BS Nuclear Engineering at University of California, Berkeley

The program is designed to prepare students for a career in industry, the national laboratories, or in state or federal regulatory agencies. The program, leading to a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Nuclear Engineering, emphasizes study in the following areas of nuclear engineering: nuclear reactions and radiation, introduction to medical imaging, nuclear reactor theory and design, fusion power engineering, radioactive waste management, radiological and biophysics, and nuclear materials.

Faculty: College of Engineering  |  Department: Nuclear Engineering  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Lower Division Requirements (Math, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry); Lower Division Electives (Electronic Circuits Elective); Upper Division Requirements (Core); Upper Division Electives (Nuclear Engineering, Technical Electives, Statistics/Data Analysis Elective, Ethics). Please select your courses from the following options: CHEM 1A – General Chemistry and CHEM 1AL – General Chemistry Laboratory OR CHEM 4A – General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Education, Engineering & Computer Science, Environment, Government, Sciences - Biological & Physical.

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