IHS, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam | 21,904 followers on LinkedIn. IHS is an education, advisory and research institute of Erasmus University Rotterdam. | IHS is the International Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) in the Netherlands. IHS was founded in 1958. Our mission is to develop human and institutional capacities to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in cities; investing in urban professionals who make cities work.