University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park, is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and the original 1862 land-grant institution in Maryland. The University advances knowledge, provides outstanding and innovative instruction, and nourishes a climate of intellectual growth in a broad range of academic disciplines and interdisciplinary fields.
A. James Clark School of Engineering
At the Clark School of Engineering, we bring together forward-looking people dedicated to creating progress and to making the world a better place. We are talented undergraduate and graduate students, award-winning faculty, dedicated staff, leading corporate and government partners, supportive alumni and visionary philanthropists. We work together in nine academic departments, three research institutes, an array of innovative cross-disciplinary programs, major corporate and government labs, and nationwide alumni chapters. Together, we help to make this diverse and dynamic campus a place to discover ideas and technologies that will change the world.
MEng in Fire Protection Engineering (Online)
The Master of Engineering in Fire Protection curriculum supports the emerging international movement toward performance-based approaches to fire safety analysis and design. It will provide you with a thorough understanding of the physics and chemistry of fire necessary for predicting building system performance and analyzing failures. Additionally, you will be required to demonstrate the ability to use scientific and engineering principles to evaluate structures for the hazards of fire and apply engineering principles in the assessment of performance of fire protection systems. You will learn how to use deterministic and probabilistic methods for analyzing fire risk as well as use computer models to simulate fire development. There is no research component required, and the program can be completed entirely online in 15 months on a part-time basis.
