Program Orientation
Aligned with China’s Comprehensive Safety and Emergency Response strategy, the program is grounded in the broader context of public safety. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary integration of science, engineering, and management, with distinctive features in meteorological disaster prevention and grassroots emergency response. The program aims to cultivate high-level interdisciplinary talent in emergency management.
Program Distinctives
Leveraging the university’s A+ rated atmospheric science discipline (ranked first nationally), the Emergency Management program is built on a foundation of public administration. It focuses on critical areas such as holistic risk governance, crisis decision-making, emergency policy, risk prevention during rescue and disposal operations, and risk assessment of public decisions and social stability. This program addresses the growing demand for professionals specializing in meteorological disaster emergency management within and beyond Jiangsu Province.
The program boasts a highly qualified faculty, with all full-time teachers holding doctoral degrees and over 60% having international study experience. In the past five years, faculty have received honors such as the Jiangsu Provincial Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Education and Scientific Research, NUIST Awards for Teaching Ethics, and NUIST Youth May Fourth Medals. They have guided students to win national second prizes in the Challenge Cup Extra-Curricular Academic Works Competition, provincial special prizes in the Jiangsu Challenge Cup, national second prizes in Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Competitions, and excellence awards in the China Public Policy Case Competition.
Talent Development Objectives
The program aims to cultivate high-quality skilled emergency management professionals to meet national and industrial needs in meteorological prediction, disaster prevention and reduction, grassroots emergency response, and public health.
Program Planning and Development Measures
Based on the One Body, Two Wings, Three Dimensions disciplinary ecosystem—with atmospheric science as the body, information engineering and communication science as the wings, and environment, management, and humanities as the dimensions—the program constructs an interdisciplinary system for meteorological disaster emergency management. As a key interdisciplinary initiative, it addresses critical challenges in climate governance and disaster prediction, enhancing full-process emergency capabilities and public safety governance.
The program integrates management, meteorology, and environmental features, combining strengths in teaching, research, and talent development across humanities, science, and engineering. It aims to elevate the competitiveness and research quality of emergency management studies, contributing to the university’s vision of becoming a high-level, distinctive research-oriented institution.
Program Features
The program systemically integrates and modularly restructures disciplinary resources in science, engineering, and management with a focus on meteorological emergency response:
Innovative Cluster of New Course Models: Introduces and integrates digital, research-oriented, and general education courses, while developing experiential and capstone courses to expand emergency management resources and achieve holistic education goals.
Embedded Integration and Modular Restructuring of Interdisciplinary Courses: Incorporates curricula from public administration, management engineering, disaster prevention, and safety engineering, creating hybrid technology + management course modules. These focus on public safety governance, with emphasis on meteorological disaster emergency management and grassroots emergency response and resilient community governance.
Six-Dimensional Collaborative Education Mechanism: Establishes extensive collaborations with governments, enterprises, schools, communities, private capital, and media to support curriculum restructuring, expanded teaching and research spaces, internships, employment, and holistic talent development.