Included in this page are institutions, by country, which have departments, courses, and trainings on disaster risk reduction in Africa. Add or edit your institution's particulars using the inventory, the template at the bottom of the page to edit this page, or send the same pieces of information to the site administrator (please include a contact email address).

Ethiopia

Institution: Bahir Dar University

• Department: Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development
  
• City: Bahir Dar
  
• Country: Ethiopia
• URL: http://www.telecom.net.et/~bdu/
  
• Degree(s): Bachelors
  
• Course(s):
  
• Date Updated: 2006 February
  

Kenya

Institution: Kenyatta University

• Department: Department of Sociology
  
• City: Nairobi
  
• Country: Kenya
  
• URL: http://www.ku.ac.ke/academic/diplomas.htm
  
• Degree: Diploma in Disaster Mangement
  
• Courses: Introduction to disaster management, logistics, strategies, mitigation, mobilization, and drought & relief.
• Date Updated: 2006 February
  

Institution: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• Department: Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
• City: Kakamega
  
• Country: Kenya
  
• URL: http://www.wust.ac.ke/cdmha.html
  
• Degrees: Bachelor of Science (3);  Postgraduate Diploma (4)
• Date Updated: 2007 October
  

Institution: University of Nairobi

• Department: School of Physical Sciences
  
• City: Nairobi
  
• Country: Kenya
  
• URL: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/students/degree_general_info.php?degree_id=242
  
• Degree: Postgraduate diploma in Environmental and and Natural Disaster Management
  
• Course(s): Disaster and their classifications; Vulnerability to disasters; Climate change and disasters; Disaster reduction concept; Disasters and mitigation measures; Environmental geoscience; Poverty and disaster vulnerability; Recovery and rehabilitation; Project in disaster management
  
• Short course(s):
  
• Date Updated: 2007 October
  

Lesotho

Institution: Lesotho Institute of Public Administration and Management

• Department: Governance and Socio-Economic Development
  
• City: Maseru
  
• Country: Lesotho
  
• URL: http://www.lipam.org.ls/gsed_prg.htm
  
• Degree(s): Certificate
  
• Modules: Disaster management, disaster mitigation, drought mitigation, and training-of-trainers in disaster management.
• Date Updated: 2006 February
  

Mozambique

Institution: Technical University of Mozambique

• Department: Environmental Engineering
• City: Maputo
• Country: Mozambique
• Degree: BSc eng. ( 4 years of university education)
• Courses: Name: Engineering and Disaster Risc Reduction The BSc level in Engineering and DRR is centered in providing skills related to disaster preparedness and GPS/GIS mapping. Students complete 3 years of basic environmental engineering (Water quality, safety and occupational health, sanitation and and waste management) and at the 4th year, they select some 7 modules related to disaster management and strategic management. Students obtain degree after thesis.
• Short courses: -GPS/GIS mapping -Basics of Disaster Management -Humanitarian principles in Disaster Management -Teaching language: Portuguese
• Date Updated: 2007 September
  

South Africa

Institution: North-West University

• Department: African Center for Disaster Studies
  
• City: Potchefstroom
• Country: South Africa
  
• URL: http://www.acds.co.za/
  
• Degree(s): Master's degree in Sustainable Social Development. Disaster Studies is one focus in this programme.
  
• Short courses: Basic course in Disaster Reduction; Advanced course in Disaster Reduction; Disaster Risk Management Planning; and Implementation of the South African Disaster Management Act and National Disaster Management Framework.
• Date Updated: 2007 October
  

Institution: University of Cape Town

• Department: Environmental and Geographical Sciences - Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DiMP)
  
• City: Cape Town
  
• Country: South Africa
  
• URL: http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/dimp/
  
• Degrees: Honours, Masters
  
• Courses: Disaster Risk Science I - integrated understanding of disaster risk & its implications; Disaster Risk Science II - builds on DRS I & builds strategic analytical & management capabilities across sectors; Disaster Risk Assessment & Monitoring - methods and tools. See poster with additional detail.
  
• Date Updated: 2007 September
  

Institution: University of Witwatersrand

• Department: School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies
  
• City: Johannesburg
  
• Country: South Africa
  
• URL: http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Science/Geography/
  
• Courses: Geographic Information Systems, Early Warning and Food Security, and Environmental Management
• Short courses: emergency response and leadership in disaster risk management
• Date Updated: 2006 February
  

Sudan

Institution: International University of Africa

• Department: Disaster Management and Refugee Studies Institute (DIMARSI)
  
• City: Khartoum
  
• Country: Sudan
  
• URL: http://www.dimarsi.org/enn/
  
• Degree(s): Postgraduate Diploma or Master Degree by Taught Courses
  
• Course(s): Natural Disasters; Health Disasters; Disaster Management; Environment and Development; Food security and Relief; Research Methodology

• Short course(s): Disaster Management; Management of Relief Operation

• Date Updated: 2007 October
  

Uganda

Institution: Makerere University

• Department: Institute of Public Health
• City: Kampala
  
• Country: Uganda
• URL: http://www.iph.ac.ug/
  
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• Date Updated:

Tanzania

Institution: ARDHI University

• Department: Disaster Management Training Centre
  
• City: Dar-es-salaam
  
• Country: Tanzania
  
• URL: http://www.uclas.ac.tz/disaster/
  
• Courses: various undergraduate and post-graduate courses with disaster risk reduction themes. See more on a poster.
  
• Short courses: Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction; Introduction to Emergency Planning
  
• Date Updated: 2007 September
  

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