Leaders in the field came to Edinburgh to study and research under the supervision of Rasbash, a pioneer of the discipline, and Dougal Drysdale, author of a textbook on the subject.
[1] Jose Torero held the BRE/RAE Chair in Fire Safety Engineering from 2004 to 2012.
The Centre supports the Structural and Fire Safety Engineering degrees (BEng, MEng and MSc) as well as a number of short courses for professionals.
The centre is part of the International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering consortium.
The joint degree started in September 2010 and involves the universities of Edinburgh (UK), Ghent (Belgium) and Lund (Sweden).