UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water EducationPostgraduate Education, Training and Capacity Development

in Water, Environment and Infrastructure

Delft: Water Science and Research Center in the NetherlandsDelft: Water Science and Research Center in the Netherlands

International Institute for Water Education and ResearchWater Education and Research 

Delft, Historic Town

Prinsenhof

Delft Blue potteryView on New Church

Old Delft / Old ChurchTown Hall

Old Delft / Old Church

Vision & MissionVision & Mission

UNESCO‐IHE envisions a world in which people manage their water and environmental resources in a sustainable manner, and in which all sectors of society can enjoy the benefits of basic servicessociety can enjoy the benefits of basic services.

Mission of the Institute is to contribute to the education and training of professionals and to build the capacity of sector organisations and knowledgeprofessionals and to build the capacity of sector organisations and knowledge centres in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure, in developing countries and countries in transition.

International Masters of Science

L b tL b t

UNESCO‐IHE FacilitiesVideo Conference / Distance 

Learning Facility

LaboratoryLaboratory

Lecture Rooms

Student Housing

Lecture Rooms

AuditoriumAuditorium

UNESCO‐IHE has over 14,500 alumni, originating from over 160 countries. Some 87% of the graduates are still active in the water sector ten years after their graduationthe graduates are still active in the water sector ten years after their graduation.

Today, several Ministers and Deputy Ministers, heads of international organisations, and top professors and scientists around the globe are UNESCO IHE graduatestop professors and scientists around the globe are UNESCO‐IHE graduates.