Erasmus University College is a small public, highly selective, undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college located in the city centre of Rotterdam, South Holland. It is an honors program of the Erasmus University Rotterdam that started in 2013 with 85 students in four departments: Economics and Business, Humanities, Life Sciences and the Social and Behavioural Sciences. The student population has grown to over 650 over the past six years. Due to the size of the first-year accommodation at Stadhuisplein, only 218 students are admitted each year. Furthermore, it is the only university college program in the Netherlands with an economics and business department, for which it draws upon the resources of the Erasmus University, highly ranked worldwide in both fields.Erasmus University College is the undergraduate honors college of Erasmus University Rotterdam and was founded in 2013. Erasmus University Rotterdam traces its origins back to 1913. The very first year of EUC was chaotic because of several reasons. One of them is that the campus building was not completed in time and as a result students had to go to different buildings through the year to have classes.Students at Erasmus University College receive a degree from Erasmus University Rotterdam, which consistently ranks among the best universities in the Netherlands. Erasmus University Rotterdam has been listed among the top 100 universities in the world by Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds and Financial Times.