Program Description

Learn how to reduce disaster risks, build community resilience, and manage disaster response and recovery. Passionate about sustainable development, community resilience or humanitarian response? Do you want a career in emergency and disaster risk management, or are already working in the field? The Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Development prepares you for managing increasingly complex disaster risks, now and in the future.

Topics you’ll study include disasters and development, environmental change and humanitarian action, building community resilience, and communications in emergency and disaster.

Admission Requirements

Completed one of the following; or equivalent:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Relevant professional qualification or experience approved by the Dean (or representative) to be equivalent to a bachelor’s degree

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6	6	6	6	6.5

Remarks:

Student will required to pay services levy of $1074 separately.