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For the upcoming academic year, the programme introduces a tailored learning trajectory, allowing students to customise their curriculum.

With over 13,000 alumni worldwide, the IHS Alumni Network gathers international experts in urban development from across the globe. In this series we reconnect

Thursday 2 April 2026, we hosted our annual award ceremony at HAL4 aan de Maas. The event was hosted by our dean, prof. dr. Esther Rozendaal.

UMTCC course participants Sahinaz and Ahmed share their reflections on the experience and how to plan to implement what they learned in their role today.

IHS alumna Eva Campos talks about Guatemala’s social housing innovation. Learn how global lessons and local action create inclusive cities.

 In this article we explore how Rotterdam functions as a living urban laboratory for planning and design.

Learn more about the short course on Urban Heritage Strategies for African Cities from the interview with course coordinator, Jean-Paul Corten.

As part of the PhD programme in Urban Development & Governance, we offer our IHS PhD researchers the opportunity to present their research at our PhD colloquia.

IHS alumnus Stefan talks about his life since his graduation from IHS and his works as a Carlo Schmid Fellow at UN-Habitat.

Read more about our course on Developing an Urban Resilience City Strategy, part of the MSc in Urban Management and Development curriculum.