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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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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
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
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
Spain
Online Master’s in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
The program provides basic concepts of risk, hazards, vulnerability and capacity. It addresses disaster risk management in international institutional frameworks.
  • Humanitarian Aid Studies Centre - Proyecto Kalú
Academic programme
Spain Australia
Master of Disaster, Design and Development
The program delivers specialized knowledge and practical skills drawn from a range of practitioners and academics and you will work with global industry leaders such as IFRC and UN-Habitat on disaster simulations and projects.
  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Academic programme
Spain
Master's Degree in City Resilience Design and Management
The programme is an innovative, international and multidisciplinary education programme that teaches students how to operationalise urgent calls for building more resilient and sustainable cities through urban planning and design.
  • International University of Catalonia
Academic programme
Spain
Master Urban Resilience for Sustainability Transitions
This new International Master Degree aims to become the reference for introducing an innovative, newly integrated and multi-perspective approach in framing and implementing urban resilience and sustainability.
  • International University of Catalonia
Academic programme
Spain
Máster interuniversitario facultad de ciencias matemáticas gestión de desastres
Este Máster Universitario de la UCM y la UPM pretende dar una formación global en la gestión de desastres y emergencias.
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid