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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’ scholarships available for European students
IHE Delft and partners offer two Erasmus Mundus Master’s programmes. Both two-year programmes start in September 2023 and include studies at three institutions in three different countries. Full Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available for students from all parts of the world, including earmarked scholarships for students from European countries.
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Egypt: New course on water scarcity and drought risks
A new regional short course offers water professionals from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region training in the field of water scarcity, including on topics such as water resources assessment, monitoring and forecasting, as well as adaptation approaches.
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World Toilet Day 2022: Making the invisible visible
Improving the global water and sanitation situation is the overarching goal of IHE Delft training and research – and as toilets are key in reaching this goal, we consider World Toilet Day a special day. World Toilet Day, marked November 19, was first celebrated in 2001 by the World Toilet Organization and was recognized by the United Nations in 2013. This year, the day focuses on groundwater – an often-invisible resource that is affected by the sanitation situation on the surface.
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IHE Delft and FirstRand launch scholarship programme for South Africa
The FirstRand Foundation, the corporate foundation of South African financial institution FirstRand Limited is partnering with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education to set up a scholarship programme to enable outstanding South African students to study for MSc degrees at IHE Delft in the Netherlands.
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Academic year opening: Speakers encourage students to reach high
Speakers at IHE Delft’s Opening of the Academic Year ceremony encouraged the 137 new MSc students, who had just days earlier arrived in the Netherlands from 46 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and elsewhere, to realise their potential.
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Webinar on resilient rivers and deltas: taking stock from research and practices from the DUPC2 programme
Climate change, sea-level rise, urbanization and competing water uses across sectors and regions, challenge rivers and delta systems in new ways. This affects the millions of people living in delta areas. This webinar takes stock of research and practices on rivers and deltas, conducted as part of DUPC2-supported projects. Join our webinar to learn, reflect and discuss: which evidence and good practices can we leverage for building resilient river deltas? Water resources, fertile soil, life-sustaining ecosystems, energy through hydropower: rivers and deltas provide some of the most essential resources for local populations and socio-economic development.
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Now open: Call for large-scale proposals, Water and Development Partnership Programme
IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme is seeking project proposals that bring together diverse, inter- and trans-disciplinary teams that wish to collaborate to find sustainable solutions to water challenges, redress larger systemic injustices and enrich the knowledge on water. The call launched on 9 November 2022 will follow a two-stage process. In the first stage, teams will submit their preliminary ideas, using the provided templates and guidelines before 5 December 12.00 CET. Teams that continue to the second stage will further develop their project ideas in line with feedback. Final proposals must be submitted before 6 February 17.00 CET.
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New call for large-scale proposals: Water and Development Partnership Programme
IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme is seeking project proposals that bring together diverse, inter- and trans-disciplinary teams that wish to collaborate to find sustainable solutions to water challenges, redress larger systemic injustices and enrich the knowledge on water.
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Graduation: celebration of sanitation students’ achievements
The 11 students who formed the fourth cohort of IHE Delft’s MSc Programme in Sanitation recently graduated in a ceremony that celebrated their achievements. In a demonstration of the strength of the class, two students – instead of the usual one – were honoured with awards for the outstanding quality of their theses.
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Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters open for application
As of 15 October 2022 you can apply for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Master’s programmes IMETE and COASTHazar.