Risk Analysis, Disasters and Resilience MSc
This Risk Analysis, Disasters and Resilience MSc program will give you an advanced foundation in interdisciplinary studies of environmental, societal, and technological risk and disaster in the global North and South. It’s unique in uniting critical social and development perspectives on the underlying causes of disasters with expertise on governing, managing, and communicating risks across a wide range of societal and public, and private sector contexts.
Throughout this MSc, you’ll become equipped with the skills to critically analyze risk and disasters and develop reflexive problem-solving strategies, thanks to our unique combination of scholarship from development geography and political science to sociology and psychology. You’ll gain an understanding of differential vulnerability and exposure to hazards and how they shape adaptation and resilience. You’ll also build your knowledge of the political, organizational, and societal contexts that shape decisions, actions, and public communication on risk and disasters.
This course gives you the chance to connect scholarship with practice. As well as combining theoretical and case-based modules with an internship program, you’ll learn with insights from professionals in public, private, and third-sector organizations.
This course is a fantastic launchpad for exciting careers in a rapidly developing field. Many graduates from our previously successful MSc programmes in Risk Analysis, and Disasters, Adaptation and Development, have secured diverse careers as risk, disaster and resilience management and policy specialists within a wide range of international and national government agencies and non-governmental organizations, consultancies and businesses.
Intakes
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Application Processing Time in Days: 28
Minimum English Language Requirements
| English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
| Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
| Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
| Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
| Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
| Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
| Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
| Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
| Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
| Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
| Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
Risk, disaster and resilience are fast expanding fields that offer diverse and richly rewarding career opportunities. Many of our graduates from our previously successful MSc programmes in Risk Analysis, and Disasters, Adaptation and Development, have secured diverse careers as disaster, risk and resilience management and policy specialists within a wide range of international and national government agencies and non-governmental organisations, consultancies and businesses. Many graduates have also gone on to undertake further research within academic research institutes. The internship module has proved particularly successful in helping graduates enter the job market.
Career destinations have included:
• International organisations (e.g. The World Bank, The African Development Bank, European Commission, World Health Organisation, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre)
• National government departments and agencies (e.g. the UK Department for International Trade, UK Food Standards Agency, UK Environment Agency, Canadian Department of National Defence, Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, Embassy of Mexico)
• Banking, consultancy and insurance (e.g. BNY Mellon, UBS, HSBC, Nomura, Deloitte, PWC, Aon, Swiss Re, Generali France)
• Numerous local, national and international NGOs and businesses
PSW Opportunity
- 2 Years PSW is applicable after completing a minimum duration of 9 months course (like- Undergraduate, Postgraduate Level)
- 3 Years PSW is applicable after completing PhD level courses.
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
We welcome applications to our Masters courses from students who have taken a three year Bachelor (Honours) or Bachelor (Special) degree from a recognised university. You will need to have achieved good grades, usually in a subject related to what you would like to study. Exact grade requirements for each course will vary. However, as an approximate guideline our requirements are in the region of:
King's International Pre-Master's programme- Pass with B+ minimum
IELTS (Academic)- 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill
Pearson Test of English (Academic)- 62 overall with a minimum of 59 in each communicative skill
TOEFL iBT Institution code: 0394 OR TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition- 92 overall with a minimum of 23 in writing and 20 in each of the other skills
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Masters/PG Degree
- Duration: 01 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
23460 GBP
Average Cost of Living: 18348 GBP /year
Application Fee: N/A
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