Hazards and Disaster Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc

After you graduate

Graduates of the MSc in Hazards and Disaster Management will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to seek employment in a range of areas including:

  • emergency planning (eg in government, the police or the fire brigade);
  • hazard analysis for insurance companies;
  • catastrophe analysis for risk consulting companies;
  • humanitarian aid and relief work;
  • volcanology, seismology or landslide engineering;
  • environmental geography/geology;
  • town and rural planning;
  • various government organisations such as the Met Office (eg weather forecaster) or the Environment Agency (eg flood analyst); or
  • research and teaching.

It is also ideal preparation for PhD studies.