Short Courses
IHE Delft conducts a wide range of short, intensive and highly specialized courses which are aimed at upgrading and refreshing the knowledge and skills of mid-career professional and senior experts.
Short courses are meant for professionals –or groups of professionals– with a specific area of interest and a limited amount of time. The focus and content of short courses vary from specialised and technical matters to challenges and approaches in management.
Many of IHE Delft’s short courses are part of an accredited MSc programme. This means that short course participants enrol in a module delivered to an international class of MSc students. This offers the opportunity to meet fellow participants from many different countries with a myriad of water related experiences.
Didactical methods include lectures, assignments, individual or group exercises in the classroom, behind the computer, or in the laboratory. It’s all about active learning: each participant is responsible for his/her learning process and achievement. Active participation in all learning activities, assignments and exercises is essential, also for those who choose not to do an exam.
Fieldwork, excursions and field visits to relevant sites often are a part of a short course, allowing the participants to come into contact with practical examples of the theory offered. Through case studies, role-plays, debate and workshops, content is made more interactive, and experience that the participants already have is shared.
Admission Criteria
You should have a Bachelor Degree in a relevant field of study, preferably some years of working experience, and a good command of the English language to be admitted to the course. For a successful learning experience it is also essential to have basic skills in the use of computers and office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
How to apply
You can find an apply button on the page of each short course listed below. If you decide to apply, create an account, or use your existing account to log in. After logging in, you will need to enter your personal information, and upload a scan of your passport, CV, BSc degree and transcript. Your BSc degree and transcript should be in English, French or Spanish. Your CV must be (translated in) the English language.
Scholarships
Click here to read about MSP, OKP and more scholarships for short courses.
Examination/Assessment
For several short courses ECTS credit points can be earned. Credit points can only be earned if you take part in the assessment of the short course and obtain a pass mark. If you return to IHE Delft within 4 years after completion of the short course to follow a full MSc programme, you may receive exemption for this short course/module. Taking part in the assessments is not compulsory. The additional costs for an assessment are € 250.
If you wish to take part in the assessment, you are advised to consult the applicable course coordinator for the exact method and timing of the assessment..
Tailor-made training
Read more about tailor made training here.
Discounts
Discounts on the tuition fee of online and short courses apply to the following:
- 30% for IHE Delft Diploma alumni
- 10% for UN family staff members
- 10% for groups of 5 or more (provided that the course starts at the same time and a group application has been sent)
Discounts cannot be combined.
Questions?
Visit our Frequently Asked Questions section.
Name changes
The following courses have a new name from 2020 onwards:
- "Planning and Delivery of Flood Resilience" into "Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Deltas"
Fully booked courses for 2021
- Tracer Hydrology and Flow Systems Analysis, 22 March 2021-9 April 2021
- Wastewater Treatment Plants Design and Engineering, 19 April 2021-7 May 2021
- Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring, 19 April 2021-7 May 2021
- Flood Risk Management, 28 June 2021-16 July 2021
Cancelled courses for 2021
- Water Resources Assessment and Modelling, 22 March 2021-9 April 2021
- Groundwater Resources and Treatment, 22 March 2021-9 April 2021
- Hydrological Data Collection and Processing, 19 April 2021-7 May 2021
- Implementing Environmental Flows to Support Sustainable Water Resources Management, 3 May 2021-14 May 2021
Upcoming Short Courses
Please note that all short courses in 2021 start 3 to 4 weeks later than communicated earlier, you will find the new start and end date below.
Short course
Start date End date- Port Planning and Infrastructure Design 01 Feb 2021 - 19 Feb 2021
- Unit Operations in Water Treatment (Coagulation, Sedimentation, Flotation and Filtration) 01 Feb 2021 - 19 Feb 2021
- Urban Drainage and Sewerage 01 Feb 2021 - 19 Feb 2021
- Asset Management 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Coastal Systems 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Conventional Wastewater Treatment 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Disinfection, Adsorption and Natural Processes for Water Treatment 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Financing Water Investments for Water Professionals 22 Feb 2021 - 26 Feb 2021
- Managing Water Organisations 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Water and Environmental Law 22 Feb 2021 - 19 Mar 2021
- Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment 22 Mar 2021 - 26 Mar 2021
- Computational Intelligence and Operational Water Management 22 Mar 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
- Design of Breakwaters 22 Mar 2021 - 02 Apr 2021
- Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems 22 Mar 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
- Resource Oriented Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation 22 Mar 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
- Tracer Hydrology and Flow Systems Analysis 22 Mar 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
- Hydropower Water Conduit Design 29 Mar 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
- Groundwater Data Collection and Interpretation 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- River Basin Modelling 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Wastewater Treatment Plants Design and Engineering 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Water and Environmental Policy Analysis 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Water Conflict and Cooperation 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Water Transport and Distribution 19 Apr 2021 - 07 May 2021
- Implementing Environmental Flows to Support Sustainable Water Resources Management 03 May 2021 - 14 May 2021
- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Deltas 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Desalination and Membrane Technology 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Design of Hydropower Schemes 10 May 2021 - 14 May 2021
- Environmental Planning and Implementation 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Industrial Resource Management and Cleaner Production 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Integrated Hydrological and River Modelling 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Modelling Wastewater Treatment Processes and Plants 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Project Management for Sanitation 10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
- River and Floodplain Rehabilitation 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- River Flood Analysis and Modelling 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Urban Flood Management and Disaster Risk Mitigation 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Water Conflict Management and Tools for Water Diplomacy 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Water Resources Planning 10 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
- Research Methods for Sanitation 31 May 2021 - 11 Jun 2021
- Data Analysis and Modelling for Aquatic Ecosystems 07 Jun 2021 - 25 Jun 2021
- Applied Groundwater Modelling 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Aquatic Ecosystems: Processes and Applications 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Environmental Assessment for Water-related Policies and Developments 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Flood Risk Management 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Industrial Effluents Treatment and Residuals Management 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Partnerships, Networks and Stakeholder Analysis in the Water Sector 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Urban Water Systems 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Water Treatment Processes and Plants Design 28 Jun 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
- Financing Water Investments for Water Professionals 06 Jul 2021 - 09 Jul 2021
- Advanced Water Transport and Distribution 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Decentralised Water Supply and Sanitation 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Solid Waste Management 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Strategic Planning for River Basins and Deltas 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Water Sensitive Cities 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Wetlands for Livelihoods and Conservation 19 Jul 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using HEC-RAS 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using SWAT 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using the PCRaster Python Framework 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Geostatistics for Water Resources and Environmental Science 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Morphological Modelling Using Delft3D 04 Oct 2021 - 08 Oct 2021
- QGIS for Hydrological Applications 04 Oct 2021 - 08 Oct 2021
- Small Hydropower Development 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Water Economics 04 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Environmental Modelling using PCRaster 11 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- Hydraulic Modelling using HEC-RAS 11 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- River Basin Modelling using SWAT 11 Oct 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
- GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for the Water Sector 15 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2021
- Where there is little data: How to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins 15 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2021
- Sanitation & Public Health 22 Nov 2021 - 03 Dec 2021
- Analysis of Sanitation Flows 13 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- Port Planning and Infrastructure Design 17 Jan 2022 - 04 Feb 2022
- Unit Operations in Water Treatment (Coagulation, Sedimentation, Flotation and Filtration) 17 Jan 2022 - 04 Feb 2022
- Urban Drainage and Sewerage 17 Jan 2022 - 04 Feb 2022
- Asset Management 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Coastal Systems 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Conventional Wastewater Treatment 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Disinfection, Adsorption and Natural Processes for Water Treatment 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Managing Water Organisations 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Water and Environmental Law 14 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
- Computational Intelligence and Operational Water Management 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Design of Breakwaters 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Groundwater Resources and Treatment 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Resource Oriented Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Tracer Hydrology and Flow Systems Analysis 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Water Resources Assessment and Modelling 07 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Hydropower Water Conduit Design 14 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
- Groundwater Data Collection and Interpretation 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Hydrological Data Collection and Processing 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- River Basin Modelling 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Wastewater Treatment Plants Design and Engineering 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Water and Environmental Policy Analysis 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Water Conflict and Cooperation 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Water Transport and Distribution 04 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Deltas 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Desalination and Membrane Technology 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Environmental Planning and Implementation 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Industrial Resource Management and Cleaner Production 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Integrated Hydrological and River Modelling 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Modelling Wastewater Treatment Processes and Plants 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- River and Floodplain Rehabilitation 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- River Flood Analysis and Modelling 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Urban Flood Management and Disaster Risk Mitigation 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Water Conflict Management and Tools for Water Diplomacy 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Water Resources Planning 25 Apr 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Project Management for Sanitation 02 May 2022 - 13 May 2022
- Data Analysis and Modelling for Aquatic Ecosystems 23 May 2022 - 10 Jun 2022
- Research Methods for Sanitation 23 May 2022 - 03 Jun 2022
- Applied Groundwater Modelling 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Aquatic Ecosystems: Processes and Applications 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Environmental Assessment for Water-related Policies and Developments 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Flood Risk Management 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Industrial Effluents Treatment and Residuals Management 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Partnerships, Networks and Stakeholder Analysis in the Water Sector 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Urban Water Systems 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Water Treatment Processes and Plants Design 13 Jun 2022 - 01 Jul 2022
- Advanced Water Transport and Distribution 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Decentralised Water Supply and Sanitation 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Solid Waste Management 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Strategic Planning for River Basins and Deltas 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Water Sensitive Cities 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Wetlands for Livelihoods and Conservation 04 Jul 2022 - 22 Jul 2022
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using HEC-RAS 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using SWAT 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling using the PCRaster Python Framework 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Geostatistics for Water Resources and Environmental Science 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Implementing Environmental Flows to Support Sustainable Water Resources Management 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Small Hydropower Development 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- Water Economics 19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
- GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for the Water Sector 24 Oct 2022 - 04 Nov 2022
- Where there is little data: How to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins 31 Oct 2022 - 11 Nov 2022