Master of Engineering in Crisis Leadership and Innovation is a 60 ECTS degree at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. It covers disaster risk and societal resilience, crisis leadership, strategic governance, artificial intelligence, data-driven decision-making, evidence-based development, and responsible innovation in emergency contexts.
The programme is taught in English as contact teaching on campus in Vaasa. It takes one year of day-time study and ends with an independent master’s thesis. The structure includes foundations of disaster risk and crisis resilience, emergency management and resilience, and a 30 ECTS thesis.
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences describes the degree as preparing students for leadership in complex crisis environments, with attention to dual-use technology, cybersecurity, EU regulations, ethical AI, and global disaster governance.
Modules
- Foundations of Disaster Risk and Crisis Resilience
- Fundamentals of Disaster and Crisis
- First Aid & Caretaker Resilience
- Mastering Emergency Management and Resilience
- AI and Digital Tools for Disaster Risk and Crisis Decision Support
- Leading Through Crisis: Theory and Practice
- Responsible Innovation in Crisis Environments
- Master's thesis
- Master’s thesis: idea and planning
- Master’s thesis: implementation
- Master’s thesis: reporting, assessment and presentation
- Complementary competence
