The Division of Safety and Fire Engineering is running an undergraduate programme of Bachelor in Technology in Safety and Fire Engineering, an innovation by the University made for the first time in India in 1996, with an annual intake of 60 students and a fulltime post graduate programme of Master of Technology in Industrial Safety with an annual intake of 18. Both the programmes are approved by the AICTE. The B.Tech. (S&F Engg.) programme is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation in 2015 and also recognized by the Department of Factories and Boilers, Govt. of Kerala in 2003 for the post of statutory Safety Officers under the Factories Act. The placement record of both the programmes are excellent, the major takers being DRDO, British Safety Council, Shell, IOCL, BPCL, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, Oil India, IOTL, Cairn Energy, L&T and many other public and private concerns of repute. The Division is active in research, training and consultancy. A good number of research scholars are pursuing their PhD under the Division. The Division has capability and past experience in undertaking consultancy works and providing services in diverse fields, such as, structural design, design approval, health monitoring of structures, certifying structural stability, fire protection of buildings and structures, fire investigation, safety audit, preparation of legal compliance registers, EIA, HAZOP study, risk analysis, LOPA, preparation of emergency plans, accident investigation etc.

B. Tech programme of Safety and Fire Engineering and M.Tech programme of Industrial Safety are accredited by NBA (Tier I) till June 2025 and June 2026 respectively.