In this work the validation of ethylene glycol (EG) as raw material for hydrogen production by steam reforming (SR) and oxidative steam reforming (OSR) reactions was studied using microchannel testing reactors. The experiments were carried out at a steam to carbon ratio (S/C) of 4.0, several temperatures and atmospheric pressure. Rh based catalysts were designed using alpha-Al2O3 modified with different contents of CeO2 or La2O3 oxides as their supports. Different temperatures were tested for SR experiments (725, 675 and 625 degrees C) at a volume hourly space velocity (VHSV) of 200 NL/h g(cat) as well as different VHSV (300 and 100 NL/h gcat) at a constant temperature of 675 degrees C. In the case of OSR experiments, only the effect of the VHSV was studied at 675 degrees C. A long term experiment was carried out with the 2.5Rh-20Ce catalyst which lasted over 115 h in stable conditions. The catalysts physicochemical properties were studied by their characterization using the following techniques: ICP-AES, N-2 physisorption, TPR, TEM, XRD and XPS. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.