Master programme

Urban Management and Development (UMD)

CROHO-code
(Government funded)

75011

Specialisation

• Managing and Financing Urban Infrastructure (MFUI)
• Urban Housing and Livelihoods (UHL)
• Urban Environmental Management and Climate Change (UECC)
• Integrated Planning and Strategies (IPS)
• Urban Land Development (ULD)
• Urban Competitiveness and Resilience (UCR)

Title / Degree

Master of Science (MSc)

Faculty / Institute

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies

Joint programme

• Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus School of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia
• Lund University, Sweden
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, USA

(Joint programme differs per specialisation)

Type of programme

Full-time 

Start of programme

October

Duration of programme

12 months (full-time)

Number of credits

71 ECTS

Language of instruction

English

Accreditation

NVAO

Internship

Not applicable

Study abroad

Optional

Numerus fixus

Not applicable

Decentral selection

Yes

Admission requirements

• Bachelor degree from a Dutch university
• Master degree from a Dutch university
• Bachelor degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences
• Foreign diploma

Application deadline(s)

1 February (early bird; EU/EEA), 1 July (EU/EEA),
1 February (early bird; Non EU/EEA), 1 July (Non EU/EEA)
5 February (NFP)

Tuition fee

- € 10,500 (EU/EEA, Non EU/EEA)*
- € 900 additional costs

Scholarship available

NFP, Stuned, HSP, Worldbank, MATRA, IHS Partial Tuition Waiver, Orange Tulip Scholarship Brazil

Programme website

www.ihs.nl/umd

Brochure

Brochure Master in Urban Management and Development