Disaster Preparedness Mitigation and Management (DPMM)

Academic Requirements

• •To be eligible for admission to the regular Master’s program, an applicant must:
• •Hold a Bachelor’s degree (normally from a four-year program), or its equivalent, in an appropriate field of study from an institution of good standing acceptable to AIT;
• •Have undergraduate grades significantly above average; the minimum cGPA requirement for admission to the Master’s Program is 2.75 or equivalent, at the Bachelor’s degree level;
• •English Proficiency Requirement: AIT-EET: 6; IELTS Academic: overall 6 (writing 6); TOEFL iBT: overall 80 (writing 21-23); & PTE Academic: overall 52 (writing 62-73)
• •Be in satisfactory physical and mental health, and have a record of good conduct;
• •For the Professional Master’s (PM) degree program, in addition to the above-mentioned eligibility requirements, an applicant must:
• •Have at least 3 years of work experience in areas related to the academic program at AIT and
• •Be executives in organizations/companies.
• •*Please note that applicants applying for 1-year Master Degree Program are not eligible for Scholarships/Fellowships. However, applicants may seek funding from external sponsors.
• •PREFERRED BACKGROUND
• •Those who are currently working in disaster-related institutions, and would like to expand their knowledge base to meet the present and future performance challenges are the target group of this degree. Credits earned in this degree can be transferred to regular master degree program in DPMM if the requirements are met.