The M.Sc. in Engineering for Natural Risk Management educates professionals in integrated risk management (preparedness, prevention, planning, and response) aimed at reducing the impacts of natural disasters on humans, on industrial activities, and on the environment. The M.Sc. graduate can operate in all areas of safety and civil protection, in both the public and private sectors, at both the national and international levels. The M.Sc. program takes a multidisciplinary approach, which includes disciplines related especially to natural hazard modeling, information and communication technologies (ICT), and civil engineering, supplemented by elements of legislation and communication strategies for risk management. The classes are fully taught in English.

The fourth semester is mostly devoted to internships and master thesis in order to facilitate international exchanges and contacts with the labor market. The M.Sc. collaborates with research institutions, companies, and public bodies that offer a wide range of internship opportunities.

Typical career opportunities for M.Sc. graduates in Engineering for Natural Risk Management include:

• Disaster emergency management in public institutions/government and non-governmental organizations (e.g., civil protection, fire-fighters, forestry corps)
• Disaster risk reduction expert in public bodies and international organizations
• Catastrophe risk analyst in insurance and reinsurance companies
• Research and development sector

Owing to its multidisciplinary nature, the M.Sc. in Engineering for Natural Risk Management provides the students with the expertise to coordinate the activities of the complex system for the management of disasters produced by extreme natural events. The M.Sc. graduate’s profile is not strictly specialized on a single technical area but oriented to operating in the whole risk management cycle, in coordination with specialists.

This approach is reflected in the classes of the M.Sc., which encompass topics associated not only with the modeling of natural hazards but also with ICT disciplines, in the perspective that the latter are essential supports to the effectiveness and efficiency of a modern system of disaster management. The program also involves topics associated with the legal and communication aspects involved in risk management.

The classes of the M.Sc. in Engineering for Natural Risk Management address:

• models of the phenomena that characterize natural hazards (hydrology, meteorology, seismology, etc.)
• modern and traditional observation systems (satellite remote sensing, radars, sensor networks, etc.)
• advanced ICT techniques
• environmental impact of chemicals and energy systems
• legal framework for natural risk management
• communication and perception of risks
• mathematical tools and stochastic modeling

Savona Campus of the University of Genoa
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17100 Savona, Italy
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