Hazard Control

The multidisciplinary and application-centred nature of this degree course opens up a diverse range of careers to graduates. They include:

• Hazard prevention, disaster management or environmental risk management in state institutions
• Management roles in fire services
• Risk and occupational safety management in industry, transport or utilities or in hospitals/healthcare facilities
• Acting as assessors and providing expert opinions for insurers
• Providing services in the area of safety planning and consultancy (e.g. in architecture and engineering firms)
• Product development for manufacturers of firefighting equipment and safety technologies
• Specialist journalism and PR
• Management positions in international aid projects

The course’s first three semesters centre on fundamental principles in STEM subjects and a grounding in hazard control, relevant areas of psychology and sociology, measurement technology, business administration and logistics. In semester 4, students begin with more specific modules, including major incident and loss management, occupational safety, fire prevention, legal aspects of hazard control, building and energy engineering, risk assessment and prevention in relation to technical, chemical and physical hazards, and HR management.

We make sure our students get a real-world education by partnering with organisations such as Hamburg’s fire department, the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the THW (German Federal Agency for Technical Relief) and the fire protection engineering firm hhpberlin. In the course’s later stages, students can choose required elective modules to enhance their competencies in areas such as crisis intervention, operations abroad, or operational tactics.

You’ll spend your sixth semester doing an internship, and your seventh and (in accordance with the course’s standard duration) final semester writing your Bachelor thesis.

You’ll have a firm basis for doing well in this course if you enjoy STEM subjects such as physics, maths, biology and chemistry. We’re looking for candidates who are keen to solve technical problems and like working in teams. We welcome applicants with experience of volunteering in first aid or volunteer fire brigades.

Interested – but not quite sure yet whether this is the right course for you? Our self-assessment test can help you make up your mind. Take it here: HAW Navigator