MSc in Nuclear Engineering
Milan, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,898 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* tuition fees for Non-EEA students correspond automatically to the full contribution of 3898,20€; tuition fees for EEA students range from about 895,20 € to 3898,20 € per year
Introduction
Mission and goals
The aim of the MSc program in Nuclear Engineering is to prepare engineers with the necessary skills to design, build and operate power generation plants, radioactive waste treatment plants, systems using radiation for industrial and medical applications, etc.
The educational program, therefore, gives emphasis to topics referring to energy applications, i.e. fission and fusion plants, nuclear fuel, materials, and safety. Topics applied also in non-energy applications are accounted for, as in medical and industrial applications of radiation, material physics, plasma physics, and nanotechnologies with a strong link to the nuclear field.
Admissions
Curriculum
Three tracks available
- Nuclear Plants
- Nuclear Technologies
- Nuclear System Physics
Subjects common to all tracks
- Atomic, Nuclear, Particles Physics
- Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
- Radioprotection
- Fission Reactor Physics
- Nuclear Detection and Measurements
- Nuclear Plants
Optional subjects according to the track
- Reliability Safety and Risk Analysis
- Medical Applications of Radiation Fields
- Radiochemistry
- Nuclear Design and Technology Experimental Nuclear Reactor Kinetics
- Waste Management
- Decommissioning
- Nuclear Electronics
- Solid State Physics
- Nuclear Materials
- Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Techniques for the Analysis of Materials
- Statistical physics
- Plasma physics
- Nuclear Fusion
Rankings
Politecnico di Milano is one of the top universities in Milan, Italy.
It is ranked #111 in QS World University Rankings 2025.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Career Opportunities
Graduates in Nuclear Engineering, thanks to the MSc multidisciplinary training, can easily be employed in the nuclear sector (e.g. industries operating in nuclear power plants design, construction and operation, in nuclear decommissioning and nuclear waste processing and disposal, in design and construction of radiation sources, in centers for nuclear fusion and high-energy physics), as well as in other areas such as the energy industry, the medical sector, the health, safety, and environment sector (e.g. engineering companies, hospitals, consultancy, and risk analysis firms) and also research centers and universities.
Program Tuition Fee
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