<Tr> <Th> Affiliations </Th> <Td> <P> Ceres </P> The Hague Academic Coalition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> http://www.iss.nl/ </Td> </Tr> <P> The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) 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' . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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