Master in Science Disaster Risk Engineering and Management (MSc DREM)

“MSc in Disaster Risk Engineering and Management (MSc DREM) is the engineering course that is provided at the level of Master of Science in order to grant knowledge in depth.

Objective of the Program:

This master’s degree course in Disaster Risk Engineering and Management with theory, practical, and research components aims to meet the growing need for experts trained to provide solutions to complex issues in disasters. In our Master’s program, students explore the reduction of risk and disasters, along with their associated impacts, from a diverse range of scientific, engineering, technical, socio-economic, environmental, ethical, and cultural perspectives. All the subjects are designed to give global perspectives but also with special relevance to Nepal’s country context.

The course encompasses the efficient skills in project planning, implementation, and control along with cross-cutting issues of technology, quality, contract, safety, financial investment, and environment, policy/legal provisions, and other many contemporary issues.

Scope:

The course aims to produce disaster risk reduction managers who can work, innovate and lead in a multi-disciplinary environment. To achieve the objective, the MSc in Disaster Risk Engineering and Management Program of LBU offers Main Core Courses and diversified Elective Courses with many case studies, project works and their research works on this particular field. It is environed that the graduates of this program will be capable to manage disaster-related projects and carry research projects in the area of disaster risk engineering and management.

Eligibility:

The eligibility for admission in Construction Engineering and Management is based on the following criteria:

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Architecture, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering or their equivalent from recognized institutions or universities.

The candidate shall appear and pass the admission test.

Total Credits

The MSc-CEM program offers 60 credits in accordance to the qualification framework for master level programs as recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC) (HEQFDT, 2016:8), and also to be in compatible with the norms followed at the IoE-TU.

Pedagogy

LBU follows the 2016 Higher Education Qualification Framework as approved by the University Grants Commission. It includes definitions of credit, lecture hour, practical, minimum qualification and other relevant criteria.

Admission Criteria:

Students from any discipline having passed a Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent from any recognized university are eligible to apply for admission to a Master’s degree program. Eligible candidates may apply to LBU by filling out an online application form available online. Admission to the program will take place on a Semester basis. To be eligible for the program, the candidate needs to appear for a written entrance examination followed by an interview. The maximum number of candidates is set to 40 students per class.

Evaluation

1. The academic performance of students shall be evaluated on the basis of individual courses for
   all the courses registered for the program. The final grade will be determined by aggregating the course-wise grades.
2. The performance of a student shall be judged by
   a. Continuous internal semester assessment carried out by the concerned course tutor, and
   b. External semester examination carried out by the University.
3. In any semester a student shall register for all the courses offered by the University in that semester as per the approved curriculum of the concerned program.
4. The course-wise weights for the continuous internal semester assessment and external semester examination shall be as given below.
5. The external semester examination shall be of three hours duration for all the courses except for those designated as internal evaluation.
6. For the courses designated as ‘practical’, the viva or other practical examinations component of the external semester examination shall be conducted by the concerned course tutor.
7. The continuous internal semester assessment shall be taken by the concerned course tutor in any of the following ways: 
   • a. Written test
   • b. Workshop practice
   • c. Practical works
   • d. Project work
   • e. Viva-voce
   • f. Home assignment
8. A student must secure a minimum 50 percent marks in the internal assessment for him/her to be eligible for sitting in the end-semester examination.
9. A student must obtain a minimum 50 percent marks in the external examination to pass a course.
10. A student who has secured 50 percent or more in the continuous internal semester assessment (and 50 percent or more in the practical courses) but fails to obtain a passing grade in the external semester examination can re-sit in the compartmental examination and in the external semester examination of the same course.

Total Credits

The MSc-CEM program offers 60 credits in accordance to the qualification framework for master level programs as recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC) (HEQFDT, 2016:8), and also to be in compatible with the norms followed at the IoE-TU.

Pedagogy

LBU follows the 2016 Higher Education Qualification Framework as approved by the University Grants Commission. It includes definitions of credit, lecture hours, practical, minimum qualification and other relevant criteria.