Applications are invited for the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme 2024-25. The last date to apply for this fellowship is May 5, 2024.
India’s urbanisation is the second largest rural-to-urban transition in human history. By the middle of the century, at least 800 million Indians will live in cities, constituting more than half of the country’s population. This is not just a demographic transition. Urbanisation fundamentally changes India’s economy, society, culture, natural and built environments, and politics. Our national development now hinges on its wise handling.
The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) is delighted to announce admissions for the ninth batch of its flagship Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), which will be open until 15 April 2024. The UFP is a unique space that combines diversity and classroom teaching with site-based, live projects and experiential learning and introduces learners to diverse forms of urban practice.
UFP is a scholarship-based, nine-month, full-time, residential, interdisciplinary programme, based at the IIHS, Bengaluru City Campus. The Programme is open to recent graduates and young professionals – applications are invited from varied educational backgrounds and practice domains.
The UFP classroom is rich and unmatched because of the diverse backgrounds and lived experiences Fellows bring, enhancing peer-to-peer learning and being a key driver to the experience of being an IIHS Fellow at the UFP.
The programme has had 300 Fellows, including the eighth batch that will graduate in 2024. UFP Alumni work across India and globally – about 85% of Fellows work or study across 18 states and 23 cities in India; nearly 15% of Fellows have returned to higher education, studying at 50 universities, including 11 of the top 20 global universities across 5 continents and 15 countries. They work across sectors, disciplines and scales.
Note: The final candidates will be selected based on their scores in both selection processes.
Interested candidates can directly apply through this link.
For queries on the admission process, form, or other help, please contact ufp.info@iihs.ac.in or call +91 99012 55788, 96064 84336. Please note that the phone lines are available from 10 am to 6 pm, seven days a week.
Application Deadline: May 5, 2024.
