13 Full-time PhD programmes in Emergency & Disaster Management

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. The Cultural Studies course is offered at University of Canterbury.

The Fire Engineering degree at University of Canterbury is open to graduates from relevant branches of engineering, and covers all aspects of fire safety in buildings and other structures, human safety, and risk assessment. 

Urban Design, Planning and Disaster Management offered at Kyushu University is for those who wish to research deeper into the fields of psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, education, health and sport sciences, and architecture.

Explore the dynamic field of Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction through the doctoral program at the University of Camerino.

The doctoral program in Disaster Science and Management at the University of Delaware approaches disasters and emergencies from an interdisciplinary point of view.

Family and Emergency Nurse Practitioner is a rigorous program at Emory University built on caring for patients of all ages with primary care, urgent and emergent health care needs, this program prepares nurses for the fast-paced emergency care settings .

The Fire Safety programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in fire dynamics, risk analysis, and safety systems for built environments.

The graduate of the Rescue Services programme from University of Zilina is able to formulate a scientific problem, scientific questions and a scientific hypothesis on the basis of the knowledge of the highest level of development in the given field of security.

Our PhD in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at The University of Manchester is inspired by the need to conduct rigorous, in-depth research and analysis on the impact and outcomes of contemporary and historical crises.

The Doctoral School Hazards and Risks in Alpine Regions under Global Change at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna fosters inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation and research and provides an educational platform of natural sciences, engineering/technical sciences, and social sciences to address the challenges resulting from natural hazards and risks under global change.

The graduate of the Crisis Management programme from University of Zilina can apply theoretical and empirical research methods with the subsequent use of exact methods in order to increase the knowledge of theoretical and applied research in security sciences.

The graduate of the Security Management programme from University of Zilina masters the scientific methods and approaches in the field of protection of persons, property and information and finds employment at universities, where study programmes in the field of study Security Sciences are delivered, either as a university teaching staff member or as a scientific research worker.

Oklahoma State University's Fire and Emergency Management Administration program is one of the oldest programs in the nation.