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School of Nuclear Engineering (Graduate)


Website URL:

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

Department/School Head:

Klod Kokini, Interim Head

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

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

  • Applied Intelligent Systems
  • BioElectrics and ElecrtoPhysics (BEEP)
  • Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment 
    • Fusion Technology
    • Materials under Intense Particle Beans Irradiation
    • Ultrashort Laser-Matter Interactions
      • Cold Atmospheric Plasmas for Medical and Biological Applications
      • Modeling of Materials Evolution in Extreme Environment
      • Ion Channel Protein and Blood Flow in Head Simulation
  • Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
  • Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
  • Nuclear Systems Simulation
  • Reactor Physics
  • Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Chan Choi
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
Victor Ransom
Alvin Solomon

Research Faculty

Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Valeryi Sizyuk

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’s

    Courses

      Nuclear Engineering