BEng (Honors) In Fire Safety Engineering

BEng (with Honors) in Fire Safety Engineering

Key Points

Work permit while you study
Post Graduation Work Permit for 12 months
Start dates: September
Duration: 4 years

Level 8 qualification
Type: Full Time
Hours: Daytime
Enrollment Fee: From € 10,000 / year

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Our Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Fire Safety Engineering is a broad discipline covering a wide range of areas including fire prevention, detection, escape, suppression and control. It’s where fire safety is integrated into design and construction at the planning stage, and where it starts saving lives.

Program structure

YEAR 1

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

YEAR 2

Semester 3:

Math 4
Construction services 2
Fluids and thermodynamics 2
Site organization
Fire Science

Semester 4:

Website performance
Talent management
Generating consumer knowledge
User experience and design thinking

YEAR 3

Semester 5:

Fire safety design
Dynamics of fire
Fire safety operations
Math 5

Semester 6:

Math 6
Fire design project
Fire protection systems
Job position

YEAR 4

Semester 7:

Dissertation proposal
Applications of fire safety engineering principles
Construction law and professional ethics
Reliability engineering and fire modeling

Semester 8:

Human behavior in fire
Fire safety management
Structural fire fighting engineering
Dissertation

Career opportunities

The main employers are:

Fire safety engineering consulting
Local authorities: fire service, etc.
Public sector
Architectural practice

Main Positions:

Fire Safety Engineer

Admission requirements

Minimum access requirements

End of studies certificate

Minimum six O6 / H7
English or Irish O6 / H7
Mathematics O6 / H7
At least two H5

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Letterkenny Institute of Technology