erasmus mc is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centers and trauma centers in the netherlands, whereas its economics and business school, erasmus school of economics and rotterdam school of management are well known in europe and beyond. erasmus university rotterdam has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by three major ranking tables. in 2017, the university was ranked among top ten business schools in europe by financial times. in 2015, erasmus university rotterdam is ranked by times higher education as 20th in europe and 72nd in the world, with its social sciences as 40th, and clinical health as 35th in the world.