Interested students may apply for our programme through the online application system Studielink. Make sure to select the programme Health Sciences – Master of Sciences (70 EC). Once you have registered, you will receive a follow up email from Erasmus University with a student number and a link to the application portal.
In the application portal you need to upload the following documents which are part of our selection criteria:
- A letter of motivation in English (max. 500 words!), explaining your wish to apply and the career you wish to pursue.
- An extensive curriculum vitae (résumé) in English (using Europass format), including:
- a list of educational institutes attended and corresponding dates;
- degree(s) obtained or expected to obtain;
- work experience and corresponding dates of employment for each position held;
- research experience and a complete list of publications;
- all other relevant information.
- Official (translated) transcript of diplomas and grade lists with original stamp and/or certification from the institute concerned. If you have not yet graduated when submitting your application, please provide a graduation statement. This statement should be stamped and signed by your university, certifying your expected date of graduation, and your transcripts (list of grades obtained thus far).
- Proof of sufficient command of the English language.
- Two letters of recommendation.
Application deadline
- 1 March 2025 – Non-EEA applicants
- 1 April 2025 – EEA and Dutch applicants
Questions? Please contact us at graduateschool@erasmusmc.nl.
For PhD candidates at the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, a customized application procedure exists.
Note that the procedure changed from the academic year 2022-2023.
PhD candidates can start their programme only at the start of the academic year. However, you are allowed to sign up for courses that belong to the master programme before the start of your programme. The mandatory courses of the master programme can be found in the study guide. At the end of fall, the list of electives will also be available under downloads. You will be able to find more information about the application procedure for courses in section above.
As soon as you are accepted in the master programme, you can request the examination board to have these courses count towards your degree. The current Teaching and Examination Regulations allow course exemptions with a maximum of 14 EC.
Make sure you are eligible by carefully checking the “Are you eligible?” requirements in the information about the programmes or courses.
The online application form includes fields to upload your documents. Please prepare the following documents:
- A letter of motivation in English (max. 500 words!), explaining your wish to apply and the career you wish to pursue.
- Your curriculum vitae (résumé), which should be extensive and include the following information:
- full contact details of your supervisor(s) and promotor;
- a list of educational departments attended and corresponding dates;
- degree(s) obtained or expected to obtain;
- work experience and corresponding dates of employment for each position held;
- research experience and a complete list of publications;
- all other relevant information.
- Collect full contact details of your PhD supervisors (promotor(s) and/or copromotor(s)) to enter in the online application form (step 3).
- Study plan (in online application form), to be filled in together with your PhD supervisors.
- Scans of official transcripts of diplomas and reports (lists of grades) translated into English and with original stamp and/or certification from the institute concerned. If you have not yet graduated when submitting your application, please provide a graduation statement. This statement should be stamped and signed by your university, certifying your expected date of graduation, and your transcripts (list of grades obtained thus far).
- Scans, if relevant, of a valid test score of an official English proficiency test: an IELTS test score, a TOEFL test score (TOEFL Institutional Code: 8462), or a Cambridge Proficiency score. Please note, IELTS or TOEFL test results cannot be older than two years, whereas Cambridge Proficiency results have no expiration date. To see whether the scans of the English proficiency tests are relevant for you, please check the English requirements. The Nuffic certificate is not necessary.
- You can complete your application by following the general Application Procedure from step 3. (see above) Make sure to fill in that you are a PhD student at Erasmus MC.
- In addition, make sure you are registered as PhD at Erasmus MC in Hora Finita. More information can be found in STIP – Registration process (erasmusmc.nl)