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Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam Martino Neumann with contributions by Renate R. van den Bos, Ellen R.M. de Haas, Marianne G.R. De Maeseneer, Tamar E.C. Nijsten, Arnold P. Oranje, Dominic J. Robinson, Eric M. van der Snoek and H. Bing Thio Introduction The municipal of Rotterdam is, with a population of about 620 000, the second largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. The number of inhabitants of the city region is about 1.2 million. The harbour of Rotterdam is the biggest and most important one in Europe. Origin and development of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) are connected with the international position of this metropolis as economic, maritime and trade center. The EUR was established in 1973. It is named after the illustrious Rotterdam humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536). The origin of the EUR goes back to 1913, the founding year of the Dutch (university) school of economics, an international distinguished institute. The Rotterdam medical faculty was created in 1966 and in fact it originated from the so called “Stichting Klinisch Hoger Onderwijs” (a foundation for university medical education), established in 1950 as an institution for the education of residents in medicine (the two final years of education of medical doctors). In 1973 these two Rotterdam schools for higher education (economics and medicine) were connected to constitute the EUR. Nowadays teaching and research at the EUR are concentrated in four fields of expertise: health (medicine), welfare (economics), administration (including law and social sciences) and culture (including history, social sciences and philosophy). 127 9 Entrance to the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. BWEADVSMGFINCORR:Opmaak 1 21-07-2014 17:40 Pagina 127