Professional Master’s Degree Program is a one-year academic program, spanning two semesters and a summer period of twelve weeks. August and January semesters provide lecture courses (a course load of about 12 credits each semester), with the summer period reserved for an internship at disaster-related institutions and working out a project report of mutual interest to the student and the internship provider. This program is aimed at those who are currently working at disaster-related institutions and who would like to expand their knowledge base as well as to acquire new skills and the ability to meet the present and future performance challenges. Candidates for this program should have completed a bachelor’s degree and have gained at least 3 years of work experience in disaster-related areas. Interested students may shift to the regular master’s degree program if they meet its requirements.

Master’s Degree Program is a 22-month academic program requiring 28 credits of coursework and 22 credits of master’s thesis study. The program is aimed at those who are looking for a career in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management, and at the faculty and staff of universities and research institutions. Students are expected to do a thesis directly related to aspects of natural or human-made disasters in their home countries. After successfully completing this program, these students may pursue further studies in the Doctoral Degree Program on “Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management”.

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Applicants with engineering, architecture, natural and social sciences, and management backgrounds are eligible to apply for this program. Those with backgrounds in relevant fields of study or work experiences will be given priority for selection.

The target groups of this program include, but not limited to, those who are:

- Looking for a career in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management

- Currently working in disaster related institutions

- Administrators, managers and policy makers of local and national governments

- NGO and donor agency workers

- Employees of disaster related units/divisions of international organizations and foundations

- Academic faculty and staff in Asian universities

- Educators and researchers in disaster related areas

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16 courses are being developed through the collaboration between AIT faculties, ADPC staff, and experts from partner institutions. These courses are designed to cover main types of natural disasters and some key human-made disasters. The scope of study includes scientific and engineering aspects as well as management, social, environmental, economic and policy issues. The list of courses are as follows:

- Managing Disasters

- Mitigation of Earthquake Disasters

- Floods and Droughts

- Georisk Engineering

- Tsunami Science and Preparedness

- Energy Technologies for Disaster Warning and Management

- Climate Prediction and Early Warning Systems

- Remote Sensing and GIS for Disaster Risk Management

- Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Mapping

- Human Conflicts and Humanitarian Emergency Management

- Health and Ecological Risk Management

- Coastal Resiliency and Natural Disaster Preparedness

- EIA Framework for Disaster Management

- Planning and Implementation of Disaster Emergency Management

- Community Based Disaster Risk Management

- Disaster Management in Urban Environment Planning

- Asia Pacific Initiative in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance