Academic programmes

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
The 180-point Master of Climate Change Science and Policy will give you the necessary combination of policy and science knowledge to address the real-world problem of climate change.
Type
University programme
Location: New Zealand Duration 3 trimesters
  • Victoria University of Wellington
Academic programme
The Certificate Programme and Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management, aims at providing a basic understanding of the various components of disaster management by enhancing knowledge, capacities and skills, and perspective on disasters.
Type
University programme
Location: India Duration 6 months - 1 year
  • Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Academic programme
A 3-week course for humanitarian professionals.
Type
University programme
Location: Denmark Duration 3 weeks
  • University of Copenhagen
  • United Nations Satellite Centre
Academic programme
1st Year The first year of the programme is divided into two semesters. The first semester contributes towards 7 compulsory core courses and second semester contributes towards 8 compulsory core courses with 4 credits each.
Type
University programme
Location: India Duration 2 year
  • Institute of Land and Disaster Management
Academic programme
This course offers a look into the political context of an armed conflict or natural hazard and how this can influence humanitarian efforts and human-rights-based responses
Type
University programme
Duration 12 months full time | 24 months part-time
  • Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University
Academic programme
(Humanitarian) Architecture, Infrastructure and (Incremental) Housing for Crisis is a post master or short master focusing on some of the central crises affecting the world today.
Type
University programme
Duration 218 hours
  • University Beira Interior (UBI)
Academic programme
Online
El objetivo es que cada participante se aproxime a las nociones más generales de la gestión integral de riesgos, mismas que pueden ser de utilidad en instituciones públicas tanto cuanto en organizaciones privadas.
Type
University programme
Location: Mexico Duration 8 hours to complete or 3 weeks at 2 hours to complete
  • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Academic programme
La formation vise à former les étudiants à anticiper les conséquences de nos politiques et mesures actuelles en termes d'habitabilité de la Terre (changements climatiques, effondrement de la biodiversité, accès aux ressources et migrations, etc.).
Type
University programme
Location: Belgium Duration 60 crédits
  • Liège Université Sciences (LUS)

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