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A US postgraduate programme in homeland security is to be launched to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York.

So far, 70 students have applied for 25 places on the course, to be taught jointly by the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Connecticut and the Naval Postgraduate School in California. It will cover topics such as how to respond to natural disasters and biological strikes.

"There is a strong market for a masters with a speciality in homeland security and emergency management leadership," said Krista Rodin, Connecticut's dean of continuing studies.

"51¹ú²úÊÓƵland security and emergency management are two of the fastest growing areas in higher education."

The two-year course is aimed at private and public staff, including corporate preparedness executives and administrators in the Department of 51¹ú²úÊÓƵland Security. It will include computer simulations of various disasters in a cybercity developed by the Naval Postgraduate School.