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A fairly large number of graduates from the research master programme continue<br />

with a <strong>PhD</strong> project. After a selection process, they enter into the second year of the<br />

<strong>ERIM</strong> <strong>PhD</strong> programme, which does not include any compulsory course work.<br />

In January 2004, the <strong>ERIM</strong> Master of Philosophy in Business Research was officially<br />

accredited by the NVAO (the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and<br />

Flanders) as a two‐year research master. The NVAO re‐accreditation of the<br />

programme took place in 2009. The first cohort of the <strong>ERIM</strong> research master<br />

students graduated in the summer of 2006. As at August 2012, there were over 60<br />

graduates. The majority of them are now pursuing their <strong>PhD</strong> at <strong>ERIM</strong>.<br />

1.3.3 <strong>ERIM</strong> Early Career Talent Programme: Postdoctoral Fellowships and Tenure Track<br />

The aim of <strong>ERIM</strong> is to invest in young, talented, international researchers with the<br />

potential for the intellectual leadership needed for the future development of the<br />

field of Research in Management. With the support of the Erasmus University<br />

Rotterdam Trustfonds Foundation, the Board of the Erasmus University and specific<br />

funds from the two faculties, the <strong>ERIM</strong> Research Fellowships in Management<br />

programme was created in 2000. The purpose of this programme is to attract<br />

international, young and promising recent <strong>PhD</strong>s in management to the Erasmus<br />

University. The postdoc fellows receive an appointment of a maximum of two years.<br />

Since 2005, this programme has been extended and tuned towards the first four<br />

years following the <strong>PhD</strong> and is now called the <strong>ERIM</strong> Early Career Talent programme.<br />

With the perspective of four years, the proposition for talented academics is much<br />

more attractive. They can spend four years on rigorous research, which will boost<br />

their academic career. The significant results produced by postdoctoral fellows will<br />

represent an important step forward in the field of management. In line with<br />

developments in other major international business schools, the tenure track<br />

introduced at RSM and ESE aims to professionalise the School’s career development<br />

policy. The tenure track contributes to improving the productivity, quality, relevance<br />

and viability of the School’s research and the innovativeness of its teaching and<br />

educational development, as well as to the School’s management and services to the<br />

wider community.<br />

1.3.4 Career Perspectives<br />

The main purpose of the <strong>ERIM</strong> Doctoral Programme is to train doctoral candidates<br />

for future academic positions in research in management. If the master students go<br />

on to obtain their <strong>PhD</strong> at <strong>ERIM</strong>, they are properly qualified to conduct research in<br />

management at both European and North American business schools, at which<br />

schools there is a structural shortage of qualified <strong>PhD</strong>s.<br />

An academic career is the most popular choice among <strong>PhD</strong> graduates (ca. 70% of<br />

alumni). Around one third of the <strong>ERIM</strong> <strong>PhD</strong> alumni have continued working at the<br />

Erasmus University, either at RSM and ESE. We have alumni teaching at every Dutch<br />

university, of which Free University of Amsterdam (VU) and Delft University of<br />

Technology (TU Delft) are particularly popular.<br />

8 <strong>ERIM</strong> <strong>PhD</strong> <strong>Reference</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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