Description
Following graduation, the students shall have specialized knowledge and understanding on the following subjects, which they may put to use in their operation and in practice:
Management of Risks, Crises, and Disasters (Disasters and the Environment, Aspects of Disasters, Risk perception and assessment), Social and Financial Consequences of Disasters (Adjustment to Disasters, Disasters and Social – Financial Systems), Natural Processes, Risks and Disasters (Geological Disasters, Torrent – River Flooding, Coastal Disasters, Landslides, Earthquakes, Volcanic Activity, Climate Changes, Weather Disaster, Wildfires (Rural and Forest fires). Environmental Risks and Technological Disasters [Environmental Risks, Technological Disasters, Chemical – Biological – Radiological – Nuclear (CBRN) Threats]; Treatment of electrical – mechanical disasters, Treatment of the spread of oil spills and fires caused by the burning of hydrocarbons, Technical Interventions for the Mitigation of Risk (Identification of Conventional and Historical Monuments, Structure Analysis, Structure Assessment, Technical Structures in case of Earthquake, Works for Mitigating and Diverting Floods, Measures for Protection against Fires (Civil – Forest fires, Protection regulations and works, Medical Planning), Principles of Geoinformatics for Disaster Management (Earth Observation Space Systems, Global Positioning Systems, Geographic Information Systems), EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Relation to Employment
In a constantly evolving world, where the latest technologies become a part on a daily basis not only of research facilities but also of the Public Agencies, in the private sector, and in the Security Forces and in the Armed Forces, every individual serving in one of these sectors has a duty to follow them, enriching their theoretical and practical knowledge and skills. This Postgraduate Studies Programme, having numerous innovative, at a national level, educational tools and laboratories, such as a Control Room equipped with emergency risk simulators, on-shore and off-shore oil platform training, the use of augmented reality techniques in firefighting operations, interventions, evacuations, etc. provide students with all modern assets (unique at a national level) to cope with their service needs and claim with increased qualifications the improvement of their employment post and further their career.
Access Requirements / Progression Opportunities
