Master of Disaster Risk and Resilience

MDRR


Duration

1 year full-time

Entry times

Semester 1 or 2 (February or July)

Pathways

Pathways include:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Duration

1 year full-time

Entry times

Semester 1 or 2 (February or July)

Pathways

Pathways include:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Apply Now Got a Question? Check your eligibility

Download Brochure

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Overview

The United Nations defines a disaster as a disruption of social and community function, involving so many losses and destructive impacts that affected communities and regions are unable to cope using their own resources. Global efforts to reduce the impacts of disasters over the last decade have failed to keep up with growing exposure of people and assets to natural and other hazards, which is generating new risks and a steady rise in disaster-related losses. To reverse this trend, UN member nations ratified the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015.

The Sendai Framework calls for a broader, more people-centred, preventative approach to disaster risk reduction, in which communities, government and private sectors, civil society organisations, academia, and research institutions work together to build resilience and develop collaborative disaster risk reduction practices.

This Professional Master’s degree provides an introduction to this rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field.

Contact us

For full requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Disaster Risk and Resilience.

For study planning help, contact Thomas Wilson, Thomas Robinson, or Sarah Beaven at Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment.

Te Kaupeka Pūtaiao | Faculty of Science
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Phone +64 3 369 4141
Email science@canterbury.ac.nz