HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FIRE AND SAFETY ENGINEERING IN HONG KONG

With the fire safety engineering approach practicing since 1998, and the possibility of implementing the engineering performance-based fire codes, there is a strong demand for education and training in Fire Engineering (FE). Also, the subject area on Safety Engineering (SE) is becoming more important. In this paper, an MSc in Fire and Safety Engineering programme specially designed for training up local engineers in FE and SE will be reported. The background, admission requirements, programme structure and awarding criteria are outlined. There are two main streams on FE and SE, and the subjects inside are briefly described. Collaboration opportunities to promote this in China with top universities such as the University of Science and Technology of China will be searched.