Program Overview

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Fire Safety (Engineering) (Top-up), BSc (Hons)

Overview

Our Fire Safety Engineering top-up programme is ideal if you are an engineer aiming for a senior role after graduation in safety design or want to become a fire safety engineer.

Why Study with Us

• An Industrial Liaising Committee inputs to this course, involving leading fire safety engineering and management companies, and Fire and Rescue Services.
• Benefit from significant investment in the latest high-quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre.
• International opportunities include travel and work placement with ‘Operation Florian’ which is a charitable organisation working to improve fire service infrastructures.

What You'll Do

• Benefit from potential exchange visits - we have partner colleges/universities in the Middle-East and Hong Kong where English is widely spoken.
• Our direct links to industry enable you to work on live, real-world projects with commercial partners in state-of-the-art facilities.
• The course is taught by staff which include research academics from the fields of fire safety engineering and fire chemistry as well as fire professionals with many years of experience.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory Modules

• Enclosure Fire Dynamics: On this module, you'll gain an understanding of enclosure fire and the dominant mechanisms in controlling them. It will explore the range of relationships, solutions, and models used in the design of buildings for fire safety and investigations. You'll also build on your employability skills, including independent working, analysis, problem-solving, presentations, and working with others.
• Fire Protection Engineering: This module aims to develop your skills in numerical analyses. You will evaluate different appropriate fire protection applications.
• Fire Investigation: This module will develop your ability to investigate a fire to meet the needs of officials. You will learn to recognize the scene, patterns, indicators, and dynamics of fire development. You will gain an insight into the fire setter's motives and characteristics. The module emphasizes on the recovery and analysis of evidence and the conclusions that can be drawn from the analytical results. You will understand the investigation structure and management of mass fatality incidents as well as small premises.
• Hazards and Risk Management: We aim for you to understand, apply, and critically evaluate techniques of hazard and risk management and produce and defend professional quality reports on real risk management policy.
• Engineering Design Project: This module will develop your engineering design skills both as a team member and as an individual. You will develop your critical thinking, problem-solving, and key skills in case studies.
• Engineering Dissertation: You'll carry out an independent study of theoretical, computational, experimental, or investigative analysis, or a combination. By the end of this module, you will have enhanced your research, communication, and evaluation skills.

Related Courses

• Fire & Leadership Studies (with Foundation Year), BSc (Hons)
• Fire & Leadership Studies, BSc (Hons)
• Fire Engineering (with Foundation Year), BEng
• Fire Engineering, BEng (Hons)
• Fire Engineering, BEng (Hons) - Degree Apprenticeship
• Fire Safety (Management) (Top-up), BSc (Hons)
• Fire Safety Engineering, FdSc

Study in Our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

During your studies with us, you’ll benefit from our new £35 million EIC building which provides an integrated teaching space in state-of-the-art facilities.

View the Course Facilities

• Fire, Oil, and Gas Laboratory

Gain Real Work Experience Through Industrial Placements

You will have the opportunity to take a one-year industrial placement during your studies to increase your employability. Most placements are UK-based, but opportunities exist for global placements.

Future Careers

Graduates from Fire Safety (Engineering) have entered leading fire engineering consulting firms such as, Buro Happold, ARUP, Warrington Exova, and various Fire and Rescue Services around the UK and internationally.

If you're interested in becoming a firefighter and would like to find out more, you can read our handy step-by-step guide.

Applicants who are interested in taught postgraduate studies will be able to continue on MSc Fire Safety Engineering or MSc Fire and Rescue Service Management.

Applicants who are interested in research will be able to continue MPhil/PhD studies with the Centre in Fire and Hazards in areas of fire and explosion safety engineering, fire modelling, computational fluid dynamics, and others.

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Entry Requirements

• Pass Foundation Degree or Higher National Diploma in a relevant subject and a relevant scientific or engineering background

Fees and Funding

• UK: £9,535 per year (full-time), £1,587 per 20 credits (part-time)
• International: £17,325 per year (full-time)

Additional Costs

As part of your course, there may be additional costs to consider that are not included in your tuition fees. Most of these will be optional, but some courses have essential additional costs.

Scholarships and Bursaries

We offer many scholarships, bursaries, and funds to support you during your studies. Select your country or region to see if you are eligible and how to apply.

• Care Leaver Bursary
• Estranged Student Support Bursary
• Dependants Bursary
• Financial Support Package

Learning and Assessment

Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your option choices.

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, workshops, laboratory work, project work, case studies, site visits. The mix of teaching methods is designed to motivate and challenge you to consider different learning styles to maximize your potential.

Personal study also forms an integral part of the course. You’ll learn by a variety of methods including innovative information and communication technologies and practical case studies based on research outcomes achieved by the School staff.

Industry Links

There is an Industrial Liaising Committee for this course, involving a number of leading companies in fire safety engineering and management, and Fire and Rescue Services.