Engineering for Natural Risk Management

About this programme

Please read carefully the pages Requirements for access and enrolment and Personal background check The M.Sc. in Engineering for Natural Risk Management educates professionals in integrated risk management (preparedness, prevention, planning, and response) aimed at reducing the impacts of natural disasters on humans, on industrial activities, and on the environment. The M.Sc. graduate can operate in all areas of safety and civil protection, in both the public and private sectors, at both the national and international levels. The M.Sc. program takes a multidisciplinary approach, which includes disciplines related especially to natural hazard modeling, information and communication technologies (ICT), and civil engineering, supplemented by elements of legislation and communication strategies for risk management. The classes are fully taught in English. The fourth semester is mostly devoted to internships and master thesis in order to facilitate international exchanges and contacts with the labor market. The M.Sc. collaborates with research institutions, companies, and public bodies that offer a wide range of internship opportunities. Typical career opportunities for M.Sc. graduates in Engineering for Natural Risk Management include: Observing and understanding the dynamics of complex environmental systems and of the related hazards Predicting, identifying, analyzing, evaluating and communicating risk, according to the definition of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Developing and applying ICT models, methods, and technologies as a support to all phases of disaster risk