What engineering discipline to major in to do Nuclear Engineering?

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<p>[Admissions</a> | Department of Nuclear Engineering](<a href=“http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/grads/admissions]Admissions”>http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/grads/admissions) says:</p>

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@Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department

Admission to the graduate program in nuclear engineering is available to qualified individuals who have obtained a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution in one of the fields of engineering or the physical sciences. For all programs, required preparation in undergraduate coursework includes mathematics through partial differential equations and advanced analysis, nuclear reactions, and thermodynamics.

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<p>[Graduate</a> Nuclear Engineering :: | The University of New Mexico](<a href=“http://catalog.unm.edu//catalogs/2012-2013/colleges/engineering/chemical-nuclear/grad-nuclear-engineer.html]Graduate”>http://catalog.unm.edu//catalogs/2012-2013/colleges/engineering/chemical-nuclear/grad-nuclear-engineer.html) says:</p>

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@New Mexico Nuclear Engineering Department

Graduates in engineering or science from any recognized college or university may apply for admission to graduate study in nuclear engineering. Students planning to do graduate work in nuclear engineering should concentrate on physics, mathematics and nuclear engineering in their undergraduate course work in addition to acquiring competence in one of the branches of engineering or science. Undergraduate course work in the following is recommended: atomic and nuclear physics, advanced applied mathematics, computer programming, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, principles of circuits, materials science, nuclear measurements, reactor physics and instrumentation.

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