Overview

Society is in a rapid development where conflicts, climate change, diseases and increasing energy needs put pressure on the world’s resources - and create new risk and safety challenges. Change and sustainable development of society is necessary. Working life needs good candidates who can contribute with high competence in risk. 

The study programme in Risk Analysis gives you a unique competence in understanding and relating to risk, including risk assessment, risk perception, risk communication, risk management and risk governance, policy related to risk, and risk science. Key topics related to safety, security and resilience are also covered, as well as topics related to emergency preparedness and crisis management. The study programme has an international profile with admission of international students and with all the courses in the program being taught in English.

The programme is suitable for you with an ability to think analytically and who are interested in achieving an advanced understanding of risk – of what creates risk and how to achieve safety. 

The study program has two specialisations:

- Risk Governance

- Engineering and Technology

Programme Structure

Course includes:

Risk Analysis and Risk Science
Theories of Risk Perception and Risk Governance

Risk assessment, Economics Evaluation and Decisions
Risk Management, Communication and Policy

Risk, Society and Ethics
Reliability Analysis

Probability and Statistics 2

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-10 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-04-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stavanger, Norway

Disciplines

Risk Management Emergency & Disaster Management Investment View 5 other Masters in Emergency & Disaster Management in Norway

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

Upper Second Class _{(recommended)}

Admission to this master's programme requires a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C (according to ECTS Standards) in your bachelor's degree. Applicants with a result Second-class lower Division or lower are not qualified for admission.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Specialisation in Risk Governance:

A bachelor's degree within Urban Planning and Societal Safety, Customs and Border Management, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics. Applicants with other types of educational background will be considered by the admission committee. Other study programmes that may meet the requirements for admission include Social studies, Health and social sciences, Business and administration, Hotel and tourism, Police education, Teacher education, Journalism, History and philosophy of science

Specialisation in Engineering and Technology:A bachelor's degree in engineering, technology, mathematics (including statistics), natural sciences or equivalent is required. Applicants must have at least 20 ECTS credits in mathematics/statistics/calculus. At least 5 ECTS credits must be statistics.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

85000 NOK / year

≈ 85000 NOK / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Living costs

Stavanger

Norway

10497 - 15897 NOK / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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