<p>Im thinking of transfering to CE right now, but I really also want to do something in nuclear engineering. Can someone tell me which majors I could go to to get NE? I'm really not much of a fan of chemistry (probably will need it). But I really did like the nuclear and etc. chapters last year in Physics (high school).</p>
<p>So which majors could I go so I can later do something in the field of NE?</p>
<p>Nuclear engineering obviously. But mechanical will work perfectly well too.<br>
Supposedly there are several electrical engineers running nuclear power plants but I dunno. I’d go either nuclear or mechanical. </p>
<p>Not so much chemical… youd be better off with mechanical.</p>
<p>It would be better to ask the question in someone’s else thread when there is a thread also named “nuclear engineering” just right below you.</p>
<p>[General</a> Program | Nuclear Engineering, UC, Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/options/gennuceng.html]General”>http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/options/gennuceng.html)
Yeah, quite similar to ME.</p>
<p>So mechanical is optimal, electrical acceptable, and chemical non-advisable?</p>
<p>Bear in mind that any field of engineering can get involved with designing, building, or operating nuclear reactors - you just need to decide which aspect really interests you, and how much. NucE is by far the most direct option, but EE’s work on the power generation and transmission aspects, CE’s work on the structures and containment facilities, ME’s work on the thermal, mechanical, and cooling systems, ChemE’s work inside and outside the core… heck, even AeroE’s use nuclear power occasionally for satellites!</p>
<p>Alright, I’m currently going to do CE. At my uni you can do masters in ME (although you need to follow some courses I think half a year). Is that possible in the states, because I’m currently in Europe so I don’t know how things work over there.</p>