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Master of Disaster Management – (M.Sc.)
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen School of Global Health| Application Deadline: | April 01, 2012 for full-programme; on-going application for short courses | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 15,119 ≈ € 20,158 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Copenhagen / Denmark / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Copenhagen
The experiences of recent major disasters, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami and the massive earthquake in Pakistan, and the discouraging trend of disasters around the world have made it clear that a holistic approach to Disaster Management is needed to substantially reduce disaster losses.
It is not only the response to deal with the consequences of disasters that has to be more effective andprofessional, but even more so the efforts to assess and reduce risks beforehand and to recover after.
These three main processes of Disaster Management - Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery - all have distinctive objectives and are equally important and overlap each other, and will have to be incorporated in all Disaster Management decisions. Further should Disaster Management decisions be based on a socially, politically, culturally, economically and environmentally sustainable foundation.
In order to meet these needs for a more holistic approach to Disaster Management, the University of Copenhagen and Lund University are offering their joint multidisciplinary expertise in the form of a master programme, based on the above philosophy - a Master of Disaster Management.
The Master programme is designed to offer students the opportunity to take advantage of over 870 years of research and experience of the two leading Scandinavian universities.
Contents
The Master of Disaster Management consists of 60 ECTS earned through 3 semesters - Autumn, Spring, and Summer. Each semester corresponds to a module of 20 ECTS.
Core Module
* Autumn semester (September-December)
* Credits: 20 ECTS
* Includes four mandatory interdisciplinary core courses
Advanced Module
* Spring semester (January-May/June)
* Credits: 20 ECTS
* Includes one mandatory short course (Research Design, 2 ECTS) and three elective short courses (see list, 6 ECTS each)
* The elective courses may be chosen among those offered at the Univrsity of Copenhagen and Lund University, as well as those offered by other accredited academic international institutions (subject to review by the Master of Disaster Management study board).
Thesis Module
* Summer Semester (May/June-August)
* Credits: 20 ECTS
* The Master of Disaster Management degree will be conferred upon completion of the Thesis Module.
Full-time or part-time?
The master's degree in Disaster Management can be taken either as a one year full-time programme or as part-time study. The part-time way of doing it, makes it possible for you to spread out the courses over a maximum of 3 years. However due to the dynamics of the group work the individual courses cannot be taken part time. Your studies can therefore only be split up in chunks consisting of single courses of approximately one month each.
Layout
Core Module AutumnAdvanced Module SpringThesis Module Summer
4 Core Courses - Introduction - Disaster Risk Reduction - Disaster Response - Disaster Recovery
Research Design
Final Thesis
Short Courses Create your own programme - choose from short courses Mandatory Courses Elective Courses
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Admission to full master's programme
To apply to the full master's programme, the student must at least meet the following admission criteria:
* A minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field of study (eg. health sciences, social sciences, engineering, etc.)
* At least 2 years of relevant working experience
* Adequate English language qualifications according to internationally recognised proficiency tests, for example Internationally recognised English proficiency certificate equivalent to a TOEFL score of 550/213 or an IELTS score of 6. Computer based TOEFL/IELTS is required. An English test is not required from countries where English is the native or second language.
* Basic computer skills
* A 1-page personal statement explaining why you want to become study Master of Disaster Management.
* A draft thesis proposal of max. 4 pages.
Applicants with other backgrounds may be considered on an individual basis.
Admission to short courses
Since all courses are followed by both students pursuing the Master of Disaster Management degree and student just enrolled for that particular course, we recommend that the students applying for short courses also live up to the criteria listed above, with exception of the 4-page draft thesis proposal.
If however, you do not meet the criteria, and are still very interested in following a short course, we invite you to contact us, so we can consider your application on an individual basis.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | 2 years |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
Accreditation
The programmes of University of Copenhagen are being accredited by national accreditation agency ACE Denmark.
THE-QS ranking: University of Copenhagen is the highest ranked Nordic university on the list of the world´s best universities according to the 2009 edition of Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. This year, University of Copenhagen is ranked number 51 worldwide and number 15 in Europe.
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