For 2020 entry we accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified*:
IELTS: total 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each module)
TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 92 (at least 20 in each module). We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
PTE Academic: total 61 (at least 56 in each of the "Communicative Skills" sections and at least 61 for writing)*
CAE and CPE: total 176 (at least 169 in each module)
Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components
For 2021 entry we will accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified**:
IELTS: total 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each module)
TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 92 (at least 20 in each module). We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
CAE and CPE: total 176 (at least 169 in each module)
Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components
*(Revised 21 February 2020 to remove PTE Academic from 2021 entry requirements. Revised 21 April 2020 to include TOEFL-iBT Special Home Edition in 2020 and 2021 entry requirements.)
Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, PTE Academic or Trinity ISE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.
(*Revised 1 October 2019 to correct an error for the PTE Academic score, which incorrectly stated a score of 62.)
The International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) is a two-year educational programme in the Erasmus+ framework.
This masters programme is jointly offered by the following three full partner universities:
The University of Edinburgh, UK
Ghent University, Belgium (coordinator)
Lund University, Sweden
Additionally, there are three associated partners where students can perform thesis research:
The University of Queensland, Australia
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The University of Maryland, United States of America
Classes in Edinburgh focus on fire dynamics, fire safety engineering and structural design for fire. Classes in Ghent have a more general fire safety engineering focus. Classes in Lund emphasise enclosure fire dynamics, risk analysis and human behaviour.
The Fire Group at the University of Edinburgh hosts bespoke equipment to support groundbreaking research and teaching, with combined thermal and mechanical loading and use of the latest image analysis techniques.
IMFSE is very pleased to involved 15 industrial partners as official sponsors. With their annual financial contributions, it has been made possible to create the IMFSE Sponsorship Consortium, which awards IMFSE students with full or partial scholarships. The current sponsors are:
Arup
IFIC Forensics
NFPA
GAE Engineering
Kingspan
WSP
Promat
FPC
BRE
Fire Engineered Solutions Ghent
OFR Consultants
Basler & Hofmann
Jensen Hughes
Rockwool
DBI
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Year 1
Semester 1
Students choose to study at either Ghent or Edinburgh.
Ghent University (Belgium):
Fire Dynamics (6 credits)
Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer (6 credits)
Explosions and Industrial Fire Safety (6 credits)
Research Seminar (3 credits)
Material Behaviour at Ambient and Elevated Tempratures (3 credits)
Students subscribe to no less than 6 and no more than 9 credit units from the following list (subject to approval by the faculty):
Analysis of Structures (3 credits)
Design for Structural Fire Resistance (3 credits)
Applications of Advanced Structural Fire Engineering (3 credits)
Students subscribe to no more than 3 credit units from the following list. (subject to approval by the faculty):
Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
Turbomachines (6 credits)
Modelling of Turbulence and Combustion (3 credits)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)
FSE Based Firefighting (3 credits)
Data-Driven Management of Fire Incidents (3 credits)
The University of Edinburgh (Scotland):
Fire Science and Fire Dynamics (9 credits)
Fire Safety, Engineering and Society (9 credits)
Fire Safety Engineering (6 credits)
Structural Mechanics (6 credits)
Semester 2
Lund University (Sweden):
Risk Assessment (8 credits)
Internship opportunities are available after Year 1.
Year 2
Semester 3
Students choose to study at either Ghent or Edinburgh.
Ghent University (Belgium):
Passive Fire Protection (3 credits)
Active Fire Protection I: Detection and Suppression (6 credits)
Active Fire Protection II: Smoke and Heat Control (6 credits)
Fire Safety and Legislation (3 credits)
Performance-Based Design (6 credits)
Students subscribe to no less than 6 and no more than 9 credit units from the following list (subject to approval by the faculty):
Analysis of Structures (3 credits)
Design for Structural Fire Resistance (3 credits)
Applications of Advanced Structural Fire Engineering (3 credits)
Students subscribe to no more than 3 credit units from the following list (subject to approval by the faculty):
Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
Turbomachines (6 credits)
Modelling of Turbulence and Combustion (3 credits)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)
FSE Based Firefighting (3 credits)
Data-Driven Management of Fire Incidents (3 credits)
The University of Edinburgh (Scotland):
Fire Science Laboratory
Fire Investigation and Failure Analysis
Finite Element Analysis for Solids
Structural Design for Fire
Semester 4
The MSc thesis research is supervised in either Ghent, Lund or Edinburgh (full partners), in an associated partner (ETH Zürich - Switzerland, The University of Queensland - Australia, The University of Maryland - USA) or an industrial company.
Advanced Fire Dynamics (9 credits)
Human Behaviour in Fire (8 credits)
Simulation of Fires in Enclosures (5 credits)
We aim to train the next generation of leaders in this field; there is currently great demand for fire safety engineering graduates worldwide and graduates have gained relevant employment or enhanced career opportunities.
A fire safety engineer fulfils a broad range of duties, in various ways related to fire. This can range from designing fire protection for a space station, to protecting treasures such as the US Constitution, to safely securing the occupants of a high-rise building from fire hazards.
Fire safety engineers are in great demand by corporations, educational institutions, consulting firms, and government bodies around the world. You may find career opportunities in the following industries:
consulting engineering firms
fire departments
fire equipment and systems manufacturers
government
hospitals and health care facilities
insurance industry
research and testing laboratories
educational institutions
entertainment industry
forensic investigations
