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School of Nuclear Engineering (Graduate)


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Website URL:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/Academics/Graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

Ahmed Hassanein

Admission Requirements:

Master’s Degree Program Basic Requirements

  • Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
    3.2 or equivalent required
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
    Not required, but strongly recommended

International Applicant Requirements:

  • Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
    3.2 or equivalent required
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
    Not required, but highly recommended
  • TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:
    Minimum Paper-Based Test (PBT) Score Required: 550
    Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 77
    With the following minimum section requirements:
    Reading: 19
    Listening: 14
    Speaking: 18
    Writing: 18
  • IELTS (Academic Module):
    An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 6.5 or higher will be accepted
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic Module):
    An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 58 or higher will be accepted
  • TWE for Non-Native English Speakers:
    Not required, but recommended

Doctoral Degree Program Basic Requirements

  • Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
    3.5 or equivalent required
  • Master’s Degree Completion:
    Required, with a grade point average of 3.5 or equivalent
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
    Not required but strongly recommended

International Applicant Requirements:

  • Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
    3.5 or equivalent required
  • Master’s Degree Completion:
    Required, with a grade point average of 3.0 or equivalent
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
    Not required
  • TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:
    Minimum Paper-Based Test (PBT) Score Required: 550
    Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 77
    With the following minimum section requirements:
    Reading: 19
    Listening: 14
    Speaking: 18
    Writing: 18
  • IELTS (Academic Module):
    An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 6.5 or higher will be accepted
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic Module):
    An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 58 or higher will be accepted
  • TWE for Non-Native English Speakers
    Not required, but recommended

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

  • M.S. in Nuclear Engineering; Ph.D.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

  • Applied Intelligent Systems
  • Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment
    • Surface Science Laboratory
    • Laser & Discharge Produced Plasma Laboratory
    • High Energy Density Laboratory
  • Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
  • Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
  • Nuclear Systems Simulation
  • Radiation Shielding for Space Applications
  • Plasma/Radiation Materials and Surface Interactions
  • Reactor Fusion
  • Reactor Physics
  • Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Chan Choi
Anter El-Azab
Audeen Fentiman
Ahmed Hassanein
Takashi Hibiki
Mamoru Ishii
Shripad Revankar
Rusi Taleyarkhan
Lefteri Tsoukalas
Won Sik Yang

Associate Professor

Hany Abdel-Khalik
Martin Lopez-De-Bertodano
Gennady Miloshevsky

Assistant Professor

Robert Bean
Allen Garner
Tatyana Sizyuk

Emeritus Faculty

Arden Bement
Karl Ott
Victor Ransom
Alvin Solomon

Research Faculty

Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Jeffrey Brooks
Valeryi Sizyuk

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’s

    Courses

      Nuclear Engineering

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