HIGHLIGHTS
The NORISK is an International Master in Risk Assessment and Management of Civil Infrastructures. It will have the first edition in 2024/2025 as an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Course.
The NORISK is a highly specialised Master focusing on risk assessment and management of civil infrastructures. The NORISK EMJM central objective is to prepare a new generation of technicians with solid basic training, within an integrative and multidisciplinary context, that allows them to operate in the risk analysis and infrastructure management market, exploring the common denominator that exists for all sectors of civil and critical infrastructures by providing optimized and sustainable solutions.
NORISK has a duration of one academic year (60 ETCS), Successful students will be awarded a master’s degree by the two Universities where they have completed at least 30 ECTS each (60 ECTS in total).
It is held on a rotating basis among partners. Students carry out the entire coursework in one location and the dissertation in another location. The language of instruction and examinations is English.
The NORISK EMJM will provide students with advanced knowledge and skills to work and develop a professional career in the assessment, management, reliability and risk analysis, monitoring, digitalization and intervention on civil infrastructures, particularly, those that support human activities and/or are considered as critical, such as the ones connected to the energy, transport, communications, water, health, defence and national security, banking and financial sectors, among others. In fact, risk assessment combined with concepts such as reliability, robustness, resilience and sustentability.
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Welcoming the First Edition of the NORISK Master’s Program: A Multicultural Beginning in Portugal and France
October 2024 – University of Minho and La Rochelle University On October 1st and 2nd, 2024, the inaugural NORISK cohort was welcomed at the University of Minho, Portugal, and La Rochelle University, France, marking the start of an exciting academic journey in...
NORISK Program: Welcome Session in La Rochelle and Guimarães
NORISK Program: Welcome Session in La Rochelle and Guimarães The NORISK project is thrilled to announce its upcoming Welcome Sessions, taking place concurrently in La Rochelle, France, and Guimarães, Portugal, on the 1st and 2nd of October, 2024. This event will bring...