Safety Engineering KU Leuven

Overview

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This advanced master in Safety Engineering from KU Leuven elevates your knowledge on a broad range of safety aspects and techniques. Many courses are taught by safety experts from industry. Moreover, theory is complemented by practical illustrations and cases from industry during classes and company visits.

Safety is a permanent point of attention in the chemical, life science and process industries. Taking care of the health of employees, the safety of industrial processes, and the protection of the environment requires broad knowledge and expertise from safety experts in the field. This includes mastering techniques for the assessment and control of risks, the protection of process installations, knowledge on explosion safety, an understanding of occupational safety and the impact of human factors, etc. However, many engineering graduates are only confronted with the importance of safety issues when they start to work as a professional, as many educational (engineering) programmes teach the subject either minimally or not at all.

The advanced Master of Safety Engineering does not only want to attract young engineers that just finished an initial master, but also working professionals whom want to educate themselves on safety engineering or take a job position in this field. Working professionals may subscribe to the master programme as parttime student and obtain the diploma after two years.

Students will have acquired knowledge on scientific and technological disciplines, required to understand and analyse the various technical and non-technical aspects related to safety

Career perspectives

You are prepared to function professionally as a safety officer in a work environment, particularly in those settings where technicalindustrial knowledge is essential. You find employment in small national and large multinational industrial companies in Europe and further afield. You may also be employed in private and/or governmental organisations that conduct research, carry out analyses, perform inspections and provide monitoring and certification in the broad field of safety.