BS Disaster Management

BS Disaster Management Degree Program Highlights

What is Disaster management and why should we study it / why it is important?

• Emergency and disaster management degrees study all types of risks that would occur in a community, and focuses on the implementation of practical methods to reduce the effects of natural or man-made crisis situations.

• Disaster management is how we deal with the human, material, economic or environmental impacts of said disaster, it is the process of how we “prepare for, respond to and learn from the effects of major failures

Universities Offering This Degree  

Punjab

• University Of Management And Technology (Lahore)

• University Of The Punjab (Lahore)

• The Islamia University Of Bahawalpur (Bahawalpur)

• Riphah International University (Islamabad)

• Inspire Institute of Technologies (Rawalpindi)

• University of engineering and technology (Lahore) 

• Institute of Professional and Technology studies  

KPK

• Kohat University Of Science & Technology (Kohat)

• University Of Haripur (Haripur)

• University of Peshawar 

• Institute of Social policies and Research (Peshawar)

Sindh

• Ned university of engineering and technology (Karachi)

Baluchistan 

• University Of Baluchistan (Quetta)

 Gilgit Baltistan 

• Karakuram International University (Gilgit) 

Duration: 4 Years

Total semesters: 8 (each semester 6 months) 

Edibility criteria: (F.A/ FSC/ ICOM/ ICS or A level)

Fee structure 

Government / Public University

• Approximately 45- 50 thousand per semester package (Total 2- 3 lac for a whole degree)

Private Universities 

• 75 thousand- 1 Lac per semester or even more than that. (Total 5-8 lac for a whole degree)

Merit List/ Merit Eligibility Criteria

Government University:  60-75 percent required for admission. 

• Total aggregate formula 

• Matric: 1/4 of matriculation (20 percent)

• Intermediate: FA/FSC or equivalent (80 percent)

• Hafiz e Quran: 20 marks extra

• Diploma/others: 10 marks 

• Private universities:  45-50 percent marks required for admission 

• Entry test: 50 percent required

  Note: (Only for Punjab University)

MAJORS 

• Research and Methodology 

• Hazards, Risks and Disasters.

• Field Skills.

• Disaster Theory, Statistics and Logistics.

• Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response.

• Earth Functional English 

• Catastrophes, Fire and Explosion.

• Understanding Natural and Man-made Disasters.

• Disaster Medicine.

• Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery

• Strategies for Survival

• Risk Analysis Techniques

JOBS /CAREER/ Scope and Future Plan 

After completing your degree Disaster management you have wide range and options of careers:

• Firefighting department 

• Industrial departments 

• Emergency services center

• Educational Universities 

• Rescue 1122 Department 

• Authority offices 

• Civil Defense department 

• Multinational companies 

• Occupational health department 

• Consultant centers 

• Emergency planning procedures

• District disaster management coordinator 

Private Sectors 

Starting salary:  50k-90k (Most of them) 

Governments Sector 

Starting salary:  30- 40k (scale and salary will increase gradually with time)