The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is established in 2003. It carries out research, education and capacity building activities in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure. UNESCO-IHE continues the work that began in 1957 when IHE first offered a postgraduate diploma course...
The incorporation of IHE into UNESCO in 2001 demonstrates the importance the Organisation attaches to water issues. UNESCO member states decided to make water and associated ecosystems one of its ‘principal priorities’.
Since then UNESCO has moved rapidly to build up its programme and to in...
UNESCO-IHE continues the work that was started in 1957 when IHE first offered a postgraduate diploma course in hydraulic engineering to practising professionals from developing countries.
UNESCO-IHE’s products and services include the development of postgraduate education programmes, tailor-made training courses, institutional capacity building programmes, research & development, policy development and advisory services in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure,...
UNESCO-IHE in Delft employs a total of 166 staff members, 92 of whom are responsible for the education, training and research programmes both in Delft and abroad. The Institute also has at its disposal a pool of more than 350 national and international guest lecturers from government agencies,...
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UNESCO-IHE’s campus is located in the centre of Delft. The premises, comprising three interconnected buildings, cover an area of 14,000 square metres, extending from the main entrance of the new building on Westvest 7, to the historic buildings of Oude Delft 95 and 93 along one of Delft’s main...
The UNESCO-IHE Fellowship Fund was created to raise funds from private or public organisations, companies and other (individual) benefactors for the partial or full sponsorship of an individual's study at UNESCO-IHE.
More than half of the Institute’s 166 staff members are water professionals working in five academic departments.
Currently UNESCO-IHE has the following vacancies:
