HR, etc.
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André (Spring 2015): Courses were average, but business project was excellent - and auxiliary activities (team coaching etc) were first class.

WORKLOAD
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Previous students rated the workload to be demanding.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): Workload can be high, but super doable, I personally found the 1st semester at Nova worse. I think the content is not hard, but you do usually have a big group project in each one. Pro tip: CEMS Courses are less work that elective courses, and they are worth more credits.
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André (Spring 2015): Average - signficantly lighter than Nova

CITY LIFE
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Previous students rated the city life to be good.​
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Previous students rated the nightlife to be good.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): Super fun, amazing restaurants, great places to go out if you like bars or if you also like nightclubs. There is always something going on somewhere.
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André (Spring 2015): Amazing, full of culture and life. Small city, bike/walk everywhere. Amazing jazz festival in July (North Sea)

CEMS Life
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Previous students said the CEMS cohort had around 40 students.
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Previous students rated the CEMS community to be amazing.
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Previous students rated the CEMS Office to be amazing.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): Super active CEMS Club who is always making cool events (Pancake Boats, trips to Paris and Dublin, pubcrawls, Cantus, etc). The cohort was also close.
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André (Spring 2015): Tight knit community, did everything together in a gang of 20 or 30 :)

HOUSing
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Previous students said it was very hard to find accommodation.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): You need to look in advance. In my opinion the best zones to live are Kralingen or the Center. Usually is 550 - 700 euros. I got housing student housing from uni and it was 5 minutes biking from the campus and I paid 450.
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André (Spring 2015): Average - but way better than Portuguese standards

PRIce of one beer
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Previous students said that living costs were much higher compared to Lisbon.
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Carolina (Fall 2021): A beer 0.5l is 5 - 6 euros
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André (Spring 2015): Not expensive - pint was 3€ at that time
testimonies
André (Spring 2015)
Do it - best semester of my life
Carolina (Fall 2021)
Workload is doable, Rotterdam is such a fun metropolitan city. The cohort is super close and the CEMS experience there is great. I loved doing my exchange there.