MSc Crisis and Disaster Management

Qualifications or experience

• A second-class honours degree or equivalent, preferably with some relevant work experience in the emergency services or humanitarian sectors. Applicants with relevant professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered.

English language requirements

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

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When you graduate, you’ll have the knowledge and practical skills needed for a career in the emergency planning, crisis management or disaster response sectors anywhere in the world. The research and analytical components of the course, will support you in applying research positions, for example at PhD level.

Graduates of this course have gone into areas such as:

• Humanitarian agencies and NGOs
• Emergency management
• Emergency logistics and contingency planning
• Flood management
• Military-civilian emergency liaisons
• (Re)insurance and risk management
• Utility companies
• Civil defence
• Disaster relief
• Epidemiology

Core

• Disaster Management: Techniques and Study Visits – 30 credits
• Disasters: Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk – 30 credits
• Emergency Management and Planning – 30 credits
• Research Project – 60 credits

Optional 

• Humanitarian Emergency Response & Recovery – 30 credits
• Crisis Management and Governance – 30 credits
• Oil Spill Management and Response – 30 credits