Eight scholars, sponsored by Rotary International, will begin an 18-month academic programme at UNESCO-IHE on 18 October 2012. The Rotary and UNESCO-IHE partnership was established in 2011 to address the world’s water and sanitation crisis by increasing the ranks of trained professionals critica...
UNESCO-IHE participates in three Erasmus Mundus programmes in cooperation with European top universities. Prospective student can now register for the courses starting in 2013/2015 and apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
Urban Water and Sanitation (UWS) is the new name for the MSc Programme formerly known as Municipal Water and Infrastructure (MWI).
On 1 October 2012, Mr. Carlos Alberto Vélez Quintero successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis and was awarded with a Doctoral Degree. Professor Arthur Mynett was his promoter. The PhD research focused on ‘Optimization of Urban Wastewater Systems using Model Based Design and Control'.
On the 20th of September 2012, UNESCO-IHE celebrated the first Alumni Day. The programme was entitled ‘Water Sector meets Future Water Leaders’.
The Call for Sessions of 5th Delft Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Development closes on 30 September 2012.
As part of an official visit to Uruguay, UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, met students, governmental officials and representatives of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) in Montevideo on Thursday 13 September 2012.
A proposal by the Governing Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education to increase its impact by expanding its education and research programmes by gradually building up a UNESCO-IHE Global Campus and by providing universally valid doctoral degrees has been submitted by the Governing...
Scientists from UNESCO-IHE, Deltares and Leeds University developed a Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI) based on exposure, susceptibility and resilience to coastal flooding. It is applied to nine cities around the world, each with different kinds of exposure.
With the aid of this...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project on pro-poor sanitation innovations called 'Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia' seeks a post-doc fellow. Expected starting date is 1 November 2012, deadline for submission i...