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Discover learning opportunities that align with your interests and career goals in building disaster resilience.

This page provides a curated list of academic programmes focused on disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience, climate change adaptation, and related fields. Whether you are a student, researcher, or professional looking to advance your knowledge, you can find degree programs, short courses, and training opportunities from institutions worldwide.

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Academic programme
Spain Sweden
Erasmus Mundus MA in Public Health in Disasters
The aim of the master programme is to, through knowledge, experience and research build capacities that will reduce disaster risks and contribute to better and more targeted public health based relief following disasters.
  • Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Santé et Société
  • Universidad de Oviedo
  • Karolinska Institutet
Academic programme
Switzerland
Certificate of advanced studies in disaster management
Location Geneva Description Offering a wide range of specialised courses, the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) provides the opportunity for professionals to deepen their knowledge and skills in particular thematic areas of
  • Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action
Academic programme
Spain
MSc en incendios forestales: Ciencia y gestión integral / MSc in forest fires: Science and management
First official european Msc in Wildfres, 90 ECTS. Blended learning and focus on an exchange between researchers and practitioners to set the basis for the fire management in the XXI century.
  • University of Lleida
  • Universidad de Córdoba
  • Universidad de León
Academic programme
Graduate level teaching module: Disasters, environment and risk reduction (ecoDRR)
This highly interactive and problem-based module provides students with theoretical concepts and practical tools in understanding environment and disaster linkages and applications of ecosystem-based disaster risk management.
  • Center for Natural Resources and Development
  • Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction
Academic programme
United States of America
Geospatial technology capacity building program (GTCB)
Description Professional training program focusing on developing competencies and enhancing knowledge, skills, and abilities of the geospatial taskforce. Partnered with New Mexico State University all courses are worth 2 college credits that can be
  • Geospatial Applied Research Experts House
Academic programme
Canada
Masters of climate change
The MCC provides a unique interdisciplinary program in arapidly evolving field of climate change for career paths emerging in business, NGOs, education, and all levels of government.
  • University of Waterloo
Academic programme
Netherlands, the
Disaster studies at bachelor, master and PhD levels
Disaster Studies Wageningen studies how disasters and conflicts affect people and transform societies, and in turn, how disasters and conflicts are socially and historically produced.
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre
Academic programme
Bangladesh
Under graduate and graduate programme in disaster management
Degree Bachelor of Science in Disaster Management (Hons) and B. Sc. Disaster Management (Hons) degrees Description The nature and frequency of natural and human induced disasters especially large scale catastrophic events have been increasing these days
  • Patuakhali Science and Technology University