The Best Nuclear Engineering Schools

University of Michigan

• The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is renowned in engineering circles for its Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS). At the undergraduate level, the NERS department offers a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics (B.S.E.). Students can also study nuclear engineering through the department's interdisciplinary minor. Undergraduate students also have the opportunity to pursue joint-degrees of study in either other engineering fields or with another college within the university altogether.

  At the graduate level, students can pursue either a Master of Science or the Ph.D. Areas of specialization offered within the program include nuclear materials, mathematics, fission systems and radiation transport, scientific computing, plasmas and nuclear fusion, radiation measurements and imaging and radiation safety. The NERS department at Michigan was ranked No. 1 in 2010 by "U.S. News & World Report."

  University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
  College of Engineering
  Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-647-7090
  engin.umich.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Second on the "U.S. News & World Report" list of top nuclear engineering schools for 2010, the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UWM) offers a wide variety of degree options. The undergraduate program at UWM offers two degree tracks for the bachelor's degree: nuclear power and radiation sciences.

  The graduate degree program at UWM offers the Master of Science and the Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and engineering physics. The department encourages the cross-disciplinary aspect of this degree as a strength of the program; both disciplines inform and mutually reinforce one another, according to the school's website. Research specialties offered by the program include applied superconductivity, plasma source ion implantation, plasma-aided manufacturing, nuclear safety, fusion technology, plasma theory and computation and experimental plasma physics.

  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  College of Engineering
  2610 Engineering Hall
  Madison, WI 53706
  608-262-2433
  engr.wisc.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the best engineering schools in the world. The MIT name is synonymous with the two primary disciplines in academia: engineering and physics (MIT has many other top programs as well). In the field of nuclear physics, MIT ranked third among all programs nationwide in the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings.

  The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Science at MIT offers five degrees: the Bachelor of Science (B.S.); Master of Science (M.S.); Nuclear Engineer (N.E.); Doctor of Science (Sc.D.); and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). Research specializations offered at MIT include nuclear science and technology, applied nuclear physics and electromagnetic interactions.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Work 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-253-3400
  web.mit.edu