Overview

There is a great demand not only for preparing and equipping workers prior to the disaster event, but also building knowledge and skills to prevent disasters from occurring.

A community that has both a team with the capacity to prevent disasters and a ready-to-respond team can reduce disaster mortality and economic losses.

The International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response (January) programme offered by The University of Manchester has been designed to equip you with advanced knowledge, and to continue your personal development in disaster risk management and humanitarianism.

Career opportunities

This course can open up a wide range of career options, such as roles in the civil service within various government ministries, including disaster management offices, foreign offices, and international development offices.

You could also work at international institutions such as:

UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee

International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction

World Bank

World Health Organisation

IFRC

Peacebuilding Commission

Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Regional bodies such as the European Union, African Union, Organization of American States.

Other career paths could open up within local and international NGOs working on peacebuilding initiatives, or in academia, research institutes and think-tanks.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Community Approaches to Health

Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience

Research Paradigms and Processes

Applying Research Methods in Practice

Disaster Preparedness

Critical Approaches to Management of Humanitarian Operations

Cash and Market Based Programming in Crisis Settings

Humanitarianism and Conflict Response: Inquiries

The Triple Nexus

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Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Social Work Emergency & Disaster Management View 32 other Masters in Social Work in United Kingdom

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100

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General requirements

A Second Class Honours Degree or equivalent in a relevant degree in any discipline from a recognised university or its equivalent.

An overall grade of 7.0 in IELTS with 7.0 in writing an no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBT with a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.

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9800 GBP / year

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5000 GBP / year

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