Overview

The Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam is a collaboration between the Department of Public Administration and the Institute of Housing and Urban Development StudiesOpens external (IHS), combining Public Administration expertise on urban policy, politics and governance with Urban Planning and Management expertise.

What you will learn

The programme offers a varied set of courses (obligatory and elective), skills training, working group sessions, and guest lectures by internationally well-known scholars as well as practitioners from the field.

Furthermore, you conduct your own research project (thesis) in which you apply theories and social scientific research methods to examine urban governance issues.

Career opportunities after graduation

Graduates are able to both analyse complex public issues and develop strategies for the management and design of inclusive and sustainable urban policy and governance processes.

Alumni of our programme become project managers working on urban development, policymakers or advisors working at the local, regional, national and international level for both public and private organisations on themes such as sustainability, regeneration, mobility, city planning, infrastructure and co-creation.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Urban governance (by IHS)

Governing Urban Sustainability (by IHS)

Policy innovation in complex systems (by ESSB)

Working groups urban governance lab (collaboration IHS-ESSB)

Strategizing and Branding for tomorrow’s Cities (by ESSB)

Managing Interactive Governance (by ESSB)

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

75

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Disciplines

Sustainable Development Political Science Urban Planning View 49 other Masters in Sustainable Development in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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75

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You are eligible for admission to the master’s programme Public Administration if you have obtained a relevant Bachelor’s or undergraduate degree* from a research university that includes at least 7.5 EC in social science research methods and techniques, in the following fields of studies:

Public Administration

Sociology

Political Science

If you have successfully completed a comparable bachelor’s or undergraduate degree* in disciplines related to public administration and societal processes, you may also be eligible for admission to the master’s programme Public Administration.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

21000 EUR / year

≈ 21000 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

2695 EUR / year

≈ 2695 EUR / year

Additional Details

€2.695 (Statutory fee: Dutch / EEA students)

€14.800 (Institutional fee: Dutch / EEA students)

€21.000 (Institutional fee: non-EEA students)

Living costs

Rotterdam

Netherlands

760 - 1265 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

For the applicants of the various degree programmes of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Erasmus University Rotterdam the following funding possibilities are available:

Holland Scholarship for excellent non-EEA applicants
L-EARN for impact Scholarship
Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship

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