MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
The Department has been a leader in developing a vision of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NS&E) as an academic discipline with a basic core knowledge that supports and fosters many diverse applications.
The core discipline, Applied Nuclear Science, includes low energy nuclear physics, the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, and plasma science and technology. It provides each graduate student with an education in NS&E broad enough to prepare her or him for research and deeper study.
The curriculum for this core is delivered in three subjects that are the common basis for all NS&E study.
The three subjects are:
All incoming students in the graduate programs of NS&E (doctoral, masters, engineering, and the five-year) are required to take diagnostic exams in both math and physics. These exams are purely diagnostic and the results will not become part of the student’s permanent record. The purpose of the diagnostics is to assist students with adequate preparation to fully participate in the core courses of NS&E. The diagnostic exams will normally be offered during orientation week. Following the exam the student will meet with his/her registration officer to discuss the outcome and plan a suitable program of study.
For students in the doctoral program any deficit identified by the diagnostic exam must be addressed (normally through course work) prior to taking the General Exam.
For students that entered NSE prior to August 1, 2003, please download the graduate program requirements (PDF-89KB, Rev. 17).
