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Duration
1 Year
Language
English
Start date
Sep 2025
Affordable tuition fees for EU students
EU students can study at the University of Portsmouth at the same affordable rate as UK students, thanks to the EU Scholarship.
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This Master in Crisis and Disaster Management (MSc) offers an exciting opportunity to learn about environmental and manmade hazards, vulnerability and risk, planning and logistics, disaster response and crisis management. Students will develop their skills as confident, professional emergency planners and responders, able to manage people and situations in the field.
They will graduate with the skills needed for a successful career in emergency planning and disaster management and response, either in the governmental or non-governmental sectors, anywhere in the world. They will also get transferable skills in project planning, reporting, data analysis and communication, putting them in a strong position to pursue a career in other industries.
Earth systems and environmental sciences at the University of Portsmouth is ranked 4th of all post-1992 universities for research quality (Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021).
They will graduate with the skills needed for a successful career in emergency planning and disaster management and response, either in the governmental or non-governmental sectors, anywhere in the world. They will also get transferable skills in project planning, reporting, data analysis and communication, putting them in a strong position to pursue a career in other industries.
Earth systems and environmental sciences at the University of Portsmouth is ranked 4th of all post-1992 universities for research quality (Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021).
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Program Highlights
- Learn new skills including disaster management techniques, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing for mapping, social surveying methods, approaches to risk analysis, and the design of emergency management training exercises
- Be supported by expert staff and practitioners who are active in the field, with extensive industrial and consultancy experience working for government agencies, businesses and NGOs
- Have the opportunity to complete a work placement with an emergency planning, crisis management or disaster response organisation and complete a final project based on your experience
- Gain transferable skills such as project planning, data analysis, report writing, team work, presentation and communication
- Hear from experts with organisations such as the Red Cross, NHS, local authorities, the Environment Agency, the Met Office, the armed forces, Oil Spill Response, NGOs, humanitarian and United Nations agencies
- Careers our graduates have progressed into include emergency management and response for 'blue light' services (police, ambulance, coast guard, fire and rescue), city and county council contingency planning, the oil industry, and as risk management and continuity specialists in business
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