Fire Protection Engineering
MASTER ■ CERTIFICATE ■ ON-CAMPUS ■ ONLINE
Building on a foundation established in 1956, the graduate Fire Protection Engineering program launched in 1989 and is one of only a few graduate fire protection engineering programs in the U.S. An online option was added in 2003. Courses are taught by the Department of Fire Protection Engineering’s foremost experts in fire protection engineering as well as international experts from business and industry.
CAREER OUTCOMES
- Fire Protection Engineer (including Senior, Staff, and Sr.)
- Fire Protection Consultant / Fire Safety Consultant
- Project Manager / Senior Project Manager
- Fire Protection Engineering Manager / Section Manager
- President / CEO
- Principal / Principal Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer
- Director / Associate Director (Fire Protection, Life Safety, Operations)
- Vice President / Executive Vice President
- Firefighter / Paramedic / Lieutenant
PROGRAM-SPECIFIC ADMISSIONS PREREQUISITES
Successful completion of all of the following courses (or their equivalent):
- Math: Differential Equations
- Engineering: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
HIGHLIGHTS
- Graduates of this program are:
- Directly able to make a positive social impact through developing solutions to protect people, property, buildings, communities and the environment
- Prepared to attain professional certification and licensure.
- Build foundational expertise and a specialized
breadth of knowledge in courses like:
- Advanced Life Safety Analysis
- Smoke Control
- Material Flammability
- Forensic Fire Analysis
- Battery Fires
- Advanced Fire Modeling
- Advanced Suppression
- And more!