About us

KIT Royal Tropical Institute is an independent centre of expertise, education and hospitality dedicated to sustainable development.

Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, our knowledge work focuses on global health, gender and sustainable economic development.

Our education offering comprises a graduate programme in global health, advanced courses for health professionals, a gender training programme, and a variety of training and capacity development services in other areas of our expertise.

Our campus houses state-of-the-art office and conference facilities, an ecofriendly hotel, and KIT Café. We are also the home of SDG House: a resident community of sustainability experts, social entrepreneurs and NGOs with a membership of 70+ organisations.

Expertise

Dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, our experts’ work focuses on producing measurable results. More than 80 expert staff work across thematic impact areas including public health systems, epidemiology, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), agricultural innovation, food value-chains, gender relations, and inclusive finance. The knowledge we generate is disseminated through assessment and advisory services, research, teaching, training, and agenda-setting events.

Education

KIT also houses an education centre with a Master programme and advanced courses for health professionals — all aimed at strengthening health systems around the world. The courses are offered in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Hospitality

The organisation’s building and premises support sustainable development through the KIT Hotel, which is currently being renovated, KIT Café, and KIT Events, which offers state-of-the-art conference and events facilities for up to 900 guests in our monumental building. KIT contributes the proceeds from these activities to projects that create a more inclusive and sustainable world — part of its ethos of profit-for-sustainability.

SDG House

Since 2017, KIT’s premises have included SDG House, a resident community of more than 70 entrepreneurs, NGOs and other organisations that work towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG House is the hotspot in Amsterdam for sustainability events and entrepreneurship, convening people who share the common purpose of achieving the SDGs through a diverse range of work and activity covering urban development, impact investments, inclusive finance, fair trade, organic product development and more.

KIT Live

On the site of the former theatre of KIT in the Linnaeusstraat, we are creating KIT Live: a centre for local initiatives and events that contribute to inclusion and sustainability in the city of Amsterdam.

KIT Live comprises two dance and music studios, a theatre, a podcast studio and KIT Café: a coffee and lunch venue that is open to the public Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.