Nuclear Engineering FdEng
Postgraduate
In Preston
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Preston
On this foundation course you’ll develop generic skills that are needed across a range of sectors, before studying modules that are specific to the nuclear sector. It has been developed in conjunction with employers to support the national need for skills development identified by Cogent – the Government Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the power industries, and has been endorsed by the National Skills Academy – Nuclear (NSAN). You’ll study the identification, analysis, evaluation and subsequent solving of problems associated with manufacture and process engineering, setting those activities within the context of nuclear operations.
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Subjects
- Engineering
- Design
- Nuclear Engineering
Course programme
Compulsory modules
- Nuclear fundamentals,
- Communication and Personal Development,
- Engineering Technology, Mathematics, Design, Materials and Manufacture,
- Mechanical Principles and Electrical/electronic Principles
Compulsory modules
A range of specialist nuclear modules about reactor design, the fuel cycle and safety, plus modules about thermal & fluid processes, instrumentation & control and computer-aided engineering, with modules entitled
- Engineering Design 2,
- Business and Professional Development,
- and Materials and Manufacture;
- and a project to practice and further develop skills needed in industry
Nuclear Engineering FdEng