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Building your skills to become a better urban manager

Training is one of the most effective ways to strengthen capacity and to improve the potential of organisations. The interactive and international education training programmes provided by IHS aim at improving knowledge, skills and attitudes. These are needed to manage the urban development processes of today. Apart from in-class activities, lectures, case studies and practical exercises, the programme also includes visits to important projects and municipalities dealing with relevant urban and housing issues.

The IHS course programmes range from short post-graduate diploma courses to Master Degree programmes and a PhD programme. All of them provide a wealth of case study references from various parts of the world. Within each of these programmes, participants can choose either to enrol in a complete course, leading to a diploma or a degree, or in some cases to participate in one or more modules of the degree programme.

Over 6,500 participants have attended IHS courses. IHS alumni include ministers, mayors, successful businessmen, university lecturers and renowned NGO activists.

IHS offers the following courses:


International Executive Learning

lead your city into the future

IHS Alumni Association Nigeria; first meeting!

Last year IHS Alumni Nigeria was founded. Now they organize their first meeting

IHS Course: The Credit Course and Access to Credit by Local Government CANCELLED

IHS regrets that the executive course will not be able to take place

New IHS Course Urban Management and Development Theory

New 3 month course discusses the basics of Urban Management and Development Theory

Grassroots evaluate successes and Leaders shape the way forward at the 2010 WLLA Land Academy

Monitoring and Evaluating from a Grassroots Women's Perspective