5 Short courses offered by the university

International Course on Sustainable Urban Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam gives you the opportunity to merge an academic specialisation course with a multidisciplinary project where you apply theory into practice.

How can we get our local economy to grow inclusively? How do entrepreneurship and innovation affect the local economy? What strategies are there to support local enterprises? Are your region's local economic policies driving sufficient investment to make it competitive? Erasmus University Rotterdam's Sustainable Local Economic Development answers these questions and more.

Erasmus University Rotterdam's Urban Heritage Strategies course consists of two parts. Part I is offered remotely (online) in June. Part II is scheduled to take place on campus (on-site) in the Netherlands in July-August.

Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (UMTCC) shares extensive knowledge of climate change adaptation, resilience, and low-carbon development through lectures, case studies, group discussions, games, and field visits, all at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. 

Cities are the primary source of growth and innovation, but at the same time, a large consumer of energy and raw materials. The Green Cities for Eco-efficiency course is offered by IHS, the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.