IHS, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies is a part of the high ranking Erasmus University Rotterdam (consistently ranked among the top 3% of the world’s best universities) based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. As a multidisciplinary institute, we work closely with the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) and offer a variety of post-graduate educational programmes.
For 60 years, it has been our mission to develop human and institutional capacities, to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in cities. Looking at cities from different perspectives, we educate urban professionals with diverse backgrounds, consult national and local governments from the Global South and engage in cutting-edge urban research. Bringing practical experience from real-life projects back to the classroom, we inspire collaboration and co-creation of urban knowledge. Together with our partners, we work at the forefront of urban development to improve the wellbeing of people living in cities. IHS is about making cities work.
Our network of alumni includes over 9000 active urban experts all over the world, ranging from architects, social scientists, economists, to public administration workers, civil servants, and government officials.