Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management MSc

UCL (University College London)

This Master’s will provide you with the technical, analysis and design skills to work in earthquake engineering and disaster management. You’ll also gain advanced understanding of a carefully curated set of in-demand specialisms such as structural engineering, advanced resilience, and risk modelling for natural hazards. If you’re looking for a specialist Master’s in engineering with a focus on disaster management, this is the programme for you. Bringing together theory with extensive hands-on experience, the course covers the diverse facets of structural engineering and disaster management – from evaluating vulnerability and resilience against earthquake and extreme conditions to crafting pre-disaster risk mitigation and post-disaster management solutions. The programme empowers you to analyse, design, and assess structures using seismic codes and unconventional methods. You'll graduate proficient in broader civil and structural engineering foundations, with specialist knowledge in risk modelling, catastrophe management, and disaster response. You’ll also learn all about the decisions engineers need to make from a social and environmental standpoint. This ''Bigger Picture'' element will help you understand the context of your work as an engineer, so you can go out and create engineering projects that benefit both people and the planet and contribute to vital global challenges. There’s a big emphasis on transferable skills too, like leadership, communication, creativity, project management, and critical thinking – which, when coupled with your tech expertise, will make you highly sought after for engineering jobs in consultancies, international agencies, government and non-governmental bodies. This programme is ideal for you if you have a background in engineering or architecture, and you want to pursue a career in structural design and assessment, catastrophe modeling, risk evaluation, and disaster management. We welcome applications from recent graduates and those with recent professional experience. This programme provides an exceptional platform to expand your knowledge and contribute meaningfully to this critical field. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

Engineering Sciences