MS Nuclear Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

The MS in Nuclear Engineering lets students focus on traditional fission energy, nuclear security or nuclear materials, or choose a Nuclear Safety or Radiological Engineering concentration. Students complete either a thesis or an engineering practice project chosen with their graduate committee.

Faculty: Tickle College of Engineering | Department: Department of Nuclear Engineering | Duration: 30 graduate credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

Students take 15 credit hours of graduate nuclear engineering courses, two hours of NE 501 Graduate Seminar and 9 hours of research-related graduate courses, plus NE 500 Thesis (6 hours) or NE 598 Nuclear Engineering Practice (3 or 6 hours). Students without a nuclear engineering BS take NE 433 and NE 470. Concentrations add courses such as NE 421, NE 585 and NE 586 (Nuclear Safety) or NE 551 and NE 552 (Radiological Engineering). An oral examination on all work presented for the degree is required.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants need a Bachelor of Science from an accredited university with a major in engineering, physics, chemistry or mathematics, and competency in mathematics through ordinary differential equations. The GRE is encouraged but not required. Admitted applicants are advised of any prerequisite undergraduate courses, and all candidates demonstrate general competence in a comprehensive examination covering engineering science, mathematics, chemistry, physics and nuclear engineering.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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