
About this program
Nuclear Engineering: Bachelor's
UT’s Nuclear Engineering Department offers exceptional opportunities to its students, and our graduates contribute to an important field needed by the United States to maintain its standard of living and its place in the world economy. Watch the video below where former Department of Energy Secretary Ricky Perry discusses the future of nuclear engineering and its importance for the future of America’s energy policy
Program content
Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Management
- NE 404 Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- NE 433 or NE 233 Principles of Health Physics
- CE 340 Construction Engineering and Management I
- NE 406 Radiation Shielding
- NE 542 Management of Radioactive Materials
Concepts of Cybersecurity Minor
- COSC 366 – Introduction to Cybersecurity
- ECE 462 – Cyber-Physical Systems Security
- NE 362 – Numerical Methods and Fortran
- STAT 251 – Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers*
- NE 351 – Nuclear System Dynamics, Instrumentation, and Controls
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Minor
- NE 401 – Radiological Engineering Laboratory
- NE 483 – Introduction to Reliability Engineering
- NE 484 – Introduction to Maintainability Engineering
- STAT 251 – Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers*
- NE 351 – Nuclear System Dynamics, Instrumentation, and Controls
Nuclear Safety Minor
- NE 360 – Reactor Systems and Safety
- NE 402/427 – Nuclear Engineering Laboratory/Honors
- NE 485 – Process System Reliability and Safety or
- NE 5851 – Process Systems Reliability and Safety
- NE 486 – Nuclear Licensing or
- NE 5861 – Nuclear Licensing
- NE 421 – Introduction to Nuclear Criticality Safety
- NE 483 – Introduction to Reliability Engineering
Scholarships & funding
Tuition
The Tuition fees are:
- In-State Total - $13,244
- Out-of-State Total - $31,664
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