Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience. 8 modules covering ISO 14091 (adaptation: vulnerability, impacts and risk), ISO 14090 (climate change adaptation: principles) and QGIS. Personal tutor assigned and enrolment open.
Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience — studying from the United Kingdom
Civil and infrastructure engineering is a major employment sector in the United Kingdom, with significant activity in transport, water, energy and urban regeneration. Rail projects such as HS2 and ongoing network upgrades by Network Rail create demand for engineers in track, signalling, structures and systems. Smart city initiatives in cities including Manchester, Glasgow and Milton Keynes apply digital technologies to mobility, utilities and public services. Major contractors and consultancies including Balfour Beatty, Arup and AECOM employ civil and rail professionals across the country.
Fees for the United Kingdom: £746 (Pound sterling), with instalments and employer sponsorship available.
Relevant bodies in the United Kingdom
Typical roles
Questions from the United Kingdom
Which UK professional bodies are relevant to civil and rail engineering qualifications?
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and, for rail, bodies such as the Permanent Way Institution and the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers are relevant in the UK. Chartered status is handled through the Engineering Council. SEIUM's qualifications are private and not accredited by these bodies, so you should confirm with ICE or the relevant institution how your study would be treated.
Do UK civil, rail and smart city employers recognise online private qualifications?
UK infrastructure employers, including consultancies, contractors, rail operators and local authorities, generally recruit based on competence, professional registration and project experience. A private qualification can add to your profile, but employers decide its relevance. Practical experience and progress towards professional registration usually carry more weight.
How does online study fit with a UK working schedule, and what about funding?
Online study lets you keep working in the UK, and no student visa is needed to study from home. Fees are payable in instalments, and some employers support job-related training, which is common practice in general terms but varies by employer. Each programme has a defined number of hours and an assigned technical tutor. Review the hours and funding options before enrolling.
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What you will be able to do
Interpret climate scenarios and their uncertainties.
Apply frameworks for assessing physical and transition climate risks.
Characterise acute and chronic climate hazards for a territory or asset.
Analyse the exposure and vulnerability of systems and assets.
Quantify climate risk using indicators and damage functions.
Propose prioritised resilience and adaptation measures.
Prepare a climate risk assessment aligned with disclosure requirements.
Who it's for
- Climate risk analyst who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Climate resilience consultant who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Climate ESG disclosure specialist who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Infrastructure adaptation engineer who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Climate scenarios technician who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Physical risk manager for asset portfolios who wants to specialise in Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience.
- Graduates in engineering or science seeking to enter banking and insurance.
What you'll work with
- ISO 14091 (adaptation: vulnerability, impacts and risk)
- ISO 14090 (climate change adaptation: principles)
- Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 (technical criteria of the EU climate taxonomy)
- Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (CSRD, sustainability reporting)
- ISO 31000 (risk management)
- TCFD Recommendations (climate-related risk disclosure)
8 modules · 800 h
1.1The climate system and radiative forcing1.2IPCC AR6 reports1.3SSP and RCP scenarios1.4CMIP6 global climate models1.5Regionalisation: CORDEX and downscaling1.6AdapteCCa scenario viewer1.7Climate variables and extremes1.8Uncertainty in projections1.9Acute and chronic risks1.10Workshop: analysing projections for a location
2.1Risk: hazard, exposure and vulnerability2.2ISO 14091 standard2.3ISO 31000 applied to climate2.4National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (PNACC) 2021-20302.5Law 7/2021 on Climate Change2.6EU taxonomy and the DNSH principle2.7EU guide to climate resilience of infrastructure2.8TCFD and ISSB recommendations2.9CSRD Directive and ESRS E12.10Practice: climate risk matrix for an asset
3.1River and surface water flooding3.2Sea level rise and storm surges3.3Heatwaves3.4Drought and water scarcity3.5Wildfires3.6Extreme wind3.7Landslides and erosion3.8Compound and cascading hazards3.9Hazard databases3.10Laboratory: hazard analysis with GIS
4.1Inventory of exposed assets4.2Infrastructure sensitivity4.3Adaptive capacity4.4Damage and fragility curves4.5Social vulnerability4.6Infrastructure interdependencies4.7Supply chains4.8Composite indicators4.9Historical loss data4.10Case study: vulnerability of a road network
5.1Expected Annual Loss5.2Loss Exceedance Curves5.3Catastrophe Models5.4Probabilistic Analysis5.5Financial risk and climate value at risk5.6Scenario and stress analysis5.7Insurance and Risk Transfer5.8Insurance Compensation Consortium5.9Communicating results5.10Practice: Expected Annual Loss from Flooding
6.1Concepts of resilience6.2Grey, green and soft measures6.3Adaptive pathways and robust decisions6.4Cost-benefit analysis of adaptation6.5Nature-based solutions6.6Early warning systems6.7Business continuity6.8Recovery and build-back-better6.9Urban resilience indicators6.10Workshop: adaptive pathways for a coastal front
7.1Municipal adaptation plans7.2Covenant of Mayors7.3Disclosure of physical risks7.4Climate due diligence in investments7.5European Investment Bank and resilience7.6Stakeholder engagement7.7Climate justice7.8Monitoring and evaluation7.9Financing adaptation7.10Case study: a company's climate risk report
8.1System definition and scope8.2Selection of climate scenarios8.3Hazard analysis8.4Exposure and vulnerability8.5Risk quantification8.6Adaptation measures8.7Resilience plan8.8Monitoring indicators8.9Report and presentation8.10Final review with the tutor
How you'll learn
100% online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: students progress at their own pace within the intake, making it easy to combine with work.
Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is QGIS, Python (xarray), R, Climate Data Store (Copernicus), advanced Excel, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Assessments are based on real procedures for analysing regionalised climate scenarios, exposure and vulnerability maps of assets, and climate risk disclosure reports. Assessment is continuous across modules, plus the final integrative project.
Build it end to end
Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.
Interpret climate scenarios and their uncertainties.
Apply frameworks for assessing physical and transition climate risks.
Characterise acute and chronic climate hazards for a territory or asset.
Analyse the exposure and vulnerability of systems and assets.
Quantify climate risk using indicators and damage functions.
Where this takes you
Requirements
- Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector. No university degree is required.
- Internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme's software.
- Sufficient level of Spanish to follow technical regulatory texts.
Ready to start?
Send your application today. Our admissions team replies within 72 hours with your study plan and funding options.
Frequently asked questions
The programme totals 800 hours, spread over 6 to 8 months. That is an average of 10 to 15 hours per week, compatible with a full-time job.
The programme uses QGIS, Python (xarray), R, Climate Data Store (Copernicus) and advanced Excel. Free, academic or evaluation versions are used, and the tutor indicates the free alternative where one exists.
An SEIUM own diploma upon passing the continuous assessment and the integrative project. It is in-house training, not an official qualification from the Ministry.
Yes. Modules passed on a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are credited towards the higher-level programme. Check the recognition policy when you enrol.
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