<p>There is one thread about foreigners in the NE department. Can anybody tell me about the classes, professors, teachers, anything? I know it's ranked well, even though it hasn't been ranked since 04 i think. How are the opportunities after graduating? Really, I just want to know more about the department and curriculum difficulty. Thanks.</p>
<p>I visited the NE dep and interviewed a professor for a school project recently. There are a lot of foreigners esp in the grad area. France sends a lot since they use a lot of nuclear energy. The department is pretty small with about 50 undergrads. There are a few projects. They have labs where they do work I think NE is tough since you need to know about decay series and such. Their version of a periodic table but for decay is like a poster with really small print.</p>
<p>Guys, they aren’t experimenting with fission reactors, there are they?</p>
<p>^ I remember seeing a news report on Berkeley-run Lawrence Livermore National Lab…I think they built an experimental fusion reactor.</p>
<p>I was looking more for anything regarding the undergraduate program and it’s difficulty. Thanks.</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump</p>
<p>well, the undergraduate program at Berkeley is ranked #1. However, you probably have a better chance of getting a job outside the country since america doesn’t really want to produce nuclear energy anymore. There is a chance that you might be able to get a job with the government or the army so that’s a good thing.</p>
<p>eyeheartphysics, </p>
<p>Nuclear engineering at Cal is very small…</p>
<p>I’ve been on these boards for a while and very infrequently come across nuclear engineers. I’ve heard that the nuclear engineering program at Cal is tough and very theory oriented, but I don’t have any first-hand knowledge.</p>
<p>The Cal Career Center has these stats for Nuclear engineers:
[Career</a> Center - What Can I Do With a Major In…?](<a href=“http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/NucEngr.stm]Career”>http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/NucEngr.stm)</p>
<p>USNWR just released new Nuclear engineering rankings for grad school (could be good proxy for undergrad):
Best Engineering Schools Specialty Rankings: Nuclear
Ranked in 2009
1 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.8
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.5
3 Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) College Station, TX 4.3
3 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 4.3
5 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.8
5 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA 3.8
7 Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA 3.6
8 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 3.3
8 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.3
10 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 3.1 </p>
<p>Nuclear engineering is sort of enjoying a rebirth…It is a non-greenhouse gas emitter, and utilities have begun looking at building new nuclear power plants. With increased greenhouse gas regulation (taxes on carbon-based fuels), nuclear will become a more attractive option.</p>
<p>Nuclear engineers can also work in medical imaging.
I don’t know if you’ve already checked it out, but here is a link to the catalog description
[General</a> Catalog - Nuclear Engineering](<a href=“http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=NUC+ENG]General”>http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=NUC+ENG)</p>
<p>sorry, bump again anyone know any NE’s at UCB that I can talk to about the department? As much as I’m interested in the field, I’m rather scared and might want to switch into CE or something else.</p>