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Overview
The Governance of Risk and Resources programme from Heidelberg University, taught at the Heidelberg Centre for Latin America (HCLA) in Santiago de Chile is an interdisciplinary academic program that focusses on intersecting topics associated with natural sciences, economics, and social sciences. It is a continuing education, fee-based course with places for up to 25 students per year.
Key Features
The study program focuses on the analysis, design and monitoring of governance processes, i.e. processes that serve to coordinate distributed interests and resources in order to achieve consensual goals.
- Governance combines various forms of collective decision-making processes, whereby participatory coordination of action plays a key role.
- Governance empowers the actors in society to collectively find solutions to human-environmental problems, to bear them together and to steer themselves in the process.
- Students of the Master's program are trained to recognize and master the diverse context-specific challenges involved in implementing risk and resource governance.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Governance of human-environment relations in theory and practice
- Resource governance
- Risk governance
- Research Methods
- Student Research Project
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
Partially taught in English, Partially taught in Spanish
IELTS 6.5
Credits
120 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Risk Management Natural Resource Management View 11 other Masters in Risk Management in GermanyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
The admission requirements are as follows:
- successful completion of a degree programme in Geography, Economics, Agronomy or another related discipline (210 ECTS credits) with relevance to the Master’s degree programme in Governance of Risk and Resources and a minimum standard duration of three years
- a minimum of one year’s professional experience in a relevant position
- a personal statement
Tuition Fee
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International
5000 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2500 EUR per semester during 18 months. -
EU/EEA
5000 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2500 EUR per semester during 18 months.
Living costs for Heidelberg
922 - 1397 EUR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
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