Undergraduate Course Overview

Nuclear engineering is a huge engineering discipline that encompasses microscopic quantum engineering and macroscopic system engineering.
The educational goal of the Department of Nuclear Engineering is to 'train talented individuals who will contribute to the sustainable development of society in various fields of nuclear engineering.' Nuclear engineering is a discipline that focuses on technologies that provide benefits to humans by using energy, particles, and radiation originating from atomic nuclei.
Atomic and nuclear engineering has three major fields: 1) nuclear system engineering, which deals with all systems that produce electricity and heat using the energy generated by nuclear fission reactions; 2) nuclear fusion plasma, which deals with the use of plasma formed to generate nuclear fusion reactions and nuclear fusion systems; and 3) radiation engineering, which deals with radiation protection, medical and industrial uses.
The department focuses on education and research to foster talent who will lead research and development, industrial activities, education, and public activities in the three major fields of nuclear engineering.
The curriculum is based on basic engineering subjects such as mathematics, physics, computer science, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, and covers nuclear physics, reactor physics, nuclear thermal hydraulics and safety engineering, nuclear materials, The department offers specialized courses in nuclear engineering, including plasma engineering, nuclear fusion engineering, radiation metrology, radiation engineering, accelerator engineering, and nuclear law and society. The department also conducts cutting-edge research in various fields of nuclear engineering and disseminates the knowledge gained.
The enormous energy generated by atomic nuclear reactions is essential for realizing a carbon-neutral society as a carbon-free clean energy. From this perspective, only a few of the subjects in the curriculum of nuclear engineering, which provide the basic education essential for the effective use of nuclear fission and fusion energy, are not related to carbon neutrality.
In the first year of undergraduate studies, students take the 'Foundations of Learning' course to improve their understanding of basic science, including classical mechanics, nuclear physics, atomic physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and statistics, and learn the basic mathematics.
In the second year, students learn the concepts of nuclear systems, nuclear fusion/plasma, and radiation engineering through “Introduction to Nuclear Engineering,” and lay the foundation for nuclear engineering through courses such as “Fundamentals of Applied Nuclear Physics,” “Plasma Electrodynamics,” and “Engineering Mathematics.”
The first semester of the third year covers the basics of nuclear engineering through the subjects of 'Reactor Theory,' 'Plasma Fundamentals,' and 'Radiation Engineering.' After that, students will develop their expertise and skills as nuclear engineers through various major elective courses, including reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, nuclear materials, safety engineering, nuclear fusion, applications of plasma and radiation, computer physics, and energy policy.

1st grade curriculum

Category Title Subject number Grade Credits
Culture College Writing 1 L0440.000600 1 2
Culture College Writing 2: Writing in Science & Technology L0440.000900 1 2
Culture College English 1 L0441.000600 1 3
Culture College English 2: Writing L0441.000700 1 3
Culture College English 2: Speaking L0441.000800 1 3
Culture Physics 1 034.001 1 3
Culture Physics 2 034.002 1 3
Culture Physics Lab.1 034.009 1 1
Culture Physics Lab.2 034.010 1 1
Culture Calculus 1 L0442.000100 1 2
Culture Calculus 2 L0442.000300 1 2
Culture Calculus Practice 1 L0442.000200 1 1
Culture Calculus Practice 2 L0442.000400 1 1
Major exploration Freshman Seminars 053.001 1 1
Major elective Propect of Nuclear Engineering 409.101A 1 1
General education required Digital Computer Concept and Practice 035.001 1 3
Culture Statistics Lab. 033.020 1 1
Culture Chemistry 1 034.016 1 3
Culture Chemistry 2 034.017 1 3
Culture Chemistry Lab.1 034.022 1 1
Culture Chemistry Lab.2 034.023 1 1

2nd grade curriculum

Category Title Subject number Grade Credits
Required course Fundamentals of Engineering Physics 409.214 2 3
Required course Nuclear Thermofluids Engineering M1509.000900 2 3
Required course Introduction to Plasma Electrodynamics 1 409.209A 2 3
Required course Modern Physics for Nuclear Engineering M1509.000200 2 3
Required course Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 1 409.201 2 3
Required course Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 2 409.202 2 3
Required course Basic Experiments for Nuclear Engineering 409.223 2 3

3rd grade curriculum

Category Title Subject number Grade Credits
Required course Radiation Physics and Radiological Protection M1509.001000 3 3
Required course Radiation Engineering 409.329 3 3
Major elective Radiation Technology for Industrial and Medical Applications 409.433 3 3
Major elective Introduction to Numerical Analysis 409.310A 3 3
Major elective Physical Chemistry for Energy Engineering 409.317 3 3
Major elective Thermodynamics and Nuclear Power System M1509.000700 3 3
Major elective Introduction to Nuclear Materials 409.331 3 3
Major elective Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics Experiments 409.435 3 3
Major elective Nuclear Reactor Dynamics and Control 409.302B 3 3
Required course Nuclear Reactor Theory 409.301A 3 3
Required course Seminar in Nuclear Engineering1 409.328 3 1
Major elective Applied Nuclear Physics 409.304A 3 3
Required course Introduction to Plasma Physics 409.307A 3 3
Major elective Introduction to Plasma Electrodynamics 2 409.210A 3 3
Major elective Nuclear Radiation Detection 409.224B 3 3
Major elective Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering M1509.001400 3 3
Major elective Fusion Plasma Experiments 409.313A 3 3
Major elective Introduction to Nuclear Fusion 409.308A 3 3

4th grade curriculum

Category Title Subject number Grade Credits
Major elective Basic Radiological Science for Medicine M1509.000300 4 2
Major elective Radiation Dosimetry Method M1509.001200 4 3
Major elective Industrial Plasma Engineering 409.418C 4 3
Major elective Components and Materials of Nuclear Energy Systems M1509.001300 4 3
Major elective Nuclear Energy Laws and Society 409.431 4 3
Major elective Nuclear ReactorExperiments & Simulation 409.402A 4 3
Major elective Reactor Safety Engineering 409.403A 4 3
Required course Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Thesis Research I M1509.000500 4 2
Major elective Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Thesis Research 2 M1509.000600 4 1
Major elective Practice of Numerical Simulation for Nuclear Engineering M1509.001100 4 3
Major elective Designing Nuclear Equipment and Materials 409.406 4 3
Major elective Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security M1509.001500 4 3
Major elective Introduction to Modeling and Simulations of Nuclear Materials M1509.000800 4 3
Major elective Probabilistic Safety Analysis 409.434 4 3