Graduate Grade

Applicants for Graduate grade of membership will:

  • Hold the IFE's Graduateship examination

or

  • Hold the UK Statutory Station Officers examination

or

  • Have successfully completed a course or courses which has/have been accredited by IFE as being equivalent to the Graduateship examination. Click here for more information on accredited courses.

or

  • Hold a Higher National Certificate or Diploma, or equivalent in relevant subjects. Click here for more information.

or

  • Has qualified by examination for membership at an appropriate level of a professional body approved for this purpose by IFE.

Applicants will also have three years of acceptable training and responsible experience in Fire Engineering.

Click here to download the application form. Please do not send any payment with your application. Membership fees will be requested on successful application.


Please note: If you are in one of the following countries with an IFE branch then you must join via your local branch. Click here to go to our branch contacts page for further details.

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Hong Kong
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • New Zealand
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • United States of America
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Further details of information to be submitted with an application can be found in the guidance document Membership Rules for Titles and Grades. Click here to download

Mature Candidate Route: Fire engineers without the formal academic qualifications necessary for the grade of Graduate may submit an application via the Mature Candidate Route. Applicants will be required to demonstrate 12 years of increasing responsibility in fire engineering and, by submitting a technical paper, that they have achieved a standard of competence comparable to contemporaries who have achieved the Graduate grade by academic achievement. Click here for more information.

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