Graduate Programs in Nuclear Engineering

If you want to work with nationally and internationally renowned faculty, scientists, and engineers, the Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering is a great place for you to pursue graduate study.

Our graduates are known for their ability to find high-level positions in national research centers and laboratories as well as postdoctoral and tenure-track positions in top-tier research universities.

Our graduate degree programs include:

Resident Programs

• M.S. in Nuclear Engineering
• Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering

Online Program

• M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering

Our graduate degrees have limited formal course requirements. You and your adviser can tailor a program to your needs and educational goals. With our many tenured faculty and the breadth of nuclear engineering focus areas you can pursue an area in the nuclear engineering field that is important to you.

We are one of the few universities in the U.S. with a research reactor on campus. Our students have the unique opportunity to learn and research in state-of-the-art experimental facilities under expert mentorship. We have especially strong research programs in nuclear power, reactor design, and nuclear materials.

Students select courses and write a thesis or paper in one or more of the following general fields:

Nuclear Power

• Nuclear Materials
• Reactor Controls
• Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
• Reactor Physics

Nuclear Science

• Radiation Detection and Imaging
• Radioisotopes and Radiochemistry

Nuclear Security

• Radiation Detection and Monitoring
• Non-proliferation