Erasmus University is a university in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The main focus is on social sciences. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Terms like SOSE (Studies of Society & the Environment) not only refer to social sciences but also studies of the environment. ...