Studying humanitarian assistance includes learning about short or long-term relief methods for people in crisis situations around the world. This can include training in risk management, aid access and effectiveness, and procedures designed for specific emergencies.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.