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Prospective Students

Graduates of our programs apply their skills in fire protection design (urban, building, product or material design), fire forensics, research and development, and consulting engineering all over the world. Let our faculty and unique research capabilities propel your career goals toward a successful trajectory in fire safety engineering!

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Our top students are fully funded through the Graduate Research Assistantships and over 80% of our M.S. students are at least partially supported financially through the Graduate Teaching or Research Assistantships? Contact the FPE Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Arnaud Trouvé for additional information.

The FPE M.S. program offers two full scholarships: the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Fellowship and the Bryan Chair Endowed GRA Award? These scholarships are awarded every year to incoming students, check out our Graduate Financial Support website for more.

FPE is a top research program in the fire science world. Learn about our Research Activities, and:

 

Our Fearless Ideas Save Lives

Our faculty members are at the forefront of Fire Protection Engineering. 

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FPE Graduates Are in High Demand

  • FPE’s are among the highest paid of all engineers
  • More jobs than qualified people to fill them
  • Leverage UMD's promixity to Washington, D.C.
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Gain hands-on experience in our facilities

Our laboratory facilities provide hands-on experience with standardized ASTM test procedures, and permit the investigation of fire dynamics principles. Graduate and undergraduate students alike use these facilities extensively.

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Obtain an Advanced Degree in FPE

As a graduate student, you will find the support needed to work in a large number of fire-safety disciplines to advance innovations of your own.

 

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The educational objectives of the Master of Science (M.S.) in Fire Protection Engineering  and Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Fire Protection Engineering programs are to produce graduates who:
  • Have the technical knowledge and skills needed to practice fire protection engineering locally, nationally and internationally in a variety of modern professional settings;
  • Have the ability to understand and communicate societal, environmental, economic and safety implications of engineering decisions on the local and global communities;
  • Are prepared to attain professional certification and licensure;
  • Appreciate the need to maintain continual professional competency and to practice ethically; and
  • Are prepared to participate in the development and promotion of fire protection engineering and assume technical and/or business leadership positions.

Additional educational objectives specific to the M.S. degree program are to produce graduates who:

  • Appreciate the importance of scientific research as a mechanism to strengthen the technical basis of fire protection engineering; and
  • Have the basic competencies needed to pursue advanced studies (e.g., Ph.D.) in fire protection engineering or related fields.

 

 

The UMD Department of Fire Protection Engineering offers an environment for advanced graduate study and research in the broad field of fire safety with the following options:

  • If you are a current FPE undergraduate student who has earned at least 90 credits toward your B.S. and have maintained a GPA of 3.50 or higher, you may apply to join our Combined Bachelor/Master of Science or Combined Bachelor/Master of Engineering program, which allow students to earn both degrees in approximately five to five and a half years;
  • You can apply to our M.S. program; or
  • You can apply to the M.Eng. program, which is offered online and on campus.
  • The certificate program is designed with the working engineer in mind, and features a curriculum rich in the latest scientific and technological principles and practices needed for career advancement. It can be completed entirely online.
  • FPE does not confer a Ph.D. degree at this time; however, students may pursue a Ph.D. with an emphasis in fire protection engineering by enrolling in the doctoral programs of other departments in the A. James Clark School of Engineering.

 

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