Prospective Undergraduate Students
Penn State’s nuclear engineering program relates theory to practice in a way that most universities cannot. Penn State is one of the few universities where undergraduate students can work with a functioning nuclear reactor. The Breazeale Nuclear Reactor is the longest operating licensed research reactor in the country.
Students also gain professional experience with an industry-sponsored project through our capstone design course. Penn State's collaboration with Westinghouse, as well as other nuclear companies and agencies, will give you an unmatched educational experience using the simulation and analysis codes currently used in industry. Learn more about what a nuclear engineer does.
Penn State offers an undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering as well as a minor in nuclear engineering.
Undergraduate Major
Nuclear Engineering
The overall educational objective of the Nuclear Engineering program is to help prepare graduates to function effectively in the marketplace in a wide range of career paths in nuclear engineering. The technical part of the curriculum emphasizes nuclear power engineering, which refers to complex systems used to generate electricity.
Undergraduate Minor
Nuclear Engineering
Students completing the Nuclear Engineering minor will learn fundamental concepts within nuclear engineering, but will also have the flexibility to choose electives to build a minor program focusing on topics relevant to their primary field of study and/or particular career goals.
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Contact
- Beth Huber
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
113A Hallowell Building
bah41@psu.edu
- Entrance to Major
- Study Abroad
- Career Resources
- Research and Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates
- Schreyer Honors College
- Undergraduate Programming in Nuclear Engineering
