Online courses, conveniently from anywhere you live or work
IHE Delft offers high-quality online courses in an increasing number of topics of interest in the water sector. The innovative delivery format makes learning exciting, flexible, interactive and effective.
3+1 reasons why to sign up
Part-time
With an average of 8 study hours per week, the courses allow you to combine your study with work and private life
Convenience
Learn late at night or early in the morning, at your home, office or café, the choice is yours
Instantly applicable
Immediately apply the new knowledge in your working environment
Learn together
Interact with fellow professionals from all over the world
Discounts on tuition fee
The following discounts for online courses are available:
- (when invoiced to) employer organization that is a UN family member: tuition fee -10%
- IHE Delft diploma alumni: tuition fee -30%
Open courseware
IHE Delft is committed to making its knowledge and educational resources freely accessible through our open courseware platform wherever possible.
The open courseware platform offers access to learning materials only. In contrast, the online courses listed on this page include additional services such as tutorials, guidance, interactive sessions, assessments, feedback, and more. These courses also come with formal registration, certification, credits (when applicable), and alumni benefits.
Tuition fees support the cost of these added services and contribute to the ongoing development and expansion of our learning resources.
Upcoming Online Courses
IHE Delft offers high-quality online courses in an increasing number of topics of interest in the water sector. The innovative delivery format makes learning exciting, flexible, interactive and effective.
Online Course on Water Resources for Agricultural Uses
- Start date 2024
- Start date 2025
Deadline approaching
This course provides you with a concise introduction to catchment hydrological processes covering both surface and groundwater systems. It gives a particular focus on water resources assessment in a catchment from the perspective of agricultural water use.
Online Course on Industrial Effluent Treatment
- Start date 2025
The focus of this course is on management of industrial wastewater including topics such as cleaner production, industrial water management, toxicity, physical chemical processes, anaerobic industrial wastewater treatment, and sludge management and treatment.
Online Course on Faecal Sludge Management
- Start date 2025
The objective of this course is to gain an understanding of all of the required aspects for the design and operation of a comprehensive faecal sludge management (FSM) system.
Online Course on Urban Drainage and Sewerage
- Start date 2025
This course aims at providing an explanation of the elements and processes involved in the urban drainage systems and a recommendation of appropriate application.
Online Course on Disinfection, Adsorption and Natural Processes for Water Treatment
- Start date 2025
This course will encompass drinking water quality guidelines and regulations, the effect of water collection and storage on self-purification, algae in water treatment, disinfection processes, including natural treatment systems, and finally, adsorption and activated carbon.
Online Course on Water Policy Analysis: A Systems Approach
- Start date 2025
Learn to use a systems thinking approach to tackle complex problems and inform policy processes, especially in the environmental and water sectors.
Online Course on Water and Environmental Law and Policy
- Start date 2025
This course focuses on how water and environmental resources can be managed in a specific context using the disciplines of law, politics and policy making. The goal is to introduce the student to the complexities of the relationship between water, environmental and economic issues; the relationship between law, politics and policy making at local, national, regional and international level.
Online Course on Water and Sanitation in Urban Humanitarian Context
- Start date 2025
This course provides an overview of urban humanitarian context, its complexities; discusses systemic approach to water and sanitation and develop a water and sanitation plan/project for long-term response.
Online Course on Governance in Humanitarian Contexts
- Start date 2025
The course aims to critically analyse the humanitarian architecture, the different humanitarian contexts, and decision-making for WASH through a multi-level governance approach.
Online Course on Behaviour Change and Advocacy
- Start date 2025
This course highlights the significance of behaviour change across the sanitation value chain. You are exposed to behaviour theory and advocacy methods from prominent sanitation professionals who have designed and implemented impactful interventions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.