Student representation

All Research Masters programmes

Education Committee Research Masters

The Erasmus MC Education Committee  Research Masters is responsible for continuous evaluation of the educational contents of the five Erasmus MC research master’s programs Health Sciences, Infection and Immunity, Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience and Genomics in Society. The Education Committee consists of five MSc Faculty members (including the committee chair) and five MSc students: one for each Erasmus MC research master. Chairpersons and programme directors are excluded from this committee.

The chair of the Erasmus MC Research Master Education Board is Dr. John Hays (faculty RM Infection & Immunity).

More information about this committee can be found here.

Procedure for complaints

We welcome feedback, as it helps us improve our programmes, courses, and our services for students. In case you have any complaints or suggestions about your programme or research, please contact us at graduateschool@erasmusmc.nl. Further options for complaints can be found in the Teaching and Examination Regulations. 

Research Master in Health Sciences and MSc in Health Sciences

There are multiple levels of student representation at the Health Sciences programme and Erasmus University Rotterdam as a whole. We encourage you to speak your mind and participate in our student representation.

• Student panel: At the start of each year a student panel with student representatives from all programmes and specialisations is set up to evaluate the programme in general. All students receive an invitation to apply in the fall.
• Education Committee: The Education Committee Research Masters is a committee consisting of both teachers and students, dedicated to improving the quality of education. Contrary to the student panel, the Education Committee covers all Research Master programmes at Erasmus MC.
• Student Council: The Student Council (Studentenraadin Dutch) is an elected, faculty-wide council that represents the interests of students within the Erasmus MC School in meetings with the school’s dean. Its members are elected yearly (in spring) by Erasmus MC students. Health Sciences students have active voting rights.
• University Council: the University Council (Universiteitsraad in Dutch) is an elected, university-wide council that represents the interests of both students and employees in monthly meetings with the executive board. Its members are elected yearly (in spring). Health Sciences students have active voting rights.

Student panel

The panel is responsible for requested and unsolicited advice and feedback on specific courses, examinations and majors or related educational issues.

The student panel consists of members representing all student groups within the Health Sciences programme.

The panel meets two or three times a year. Members participate in the panel for at least a year.

The members of the student panel are recruited yearly at the start of the academic year, when all students will receive an invitation to participate in the panel. You can also apply at a later stage in your programme.

You can contact the panel by addressing one of the members in one of the courses or by sending an email to studentpanel.nihes@erasmusmc.nl.

Meeting reports of the student panel can be found here.