Presentation of the education and research in the field of life science of Erasmus MC Graduate School Rotterdam, Netherlands

1. Erasmus MC: Europe’s top institute in biomedical research & education Prof.dr. Huibert A.P. Pols Dean and vice-chairman of the Executive Board Rotterdam, The Netherlands

5. Top European institutions in clinical medicine Times Higher Education 21 May 2009 Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-31 December 2008 Rank in Europe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 University or Institute Erasmus University Rotterdam University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Glasgow University of Helsinki Imperial College London University of Amsterdam Karolinska Institute Humboldt University of Berlin Leiden University Papers 7,108 4,795 6,706 4,908 10,169 7,550 8,123 12,787 6,097 8,150 Citations 166,015 107,088 149,545 104,245 206,196 145,914 150,269 236,174 112,420 149,851 Citations/Paper 23.36 22.33 22.30 21.24 20.28 19.33 18.50 18.47 18.44 18.39

11. What your peers say (1) Juan Jiang Meng Du, student research master Molecular Medicine

13. What your peers say (2) Wei Gong, student research master Neuroscience

14. See you in The Netherlands ! Thank you very much for your attention