IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest graduate water education and research facility in the world.
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IHE Delft confers accredited MSc degrees and promotes PhDs. Since 1957 the Institute has provided graduate education to more than 14,500 water professionals from 162 countries, the vast majority from the developing world. More than 100 PhD candidates were promoted, and numerous research and capacity building projects were carried out throughout the world.

Infrastructure and technology alone won't be enough to achieve SDG6.At the UNESCO 27th IHP Council in Paris, IHE Delft R...
05/06/2026

Infrastructure and technology alone won't be enough to achieve SDG6.

At the UNESCO 27th IHP Council in Paris, IHE Delft Rector Graham Jewitt and Member State representatives from the Netherlands, Italy, China, Spain, the UAE, South Africa and France made it clear that lasting water security requires substantial, structural and long-term investment in institutional and human capacity.

Key initiatives were highlighted as drivers of change:
✅ Capacity Development Initiative
✅ Global Water Education Network
✅ Water Education Indicator
✅ Adopt a River

These efforts are aimed at raising the profile of water education and providing a key contribution to the Capacity Development Accelerator of SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, feeding directly into Interactive Dialogue on Investments for Water.

This Side Event Upscaling Water Education and Capacity Development for Lasting Impact — co-organized by UNESCO, the Kingdom of the Netherlands 🇳🇱, IHE Delft, and CapNet — was a milestone on the road to the UN 2026 Water Conference, feeding directly into the Interactive Water Dialogue on Investment.

Education is an essential requirement for sustainable water governance, shaping the future of water.💧

📢 New scholarship opportunity for women in water!Through the Women 4 Water initiative, the SWAROVSKI Foundation is offer...
03/06/2026

📢 New scholarship opportunity for women in water!

Through the Women 4 Water initiative, the SWAROVSKI Foundation is offering three full scholarships for female candidates admitted to the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft, starting in November 2026.

The scholarship is open to women from low- and middle-income countries with an interest in water resources, ecosystem health, biodiversity and digital technologies such as GIS, remote sensing, AI and environmental modelling.

🗓️ Application deadline: 1 July 2026

Learn more about the eligibility criteria and application process here: https://www.un-ihe.org/education/master-programmes/women-4-water-swarovski-foundation-scholarships

At the AURORA Symposium at VU Amsterdam this week, higher education leaders came together to discuss the future of inter...
29/05/2026

At the AURORA Symposium at VU Amsterdam this week, higher education leaders came together to discuss the future of international education and global citizenship.

Marleen van der Kooij, Liaison Officer Bilateral Relations and IHE Delft representative to the Platform for International Education (PIE), took part in the panel discussion.

During the session, Van der Kooij highlighted why international academic cooperation matters now more than ever: "Knowledge collaboration is not only essential for addressing global challenges, it's also a powerful instrument of soft power, extending far beyond academia. It strengthens diplomacy, cultural ties, innovation ecosystems, long-term partnerships and global citizenship." Van der Kooij stressed that global skills training should be an integral part of curricula at all levels of education.

As higher education institutions navigate geopolitical tensions and changing policies, the panel reminded us all that internationalization is about more than student mobility, it’s about fairness, shared learning and creating a better future together.

A park for water security, biodiversity and more in Colombia 🌎💧Join us for the next IHE Delft Alumni Online Seminar, whe...
27/05/2026

A park for water security, biodiversity and more in Colombia 🌎💧

Join us for the next IHE Delft Alumni Online Seminar, where we will explore how the Pance River Biodiversity Park represents a pioneering Nature-based Solution for urban sustainability.

This seminar offers a unique perspective on integrating ecological restoration, aquifer protection, and social integration to strengthen urban resilience and reconnect cities with nature.
Discover how this innovative initiative in Colombia serves as a replicable model for global water security and biodiversity conservation.

🎤Meet the Speakers
Alumnus Daniel Ascúntar Ríos
Elidier Gómez Sánchez

🔗Read more and register here: https://edu.nl/x8vak

🌊 How can we model the environment with stakeholders to improve transboundary river management? Henry Amorocho Daza is d...
26/05/2026

🌊 How can we model the environment with stakeholders to improve transboundary river management?

Henry Amorocho Daza is defending his PhD thesis on a pressing environmental challenge: agriculture-driven nutrient pollution in international river basins. 🌎💧

His research uses the Lielupe River Basin (shared by Latvia and Lithuania) as a real-world case to explore how environmental models can be developed and used in participatory and systematic ways. The thesis, “Modelling the environment with stakeholders: Theoretical perspectives and practical applications for transboundary river management,” combines theory and practice by looking at how participation, uncertainty, and ethics can be integrated into modelling complex socio-environmental systems.

📆 Thursday, 4 June 2026
🕒 15:00 - 17:00 - GMT+02:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
📍 TU Delft Aula, Mekelweg 5, Senaatszaal

Link to the livestream: https://edu.nl/9rvgu

deadline alert!The application deadline is approaching for one of three full scholarships to study a two-year Research...
23/05/2026

deadline alert!

The application deadline is approaching for one of three full scholarships to study a two-year Research MSc in and in the framework of a research project on .

Visit our website to learn more about eligibility, conditions and how to apply:
https://lnkd.in/dWhGYPHx

📅 Deadline to apply: 1 June 2026
📍 Programme starts: Early November 2026, in Delft, the Netherlands

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

IHE Delft at the WaterProof Event 🌎💧Around 400 international water professionals came together in The Hague for an acti...
22/05/2026

IHE Delft at the WaterProof Event 🌎💧

Around 400 international water professionals came together in The Hague for an active, hands-on day focused on global water challenges.

IHE Delft showcased the impact of our community. A highlight was a keynote by Neha Mungekar, Researcher in Participatory Environmental Governance and MSc alumna. During the session “Enabling Environment: from policy to practice,” she challenged technocratic norms by emphasizing institutions, human relationships, and meaningful participation — reminding us that real engagement often requires stepping into discomfort.

Among the many Partners for Water initiatives, two IHE Delft projects were also highlighted:

• FlexFLID project — testing financing modalities to support resource-poor smallholder farmers along the Limpopo River in Mozambique and strengthen bottom-up policy development.
Project leader: Annelieke Duker, Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Management and PhD alumna.

• GREENCHEM project — acting as a proof of concept for Fersol©, a Dutch innovation that replaces conventional pre-chlorination to produce more sustainable, lower-cost drinking water with reduced environmental impact.
Project leader: Lap-Cuong Hua, Lecturer in the Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering.

The event highlighted how collaborative governance, practical innovation, and inclusive approaches can help secure water resources in a climate-stressed world.

deadline alert!The application deadline is approaching for citizens of Small Island Developing States who wish to purs...
21/05/2026

deadline alert!

The application deadline is approaching for citizens of Small Island Developing States who wish to pursue an MSc in and at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.

Requirements:
▪️Have secured academic admission to IHE Delft
▪️Be a citizen of one of the eligible countries
▪️Have been born or live in an eligible country

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES:
Belize, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu.

❗ Deadline: 1 June 2026

Visit our website for more information ➡️ https://edu.nl/94bwp

Will AI Replace Us in Water Science? 💧Join us for the next IHE Delft Alumni Online Seminar, where we will explore how Ar...
20/05/2026

Will AI Replace Us in Water Science? 💧

Join us for the next IHE Delft Alumni Online Seminar, where we will explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping water science and human expertise

This seminar offers a water resources perspective on what AI can already do, what it cannot yet do, and what this means for the future of science and professional practice.

🎤Meet the Speaker
Gerald Corzo Perez – Associate Professor of Hydroinformatics at IHE Delft

🔗Read more and register here: edu.nl/fv9m6

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