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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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MSc Disaster Management and Sustainable Development
The program aims to introduce the students with issues of personal security and security planning and development issues.
  • Northumbria University
  • Disaster and Development Network
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MA Development and Emergency Practice
The course offers three sub-specialisations: in Human rights, emergencies and development; disasters, risks, shelter and development; and conflict and humanitarian action.
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Centre for Development and Emergency Practice
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MSc Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management
Students will learn risk, crisis and disaster management theories that underpin the UN’s Frameworks, the course will provide you with the skills and confidence to plan and execute research and engage in global debates with confidence.
  • University of Leicester
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Emergency Management and Planning
The programme is designed for students with an interest in numerous fields including emergency planning, risk management and international preparedness for a range of potential natural disasters.
  • University of Hertfordshire
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MA/MSc Risk Analysis
The Risk Analysis, Disasters and Resilience MSc programme provides an advanced foundation in interdisciplinary studies of environmental, societal and technological risk and disaster in the global North and South.
  • King's College London
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MSc Earthquake engineering with disaster management
Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management MSc develops engineers who can deliver and design holistic solutions and are able to work in engineering, catastrophe modelling and disaster risk management.
  • University College London (UCL)
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MSc Geophysical hazards
MSc in Geophysical Hazards provides essential training for careers in hazard assessment and risk evaluation, including industry, academic research, civil protection agencies, government organisations, and NGOs related to aid and development.
  • University College London (UCL)
Academic programme
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Natural Hazard Management
Location Chester Description Natural hazards, such as flooding, land instability, windstorms, earthquakes and volcanoes, are some of the most significant global challenges facing humankind today. The 2010 Haiti Earthquake and 2011 Japan tsunami/earthquake
  • University of Chester