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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
Germany
Master course on vulnerability of cultural heritage to climate change
The Course aims to ensure that young European students are informed on climate change and its impact on urban landscape and built heritage.
  • Council of Europe (COE)
  • European University Centre for Cultural Heritage
  • European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement
Academic programme
Germany
Public health and disasters
Location Heidelberg Description Contents overview The content of the course reflects current knowledge and experiences of the management of complex disasters, complex emergencies and post-conflict situations in the health sector: -from relief to
  • Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Academic programme
Germany Netherlands, the Slovenia Spain
Erasmus Mundus MSc in flood risk management
The unique two-year Flood Risk Master programme integrates science, engineering and socioeconomic topics through a range of courses taught by leading experts at four European universities
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE DELFT Institute for Water Education
  • University of Ljubljana
  • Technical University of Dresden
  • Technical University of Catalonia
Academic programme
Germany
Master of disaster management and risk governance
The goal of the master programme is a holistic academic training for professionals to deepen student's knowledge and at the same time to develop a broad and interlinked understanding for the multifaceted aspects of risk and disaster management.
  • University of Bonn
Academic programme
Germany
Doctorate in urban and regional resilience
Location Dresden Description The Dresden Leibniz Graduate School launches a continuous call for fellowship applications at doctoral level. Applications are welcome form graduates holding a master’s degree (with a master’s thesis) in Spatial Planning and
  • Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
  • Dresden Leibniz Graduate School
  • Technical University of Dresden
  • Academy for Spatial Research and Planning
Academic programme
Germany
International joint MSc programme in geography of environmental risks and human security
The programme addresses theoretical and methodological debates in geography to better understand the complex emergence of environmental risks and natural hazards and their implications for human-nature relations and how to deal with them in practice.
  • United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
  • University of Bonn