 Course Name
International Course on Housing and Urban Development (ICHUD)
Date and duration
09 February– 06 May 2011, 3 months
Location
IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Tuition fee
€ 5,500
IHS Application deadline
02 January 2011
NFP application deadline
01 October 2010
Who is it for?
The target audience is internationally oriented, globally diverse with a wealth of experience:
- Urban professional with 3 years of working or researching experience
- Middle and senior level policy makers and practitioners
- Professionals working for Government or NGOs
- Professionals in private sector organizations
- Professionals in educational institutes
Course Introduction
Applicants have to select one of the following six specialisations on offer:
- Housing Development Strategies
(Housing Policies and Strategies, and Housing Finance)
- Urban Environmental Management
(Environmental Policy and Assessment, and Local Environmental Management Practice)
- Urban Social Development
(Urban Poverty and Household Strategies, and Spatial Structures and Social Behaviour)
- Land Development Strategies
(Urban Land Theories and Policies, and Urban Land Strategies and Instruments)
- Managing Urban Governance
(Local Democratic Governance, and Management of Effective Public Organizations)
- Urban and Regional Development Strategies
(Concepts for Integrated Planning Strategies, and Concepts for Economic development Strategies)
In this course, we offer the opportunity to join part of the specialisation period (month 5 and 6) of the master programme, and in addition provide the opportunity to tailor the study program to your own needs and interest by choosing some elective courses. The courses of the master program guarantee the academic depth of the study, while at the same time complementary activities of more practical focus are build in the program to link the learning to your own work environment.
Course Curriculum
The course has a practical orientation, combining field experience with conceptual frameworks and methodologies. Lecturers will introduce key topics, which will be reinforced by readers, case studies, group discussions, assignments and exercises designed to draw on the accumulated expertise of the students.
The course is structured over three periods as follows:
A common, two and a half week foundation module, with activities that introduce key issues of urban policy, management and governance, and preparing a common ground of trends and innovations in all six fields of the specialisations offered, e.g. Housing Development Strategies, Urban Environmental Management, Urban Social Development, Managing Urban Governance, Land Development Strategies, and Urban and Regional Development Strategies.
The specialisation period has a duration of 8 weeks. Two specialisation courses of each four weeks in-depth analysis are offered in the selected specialisation. During each of the four weeks participants have to follow two parallel courses: one course in their own specialisation and one course to be chosen from the other specialisations in offer. In this way participants can specialize in their field of interest but at the same time have an opportunity to tough on some other relevant subjects as well.
During this specialisation period the participants of the ICHUD thus split up over the selected Master courses and join together with the master programme students who have chosen the same courses. While the master students work on their thesis proposals and prepare for their exams, the participants of the ICHUD are engaged in additional learning activities that have a more practical orientation by linking the learning to their own work environment (and thus don’t sit for exams!). This will result in a so called Individual Study paper in the field of the chosen specialisation
During the 2 weeks closing period, students finalise and present their individual study papers.
Admission
- Have at least a Bachelor’ degree from a recognised university or similar institute
- Have at least three years work or academic experience
- Show evidence of a sufficient oral and written command of the English language. If English is not your mother tongue, a TOEFL (Score: 550 (paper-based) / 213 (computer-based) / 79 (internet based)) or IELTS (Score: min. 6.0, subtest not lower than 5.5) test is required.
Apply Now
For downloading the course brochure and application form, or to apply on-line, please follow the link below:
http://www.ihs.nl/ichud
Contact
For further information on the course and application procedure, please contact admission@ihs.nl
IHS - Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
Erasmus University Rotterdam
P.O. Box 1935
3000BX Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Burg. Oudlaan 50
T-Building – 14th Floor
3062PA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
P:+31 (0)10 4089825
F:+31 (0)10 4098926
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