Master degree
12 months
Application deadlines: January 15
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: £18
Full-time, Part-time
Intakes: September
International tuition: £14,700
Domestic tuition: £7,500
Program overview
On this course, you'll:
Learn new skills including disaster risk reduction techniques, and mapping using GIS, GPS and remote sensing technologies
Be supported by expert staff and researchers 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 personal project based on your work experience
Take part in study visits and field training with UK emergency services, the military and NGOs
Gain transferable skills such as project planning, data reviewing, report writing, team work and presentation
Study options

This program can be done
On campus
Part-time
Requirements
Exams:
A 2:2 honours degree or equivalent, preferably with some relevant work experience in the emergency services or humanitarian sectors. Applicants with relevant professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
Career opportunities
Humanitarian agencies and NGOs
Emergency management
Emergency logistics and contingency planning
Flood management
Military-civilian emergency liaisons
(Re)insurance and risk management
Utility companies
Civil defence
Disaster relief
Epidemiology
Campus location
Portsmouth
,
United Kingdom