Fire and Safety

Designed to recruit bright talent into the services, our accredited Fire and Safety courses are a combination of academic study with practical hands-on training.

They demonstrate a strong, well-coordinated research link, which contributes strongly to the relevance and currency of the content. You’ll benefit from significant investment in the latest high-quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre located within one of the most intense engineering and manufacturing areas in the UK.

Take full advantage of our new, purpose-built fire laboratories, supported by state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics facilities, analytical and material characterisation facilities for fire chemistry and fire safety engineering, as well as small and intermediate-scale experiments and facilities at Washington Hall, the UK’s international fire, training and development centre.

You’ll be taught by staff who are research academics from the fields of fire safety engineering and fire chemistry as well as fire professionals with many years of experience. Staff have experience of both research and international collaboration.

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Awards

We were awarded Athena Swan Bronze status, in recognition of our direct support for women within the School of Engineering, enabling women students to transition successfully into industry. The Athena Swan project is a charter scheme, aiming to address issues around gender and diversity. Our Women’s Engineering Network - a friendly group of women students and staff - regularly meet to explore all aspects of engineering and to offer each other mutual support at university and beyond.

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Attend our Open Day and discover why our campus is the perfect place for you. You can ask current students about their experiences, speak to academics and get a feel for life at UCLan.

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Why choose us?

You’ll have access to excellent facilities including new, purpose-built fire laboratories, and get the chance to experience hands-on fire-fighting.
You’ll have international opportunities, including travel and work placement with ‘Operation Florian’ - a charitable organisation working to improve fire service infrastructures.
Benefit from significant investment in the latest high quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre.

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Future Careers and Opportunities

Our graduates are extremely desirable. Our alumni find themselves in senior positions in fire safety design, fire safety engineering and fire safety consulting. You could also work with architects to ensure building fire protection and develop escape routes; or as a fire investigator, to determine the causes and effects of a fire and fire damage. The wide-ranging nature of the career means you will have global opportunity to work within the areas of science and technology, law, management, or alternatively conducting scientific research.

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