page_title: International Institute of Social Studies
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: International Institute of Social Studies / History
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Social sofa Den Haag Kortenaerkade
context_page_description: The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam is an independent and international graduate school of policy-oriented critical social science. ISS was established in 1952 by Dutch universities and the Netherlands Ministry of Education. The institution is located in Netherlands, The Hague, also known as 'The World’s Legal Capital'.
  Between 300 and 400 students are enrolled in the ISS programmes, mostly in the Master and PhD programme in Development Studies. In addition to its teaching and research, ISS is active in the fields of advisory work and institutional capacity building projects. ISS alumni come from over 150 different countries.
context_section_description: ISS was founded in 1952 by the Dutch government to assist in the training and further education of professionals, especially, but not only, from developing countries. This was one way in which the Netherlands sought to develop good relationships with intellectuals and policy makers in partner countries, including and beyond former Dutch colonies.
  Queen Juliana offered to house ISS in the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague in 1951. At first, ISS was perceived as a teaching institute, although by 1954 ISS was aiming to become research and teaching driven. Due to the role ISS played in creating the European Association of Development Institutes (EADI), and its focus on research and academic quality, the Institute received its formal rights to award the PhD in the 1970s. From 1993 onward, the ISS has been located in the former headquarters of the Netherlands Post and Telecommunications (the PTT) on the Kortenaerkade.
  In 2009 ISS became part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The partnership was carefully negotiated, due to ISS wanting to remain fairly autonomous and to retain its mission.
  For many years, the main funding body for ISS Masters students was the Dutch government, through the NFP programme (now the OKP programme) administered by the Nuffic in cooperation with Dutch Embassies. ISS students have either OKP funding, another scholarship or private funding.
caption: The current location of ISS in The Hague, Kortenaerkade.
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