DISASTER MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION IN HUNGARY

Abstract

The creation and development of disaster management higher education went on in
parallel with the creation of the unified disaster management system. The Institute of Disaster
Management, which has been operating based on predecessor organizations since 2012,
provides higher education training for professionals in organizations involved in disaster
management, in line with university strategies and beneficiary needs. The training portfolio
developed within the framework of law enforcement higher education provides an opportunity
to modernize the basic’s and master's degree education in disaster management and its
professional training courses in accordance with the legal, professional, technical, and
scientific development of disaster management itself. The aim of the study is to evaluate the
main results and experiences of the establishment and development of higher education in
disaster management, on the basis of which to determine the aim and content of future
educational development measures.