Master's programme in
Nuclear Energy Engineering
The programme and career opportunities
This two-year programme includes three terms of course activities and one term of degree project work, adding up to a total of 120 ECTS credits. Courses will include lectures, classroom exercises, laboratory exercises (including work on a real reactor), study visits and project work. The programme is coherent with the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, EMSNE.
Compulsory courses will provide all students in the programme with a strong foundation in the reactor physics and technology field. The large selection of elective courses will then give the students a unique possibility to go in several different directions. The research-oriented students have several possibilities to choose courses in preparation for work in e.g. reactor physics research or in a nuclear engineering / nuclear safety research environment. At the same time, students interested in more industry-related nuclear engineering can choose courses preparing them for a position in the industry, with an optional management-oriented specialisation.
Course overview
The courses in the master programme are presented to the student in two categories; compulsory courses and elective courses. Out of the full 120 ECTS credit program, the compulsory courses add up to 48 credits. The diploma work in the last semester corresponds to 30 credits, leaving 42 credits to be chosen by the student from the elective courses.
Degree project
The students will complete the two-year Master’s Programme with a 30 ECTS degree project. The degree project and its resultant thesis may be performed at the Albanova University Centre (KTH), or at an external research facility, or in a company, in Sweden or in another country. With the growing need for competent employees in the nuclear industry, there are many opportunities to perform this project at a company in the industry. KTH’s nuclear departments have already established a good tradition of conducting several degree projects per year at the Swedish nuclear power companies (e.g. Vattenfall, Westinghouse, Forsmark).
KTH has close research contacts with other universities and research centres, with several opportunities for students to go abroad. Already established international contacts with diploma work opportunities include Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Madrid Politechnical University (Spain), Czech Technical University (Czech Republic), Tsinghua University (China), Harbin Engineering University (China), Idaho State University (USA), and the University of Nevada Las Vegas (USA).
Application and admission
Contact
Dr. Vasily Arzhanov
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Engineering Sciences
AlbaNova University Center
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden