Emergency management focuses on organising communities to respond to disasters, survive them, rebuild social structures and infrastructure, and sustain and preserve life.

Get in-depth understanding of emergency management issues

With the Master of Emergency Management you’ll gain in-depth knowledge about a range of emergency management issues, practices and policies.

This master’s programme will give you skills in:

• Critical application of theory and research
• Analysis, synthesis and critical evaluations of disaster risk
• Crisis leadership and communications
• Decision making
• Disaster management policy and procedure

Options to suit you

The recently revised, innovative Master of Emergency Management offers two options:

• Coursework option - 120 credits of compulsory courses and 60 credits of elective courses
• Research option - 90 credits of courses and a 90-credit thesis in emergency management

Learn from the leaders

You’ll work closely with professionals at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, an exciting collaboration between Massey University and GNS Science.

Our graduates normally find positions as mid-to-senior level managers in organisations such as:

• Local government
• Central Government
• Public safety agencies
• International humanitarian aid organisations