Master's Programme in Security and Safety Management, 120 cr

Knowledge and deepening understanding

After graduating from the the master's programme, the student:

Understands how local and global processes affect the changing security, safety and risk management demands from the level of individual enterprises, businesses and local business environments through the level of national security policy, regional security complexes and global governance

Recognizes key differences and similarities between the requirements of safety management and security governance within private and public shpere as well as in the work of the third sector both locally and globally

Can explain the basic concepts and terms of risk management and safety leadership

Is familiar with the key approaches and theories in international security studies, societal security and security governance research and is able to apply them to practical problem-solving situations and empirical research cases

Is able to analyctically evaluate how distance and complex global processes affect the reliability, safety and risks of local systems and working environments and how security dynamics in local contexts can have repercussions on national and regional policies and how they are interlinked with global security governance concerns

Skills and competences

After graduating from the master's programme, the student:

Masters the ability to analytically and critically evaluate the changing demands of safety management, security governance, risk analysis and their interrelationship

Is able to collaborate and have a dialogue with different stakeholders across the security political and safety management sectors

Is able to evaluate the economic consequences of the occupational accidents and illnesses as well as understand the basic strategies of accident prevention

Has the ability to construct innovative research puzzles based on existing research literature that aim to yield new research results with practical relevance

Has the ability to work as an active and constructive leader across different disciplinary fields and working environments related to security and safety management

The Master’s Degree Programme in Security and Safety Management is a unique combination of technological and social scientific approaches. The insightful programme provides students with a solid understanding of safety and security management, risk management, governance and leadership.

The studies consist of joint programme studies in Security and Safety Management, intermediate studies in safety management and engineering/governance of security, and elective studies in a chosen area (students pursuing a master's degree in technology are also required to complete an additional study module). Students may freely select their additional module (minor) to direct their expertise towards a desired career path or a field of interest.

Students pursuing a master's degree in technology: all students with a previous degree from a Finnish university of applied sciences (AMK) are required to take complementary studies, which generally include courses in mathematics, physics and/or chemistry depending on the student's background.

All students in the Master’s Degree Programme in Security and Safety Management take part in a joint master’s seminar towards the end of their studies and prepare a master’s thesis under the supervision of a professor.