Admission and how to apply
Admission requirements
At least 60 ECTS credits, i.e. 1 year of academic study at the time when the 'Geohazards and Climate Change' programme starts. Credits should have been gained within one of the fields of life sciences/ecology, earth sciences/geography, environmental sciences, or similar. Alternatively, participation in the HVL 'From Mountain to Fjord' programme would qualify for admission to the 'Geohazards and Climate Change' programme.
During this programme, you will:
- learn about basic meteorological processes and their interplay during past, present and future climate change.
- gain a broad understanding of processes that create storms, landslides and wildfires, and how these can affect infrastructure and people.
- achieve knowledge about hydrological systems in urban and rural areas including measures, strategies and plans for run-off management.
The location of the campus offers a great opportunity to visit nearby sites, where you can directly study a broad range of active geohazardous processes, and investigate the results of past geohazard events (including tsunamis, instable bedrock slopes, landslides, avalanches and floods).
The programme consists of three BSc. courses
Study methods
The teaching combines lectures, assignments, project work and excursions. The programme follows a block schedule meaning that students focus on one course at a time and complete its exam before proceeding to the next course.
The language of instruction is English.
Failure of Block 4A at the unstable rock slope Stampa