Engineering, Nuclear MEng

Year 1

• Fundamentals of Materials Science - 20 credits
• Design for Structural Applications - 20 credits
• Physics Laboratory 1A - 10 credits
• Physics Laboratory 1B - 10 credits
• Mathematics for Physicists 1A - 10 credits
• Mathematics for Physicists 1B - 10 credits
• Electromagnetism and Temperature and Matter - 20 credits
• Classical Mechanics and Relativity 1 - 10 credits
• Physics and Communication Skills (Nuclear) - 10 credits

• Classical Mechanics and Relativity 2 - 10 credits
• Mathematics for Physicists 2A - 10 credits
• Mathematics for Physicists 2B - 10 credits
• Physics Laboratory 2 - 10 credits
• Nuclear Skills - 10 credits
• Statistical Physics and Entropy - 10 credits
• Fracture, Fatigue and Degradation A - 10 credits
• Fracture, Fatigue and Degradation B - 10 credits
• Physical Materials Science A - 10 credits
• Physical Materials Science B - 10 credits
• Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Power - 10 credits
• Quantum Mechanics 2 - 10 credits

In your final years you will study a range of highly specialised topics developed in conjunction with our partners in industry. In the third year of the programme there is a group industrial project, designed to help one of our industrial partners work on a project of relevance to the current challenges in the nuclear sector.

• Fission and Fusion - 10 credits
• Radiation Protection, Dosimetry and Shielding - 10 credits
• High-performance Materials and Advanced Manufacturing - 20 credits
• Advanced Failure Analysis and Characterisation - 20 credits
• Group project - 20 credits
• Materials for Challenging Environments - 20 credits
• Nuclear Physics - 10 credits
• Nuclear Physics Laboratory for Nuclear Engineers - 10 credits

In the fourth year there is a nuclear related project which may be taken in either physics or materials and metallurgy.

• Irradiation Materials Science - 10 credits
• Nuclear Fuel Cycles, Life Extension and Nuclear Waste - 10 credits
• Particle Detectors and Electronics - 10 credits
• Radiation Transport and Reactor Kinetics - 20 credits
• Reactor Safety and Analysis - 10 credits
• Individual Research Project - 40 credits
• Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Engineering - 10 credits

Choose 10 credits. Example optional modules:

• Materials Modelling - 10 credits
• High toughness ceramics - 10 credits
• Biomaterials - 10 credits
• Advanced Electronic Materials - 10 credits

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to core modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.