No. Those (except maybe thermodynamics) would not be topics in Chem E. In my ME curriculum I had one semester of metallurgy.
Lets take a look at a typical Nuclear Engineering curriculum. I’ll use UF’s as an example. You’ll notice that other than some core engineering classes (Thermo, Circuits, Materials, etc), it’s dominated by NE classes and electives. Compare this type of curriculum with the one offered at your school for ME or ChemE.
The first 2 semesters are typical general classes, like Calculus, Phyiscs, and Chemestry. There is also a 1 credit class that’s an introduction to Nuclear engineering. ENU=Nuclear, EGM=Mechanical, EMA=Materials. EGN=engineering all departments
Semester 3
ENU 4934 Fundamentals of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3
PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2
PHY 2049L Physics with Calculus 2 Laboratory
STA 3032 Engineering Statistics
Humanities elective
We take our first real nuclear engineering class (ENU), while still taking the basics, calc, physics and Statistics (require later for reactor analysis and risk analysis).
Semester 4
BSC 2010 Integrated Principles of Biology 1 or
CHM 2046 General Chemistry 2 or
CHM 2096 Chemistry for Engineers 2
COP 2271 Computer Programming for Engineers
EGM 2511 Engineering Mechanics: Statics
EML 3100 Thermodynamics
MAP 2302 Elementary Differential Equations
We can take Chem 2 or Biology (your future choice in electives may dictate which to take). The choice of engineering science and technical electives allows emphasis in nuclear power engineering, nuclear instrumentation, criticality safety safeguards, radiation imaging, plasmas/fusion, advanced nuclear reactor concepts and non-proliferation.
Otherwise by the end of your 2nd year, we’re still taking standard engineering classes, such as Mechanics and the critical thermodynamics class (learn to love thermo and steam tables…)
Semester 5 (a summer semester, UF requires students to take 9 credits over the summer)
EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials
EMA 3010 Materials
Social and Behavioral Sciences elective
Semester 6
EEL 3003 Elements of Electrical Engineering
EGN 3353C Fluid Mechanics
EGN 4034 Professional Ethics
ENU 4001 Nuclear Engineering Analysis 1
ENU 4605 Radiation Interactions and Sources 1
Beginning of your 3rd year (6th semester), about 1/2 core classes (fluid mechanics, etc.) and 1/2 nuclear engineering classes.
Semester 7
EML 4140 Heat Transfer
ENU 4103 Reactor Analysis and Computation 1: Statics
ENU 4144 Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Systems 1
ENU 4800 Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Materials
Technical elective
End of your 3rd year it’s almost all Nuclear Engineering classes and technical electives.
Final year it’s nothing but NE classes and electives.
Semester 8
ENU 4134 Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 2
ENU 4191 Elements of NRE Design
ENU 4612 Radiation Detection and Instrumentation Systems
ENU 4612L Radiation Detection and Instrumentation Systems Laboratory
ENU 4630 Fundamental Aspects of Radiation Shielding
Technical elective
Semester 9
ENU 4145 Risk Assessment for Radiation Systems
ENU 4192 Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Design 1
ENU 4505L Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Laboratory 1 (E4)
ENU 4641C Applied Radiation Protection (E2)
Technical elective
I need more comments.I searched on internet and it is said Chemical/materials is also suitable for nuclear eng.
Suitable in WHAT way? What are you trying to do?
suitable to do masters on nuclear engineering or even work as one. Isn’t it obvious what I am trying to do ? I just try to decide engineering programmes which can lead to go in nuclear ındustry.
No, it’s not obvious, and you’ve been asked several times what your goals are and have ignored the question. It doesn’t serve your interests to be coy about it, nor does it help any of us help you.
Why are you attached to a master’s in nuclear engineering rather than just studying that from the start? It’s not generally a great idea to go into college assuming you will require graduate school to meet your career goals (unless your goal is something that absolutely requires that like medicine).
Honestly, if you are set on that path, you could likely get into a graduate nuclear engineering program with either of the degrees you’ve mentioned. The real question is whether you are best served by that approach, and I’d contest that the answer is no.
Shouldn’t they be taking Applied Radiation Protection in the first semester 
???
Why not just get a BS in Nuc E? You need to clarify your situation and goals.
You could get a degree in Chem E and go to grad school in Nuc E, especially if your interest is radiochemistry. If your interest is in the radiation effects on materials, you could major in materials. It is difficult to answer your question fully without more information. How do you even know you want to get an MS in Nuc E?
If that is simply your question, then chemical is not a path to the nuclear power industry in the US. Sure there are exceptions, but I’ve been in the field for 25 years or so (as an ME), and I can count the number of ChemE folks on one hand.
If you have more general questions that could help you understand the industry, by all means ask.
https://nuclear.engr.utexas.edu/ in that website, it is said that there is a need for mechanical or chemical engineering.
Some programs chemE and NukE mixed:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/chemical-engineering-department/chemical-nuclear-engineering/
http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree-programs/chemical-engineering-nuclear-joint-major/
http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/chemical/undergraduate/degree-chemical-nuclear-engineering/
and also i found that at TuDelft, nuclear engineering masters is offered by chemical engineering department.
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/nuclearengineer.aspx
at that link, there is a list of appropriate degrees for nuclear engineering.
So , despite these , you say chemical engineering is not a way for nuclear engineering/industry.ChemE covers fluid mech,mass trans, heat trans,materials,radiochemistry etc… What am I missing friends ? Is that a good way(maybe after mechE) or not ?
There is my answer smart al·eck(boneh3ad). I don’t understand why you are behaving like there is an abnormal situation or like we are mad.
I just asked some questions and wanted to confirm them. That is all smart guy. I found some information that can contradict with what you have said.
I haven’t given you any smart aleck-y responses (save maybe the first, but even that is a stretch). You have basically come in here thinking you know all of the answers. Several people have given you answers that don’t seem to conform to you preconceived notions and you have repeatedly refused to believe them. If you already have all of the answers from these links, then why are you asking for help here?
Further, people were trying to ascertain your goals here since they weren’t clear, and when you finally answered, your response was quite rude. In fact, it is you who have been the smart aleck here. Do you think that is the way to go about soliciting help? Grow up.
Here’s the quote, lest you try to claim you never responded strangely:
I am not trying to refuse them. Just there are some information that contradicts what have been said on that topic. I am just trying to reach the truth. Yes I understand mechE is closer okey, but what about chemE.
Well I will point you back to my original reply that you seemed to hate where I said “yes”, i.e. “both”. I wasn’t being facetious, as I later pointed out when I said that you should be able to get into a graduate program from either background. You are the one who chose to think that I was being a smart aleck.
On the other hand, others have pointed out that the curriculum for mechanical engineering is closer to that of a nuclear engineer (and it is), so if you wanted to get a more typical nuclear engineering job with only a BS, you are probably better off doing mechanical (and of course even better off doing nuclear). The nuclear energy industry needs many types of engineers, and there are certainly going to be chemical engineers in that industry in one capacity or another, but they probably aren’t going to be doing the same job as nuclear engineers very often.
Noob - the truth is much easier to reach when everyone understands what the goal is. Honestly, I still don’t.
To help you understand my confusion, consider this example - if someone came here and said “I want to build airplanes, what engineering should I study?”, You’ll likely get an answer of aero or mech. Seems pretty obvious. But if that poster kept asking about computer science, then we would all be very confused, unless the poster clarified that they wanted to work on all the software it takes to keep a modern aircraft flying. At that point everyone would say “Sure, CS makes sense. Go for it! have fun!”
So, back to nuclear. This is a pretty broad area and while most of is handled by ME types, it does require some expertise outside of ME when you get to things like fuel processing/radiation protection/instrumentation. I have read through your links, and honestly they seem to focus on some of the niche/research areas associated with nuclear engineering, which is to be expected since that is the type of work a research university would be doing. And it’s that research that helps the industry improve.
I am in chemical engineering at the best university at turkey. I was trying to understand that if i can go to nuclear eng masters in U.S. Our university sends many students to U.S for graduate.
so about the topic, can we say the first path is mechE and second is chemE ?
That’s the question you should have asked from the start, then, instead of requiring 3 pages of discussion and argument to get to the meat of the question. Yes, you can get into a graduate nuclear program with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, though it will help if the topic you hope to study is something common to both like fluid dynamics (that was a case for a friend of mine who has a BS in chemical engineering and a PhD in aerospace engineering, for example).
I can’t speak with any authority on what it takes to get admitted to a nuke engineering grad school, others here are better suited. But I will say that coming out of school with an undergraduate engineering degree plus a master’s in nuclear would be useful in the industry.
Thank you very much.
http://www.che.boun.edu.tr/curriculum-u.aspx
That is my curriculum. What do you think about that? ChemE looks like covering many topics that can be useful in nuclear engineering(Fluids,mass trans,heat trans,reactor design,materials etc…)
will it be easy to be accepted with chemE degree ? Maybe mechanical is more appropriate like you say but I think it can be also a good way after mechanical ?
Is there anyone who had master in nuclear engineering with ChemE Bsc ?