Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Management
The Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Management equips professionals with advanced, practical skills required to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters in an increasingly complex and risk-prone world. The programme focuses on disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, climate change adaptation, business continuity, and humanitarian response. Learners develop the capacity to design and implement effective disaster management strategies that enhance community resilience, safeguard organisations, and support sustainable recovery efforts at local, national, and international levels.
- First Degree from a recognised institution OR
- Relevant Higher National Diploma (HND)
- Duration: 1 year (Full Time)
Level 1 – Semester 1
- Introduction to Applied Disaster Management
- Disaster Resource Mobilization
- Business Continuity Planning
- Geo-Information Systems in Disaster Management
- Risk Management
- Climate Change and Disaster Management
- Public Health and Disaster Management
- Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Disaster Management
- Media and Technology in Disaster Management
- Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
- Emergency Management Coordinator
- Disaster Response Planner
- Humanitarian Aid Officer
- Business Continuity & Risk Manager
- Climate Change & Resilience Officer