UiT The Arctic University of Norway,

Contemporary Issues in Risk and Crisis Management - master

Recent decades have seen the emergence of threats, both ‘natural’ and man-made, posing new or increased risks to societies. Pandemics, cyber-attacks, climate change, and international terrorism are all examples of crisis that must be dealt with at international, national, and local levels. The online master in Contemporary Issues in Risk and Crisis Management (CRCM) program provides students with a multi-disciplinary approach to studying and analysing contemporary issues in risk, crisis, climate change adaptation and societal security. Through a series of specialized courses students will be given in-depth knowledge into theories, methods and strategies enabling them to address these issues in a multi-disciplinary and global perspective.

The CRCM is an online study program with innovative teaching-methods such as video lectures, written handouts, live and recorded guest lectures, project work, gaming, quizzes, in-sync seminars, training-through-research, supervisions, digital workshops, and more. The program can be taken as a full-time study (2 years) or a part time study (3-4 years). This allows the student to combine studies with work.

Entry requirements

Admission is competitive, based on academic qualifications.

Relevant bachelor education: Admission to Online international Master program in Contemporary Issues Risk and Crisis Management requires a bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification. Admission requires 80 ECTS covering specialization in risk, crisis, societal security, disaster management, QHSE (quality, health, safety and environment), climate change, development studies, safety, resilience, emergency services, political science, organizational studies, sociology, planning or geography.

Applicants must have a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian “C” (3.0) in the ECTS scale, see the UiT webpage for International admissions for more information on how the point average is calculated.

Students admitted to our digital master program do not need to apply for a student visa

Applicants with education from non-Nordic countries must document English language proficiency. You will find more information on English language requirements on the UiT webpage for International admissions.

Level
Master
Duration
2 years | 120 ECT
Tuition
Students outside of EU/EEA and Switzerland must pay tuition fees, see https://en.uit.no/admission#innhold_813765
Language
English
Campus

Online

Application deadline

Nordic applicants: 15 April, EU/EEA + Swiss applicants: 1 March, Non-EU/EEA applicants: 15 November

Entry requirements

Admission is competitive, based on academic qualifications.

Relevant bachelor education: Admission to Online international Master program in Contemporary Issues Risk and Crisis Management requires a bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification. Admission requires 80 ECTS covering specialization in risk, crisis, societal security, disaster management, QHSE (quality, health, safety and environment), climate change, development studies, safety, resilience, emergency services, political science, organizational studies, sociology, planning or geography.

Applicants must have a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian “C” (3.0) in the ECTS scale, see the UiT webpage for International admissions for more information on how the point average is calculated.

Students admitted to our digital master program do not need to apply for a student visa

Applicants with education from non-Nordic countries must document English language proficiency. You will find more information on English language requirements on the UiT webpage for International admissions.