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Programme Aims
The programme aims to enhance the professional knowledge and skills of students in fire and safety engineering, and improve their learning attitudes, study skills, and intellectual and imaginative powers. The programme focuses on fundamental analysis and development of fire and safety science, and engineering concepts. It also offers high-quality teaching in the new topic of engineering performance-based fire codes. In safety engineering, the focus is on improving the safety of buildings, and accident prevention, hazard assessment, risk analysis, safety management and auditing, and safety in construction sites are also covered. Overall, the programme caters not only to graduates and professionals in building services engineering and fire and safety engineering, but also to those in the broader industries of construction, architecture, surveying and applied sciences.
Characteristics
Students gain in-depth knowledge of fire and safety engineering, as they take subjects that are related to general building-services engineering practices and come to appreciate how fire and safety designs are integrated into buildings. The programme also helps students to develop research techniques and critical-thinking skills.
Recognition & Prospects
Accreditation by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) as suitable further learning to meet the academic requirement for CEng registration is subject to approval.
Curriculum
Programme Structure
Students can select from a wide range of subjects, each of which normally requires 39 hours of attendance over a 13-week semester.
For the MSc with a Dissertation
Students must complete 7 taught subjects, including 3 specified Compulsory Subjects, and at least 3 other Core Subjects, including Accident Prevention, Hazard Assessment and Control (BSE558) and/or Safety Management Systems and Safety Auditing (BSE559), plus a Dissertation that is relevant to their area of specialisation, and a 1-credit Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE) subject.
For the MSc without a Dissertation
Students must complete 10 taught subjects, including 3 specified Compulsory Subjects and at least 4 other Core Subjects, including Accident Prevention, Hazard Assessment and Control (BSE558) and/or Safety Management Systems and Safety Auditing (BSE559), and a 1-credit Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE) subject.
Core Areas of Study
The following is a summary of the core areas of study. Students will be provided with detailed information on the subjects available for selection upon registration.
Fire Engineering
Fire Modelling
Fire Engineering Systems
Fire Dynamics
Legislations Aspects in Fire Safety
Engineering Performance-based Fire Codes
Fire Safety Management
Building Fire Safety Design
Safety Engineering
Accident Prevention
Hazard Assessment & Controls
Safety Management
Safety Audit
Safety in Construction Sites
Occupational Health
Ergonomics
Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2025
Expected April 2026
Start date
Expected September 2026
Faculty of Construction and Environment, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ZS1201, 12/F, South Tower, Block Z,
Hung Hom,
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon
A Bachelor's degree with Honours in fire engineering, safety engineering, building services engineering, construction, architecture, building surveying, building technology, applied science, engineering, physics or chemistry; or the equivalent (including recognised professional qualifications).
If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the following minimum English language requirement for admission purpose, unless otherwise specified by individual programmes concerned:
A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 for the Internet-based test or 550 for the paper-based test;
OR
An overall Band Score of at least 6 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
