Fire Engineering, BEng (Hons) at University of Lancashire

This externally accredited degree focuses on fire in buildings and infrastructure, fire prediction technology and fire safety design, covering how fires start and develop and how engineering manages fire risk. It was developed with employers and professional bodies and offers a year-long industry placement.

Faculty: School of Engineering and Computing  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Intake: September 2026 and September 2027  |  Location: Preston, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 includes Safety and Fire Law, Energy Transfer and Thermodynamics, Engineering Design Practice, Building, Materials and Fire and Engineering Analysis 1; Year 2 includes Fire and the Built Environment, Computational Engineering and Engineering Analysis 2; Year 3 includes Fire Protection Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Analysis, an Engineering Design Project and an Engineering Dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates join fire engineering companies, fire safety engineering consultancies, fire and rescue services and the wider public sector, including employers such as BuroHappold Engineering, WSP, ARUP and BAE Systems.

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