Higher Education Program
Save the Date! 2025 Higher Education Symposium is scheduled for June 2-4, 2025.
The Higher Education Symposium is sponsored by the National Training and Education Division of FEMA and will be held at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, MD.
The HiEd website is currently under construction. Historic documents published prior to 2021 are no longer accessible through the HiEd website, but limited historic materials may still be located by visiting the NETC Library!
If unable to locate documents through either of the links above, please email a detailed request to fema-hied@fema.dhs.gov.
The mission of the Higher Education Program is to engage emergency management academia, professional organizations, and practitioners to work together to foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation through education and research to meet the challenges that confront the Nation.
Since 1994, the Higher Education Program has helped foster growth in the academic community to include college and university-based programs in emergency management, homeland security, and related fields. For more information go to The College List.
If you have questions, please contact the FEMA Higher Education Program at FEMA-HiEd@fema.dhs.gov. Please note: many of the linked websites are not Federal websites and may not operate under the same laws, regulations and policies.
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