Program Overview

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Specialized Master in Nuclear Engineering

The Specialized Master in Nuclear Engineering is a one-year program that provides students with the necessary scientific and technical background to develop a career in the field of nuclear applications, mainly for electricity production.

Programme Objectives

The program allows students to acquire all necessary scientific and technical background and skills to develop a career in the field of nuclear applications. Students are offered the opportunity to coherently take a part of their basic nuclear education at different places in Europe while cumulating credit units. Practical laboratory sessions and advanced subjects taught in a modular way are also offered to enrich the program.

Teaching Team and Methods

The teaching team and methods for the program are not specified.

Programme's Added Value

The Belgian Nuclear higher Education Network (BNEN) combines the knowledge and experience in nuclear education of six major Belgian universities together with the Belgian nuclear research centre and offers a unique and broad Master-after-Master program in nuclear engineering in close interaction with nuclear research and industry.

Schedule

The program is offered during the daytime.

Access Conditions

The conditions of access to the selected Master of Specialisation meet the requirements of articles 111, 112 and 73 of the Decree of 07/11/2013.

Full Right to Admission

There is no full admission right for this program.

Admission Granted to the Holder of a Degree Obtained Abroad

Admission is granted to the holder of a degree obtained abroad which is recognised as equivalent to master degrees mentioned previously in application of the Decree of 7 November 2013, of a European directive, of an international agreement or other legislation, under the same conditions.

Admission Granted Following Submission of a Dossier and Decision by the Jury

Admission is granted following submission of a dossier and decision by the jury. The jury specifies any additional conditions, and the extra courses will form part of the student's study programme, for a maximum of 60 credits.

Criteria Laid Down by the Jury

The registrations are exclusively made in the ULB for the CfB. The BNEN Programme has a limited capacity of enrollment, as lab sessions are organized at the premises of the SCK-CEN research center, using its experimental facilities. Consequently, all admissions are conditional and subject to a decision by the BNEN Steering Committee.

Programme

The program consists of compulsory courses and elective modules.

Compulsory Courses

• CHIM-Y600: Nuclear materials (3 credits)
• ELEC-Y600: Introduction to nuclear energy (3 credits)
• MECA-Y600: Nuclear thermal hydraulics (5 credits)
• PHYS-H602: Introduction to nuclear physics and measurements (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y601: Nuclear reactor theory (6 credits)
• PHYS-Y602: Nuclear fuel cycle (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y603: Radiation protection (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y608: Safety of nuclear power plants (5 credits)

Elective Modules

A total of nine credits chosen from the following:

• PHYS-Y605: Advanced nuclear materials (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y607: Nuclear and radiological risk governance (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y609: Advanced radiation protection/radiation ecology (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y610: Advanced courses of the nuclear fuel cycle (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y611: Advanced course elective topic (3 credits)
• PHYS-Y616: Advanced nuclear reactor physics and technology (3 credits)

Memory

• MEMO-H601: Memory (20 credits)

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