Academic departments
Our six academic departments represent IHE Delft’s main themes, which reflect today’s global water challenges. Through our work we recognise the value of an interdisciplinary approach and our primary position to contribute substantially to future global water capacity, particularly within the framework of the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Academic departments
Our academic departments are composed of one or more research groups, each of which is formed around a particular discipline or specialisation.
Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering
This department focuses on reducing water scarcity and achieving access to adequate and equitable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.
Water Governance
This department focuses on achieving lasting transformations towards equitable, sustainable and peaceful ways of protecting, using, sharing, managing and interacting with water and water-based ecosystems.
Land and Water Management
This department focuses on adding value to managed land-water systems: monitoring, assessing, understanding and anticipating the impact of intervention and change.
Water Resources and Ecosystems
This department focuses on sustaining inland natural resources by balancing the development, protection and restoration of freshwater ecosystems and increasing substantially the share of renewable energy.
Coastal and Urban Risk & Resilience
This department focuses on building resilience and adaptive capacity for people, ecosystems and infrastructure in coastal and urban areas.
Hydroinformatics and Socio-Technical Innovation
This department focuses on catalysing change in society, technology and policy, and enhancing the use of enabling ICTs, towards sustainability and resilience.