Fire Engineering, BEng (Hons) - Degree Apprenticeship at University of Lancashire

The BEng (Hons) Fire Engineering Degree Apprenticeship focuses on fire in buildings and infrastructure, the technology for predicting fires and designing for fire safety. It was developed with employers and professional bodies and is taught in the Engineering Innovation Centre.

Faculty: School of Engineering and Computing  |  Department: Fire Engineering  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Intake: September 2026; September 2027  |  Study mode: degree apprenticeship  |  Location: Preston, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Introduction to Combustion and Fire, Safety and Fire Law, Energy Transfer and Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics of Fires, Fire and the Built Environment, Accidents and Catastrophes, Computational Engineering, Enclosure Fire Dynamics, Fire Protection Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Analysis and an Engineering Design Project.

Career pathways

Graduates enter roles with fire engineering companies, fire safety engineering consultants, fire and rescue services and the wider public sector; employers of graduates include BuroHappold Engineering, WSP, Arup and BAE Systems.

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