105 Master's in Emergency & Disaster Management in Europe

This Emergency Preparedness and Management course at Coventry University is designed to give you the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to fulfil duties that fall upon organisations, arising from civil contingencies legislation and other aligned civil defence duties in similar international contexts.

The MSc in Humanitarian Studies at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will give you the critical insight, specialist skills and practical tools to join the global response. 

What are the dominant issues in humanitarian action? What is the so-called aid industry? And can professionalization prevent dependence on aid? Find out in this International Humanitarian Action programme from University of Groningen.

The International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies master's at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers rigorous training in global crisis management. This 12-month, full-time programme explores vulnerability and emergency response through an interdisciplinary lens in a public study mode.

Durham University offers an MSc in Environmental Hazards and Risk, designed to be completed in one year full-time or two years part-time. This programme delves into the implications of natural disasters on environments and societies, providing a comprehensive understanding of these critical issues.

Learn to analyse, design and assess structures under seismic action and extreme conditions on Earthquake Engineering comprehensive MSc course offered at Imperial.

The Master Programme in International Humanitarian Action delivered by Uppsala University is a multidisciplinary and inter-university programme given in association with different universities in Europe and the rest of the world.

What is humanitarian action? In what ways are humanitarian emergencies intensified and changed by conflict? What factors define a humanitarian disaster? What laws and moral principles steer humanitarian interventions? The Master Programme in Humanitarian Action and Conflicts at Uppsala University is aimed at those who are interested in humanitarian work both in Europe and the world at large.

Master’s Degree Program in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding from Umea University gives you in-depth knowledge about crisis management and peacebuilding at national and international level. The main perspective is governance under uncertainty caused by crisis, disasters and conflicts. 

The Risk and Disaster Science programme offered by University College London aims to meet the growing need for experts trained in disaster science in sectors ranging from finance to humanitarian response. 

The Emergency preparedness and response programme from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) was developed to train managers and specialists of structural units of nuclear power plants who plan, ensure preparedness and implement measures to protect personnel and the public in emergency at a nuclear power plant.

This MSc Geophysical Hazards from University College London (UCL) provides a broad introduction to geohazards, together with advanced courses in seismology, volcanology, hydrogeological hazards and meteorology. 

In the track Governance of Crisis, of the MSc Crisis and Security Management programme, you will be familiarized with the main body of knowledge on strategic crisis management.

The Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management MSc from University College London (UCL) combines specialist structural and earthquake engineering knowledge with an advanced understanding of resilience and risk modelling for natural hazards.

Become a risk expert at a time when terrorism, pandemics, climate change and complex technological risks are some of the challenges facing society. With a master’s degree in Risk Analysis, you can analyse, assess, communicate, manage and govern all types of risk.

The interdisciplinary Master's degree program Engineering Geohazards (EGH) from RWTH Aachen University connects the natural sciences, engineering, and economics. 

This one-year full-time LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from the University of Geneva is one of the most innovative and intellectually challenging programmes in international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights offered in Europe today.

The Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding programme at the Oxford Brookes University is for practitioners already working in these fields and in related areas.

The PG Cert in Natural Hazards for Insurers at UCL is a part-time programme designed for professionals in the insurance sector. This course, lasting one calendar year, equips students with essential knowledge about natural hazards and their implications for the insurance market, enhancing their professional development in this critical field.

Can we accept that a small flaw can cause a car's brakes to fail? Can we deter those dangers to both people and the environment that are inherent in the complex products and systems surrounding us? Learn more with the master's degree programme in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).