<p>Hey, I'm a high school senior and I've been looking into chemical engineering as a major. I'm also interested in nuclear engineering and I was wondering if it was possible to enter graduate school and study nuclear engineering with just a BS in chemical engineering. My guess is that it would be suitable for moving on to nuclear engineering, but I haven't heard of it being done before.</p>
<p>or does anyone know of another thread that can give me an answer?</p>
<p>I don’t know if it is possible. However I think the normal progression is either getting a BSN in Mech Eng and then a MS in Nuclear or both a BSN and MS in Nuclear. I’d call one of the colleges that offer Nuclear Eng post-grad degrees and ask them what it takes to get in their program.
Good Luck!</p>
<p>thanks, i have heard about that route. that’s probably the most reasonable option.</p>
<p>Sorry about the BSN… obviously I meant a BS…unless of course you want to first become a nurse.</p>
<p>Typically you go into undergrad for mechanical if you can’t attend a program with a nuclear undergrad. I heard that from not only people in the field but professors that I have emailed as I looked into college and an MIT representative. Which is also supported by the fact that many nuclear programs revolve around the Mechanical department(ie penn state). However, I have also heard that doing undergrad in electrical will work as well. But standard is mechanical, not chemical.</p>
<p>yea, ME undergrad…take nuc e tech electives…</p>
<p>if you want to go into research or like the heavy nuc E stuff u’ll need a phd in nuc E anyways…but that’s way far down the road</p>
<p>thanks for the help.</p>