INTRODUCTION
NAME OF PROGRAMME
Nuclear Science and Technology
BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING/COORDINATING COURSE
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers (ETSII) and Higher Technical School of Naval Engineers (ETSIN)
Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
ENTITIES TAKING PART (UNIVERSITIES, DEPARTMENTS, UNIVERSITY INSTITUTES, ETC.)
Department of Nuclear Engineering
QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED UNDER THE PROGRAMME
- Name of qualification.
- Master of Nuclear Science and Technology
Doctor of Nuclear Science and Technology by the Technical University of Madrid
- Master of Nuclear Science and Technology
This will be an indispensable requirement for the qualification of Doctor of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Institution awarding qualification.
- Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
- Focus (professional, research, academic-mixed)
- Research
- Number of credits.
- Compulsory credits: 65 ECTS credits (35 from compulsory subjects, 30 from final project in Master’s course)
74.9 ECTS credits can also be obtained from optional subjects in the Industrial Engineering and Naval Engineering courses.
These subjects will help to achieve a more uniform standard of knowledge in students whose first degree may have been in different areas.
According to students’ individual backgrounds, some of these optional subjects may be considered a necessary prerequisite of the Master’s course.
- Availability.
- Annual
- Number of places. Minimum number of students for course to take place.
- 50 places available
- Minimum: 5 students
- Time commitment (full time/part time)
- Full time
- Type of instruction (face to face, virtual, mixed)
- Face to face
- Academic session (full year, semester, term, variable according to module and/or subject)
- Full year
- Minimum number of credits for which students must register each session.
- 30 ECTS credits
OBJECTIVES
The main academic objective of the programme is to enable participants to develop the methods of simulation, design and advanced analysis needed in research in the field of nuclear science and technology, i.e. nuclear fission and fusion reactors, including aspects of their fuel cycles and safety.
The programme includes both the relevant basic disciplines and technological development in the different areas covered. The programme is the starting point for the different lines of research carried out in the Department.
The postgraduate Nuclear Science and Technology programme includes a Master’s research programme and a Doctorate programme, leading, respectively to the following qualifications:
- Master of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Doctor of Nuclear Science and Technology, in the Technical University of Madrid doctorate programme
The Master’s qualification is a necessary prerequisite for the award of the Doctorate in this programme.
Research in the field of nuclear science and technology is particularly active and includes activities, methodology and systems which are constantly developing.
To obtain the Doctorate in this subject it is indispensable to complete a Master’s degree based on a research project in an area such as those listed.
The subjects included in the Master’s course are those considered necessary for research into:
- The development of advanced nuclear fission reactors, with new passive safety system requirements, non-proliferative fuel with burning of actinides and transmutation of radioactive waste, as well as high temperature designs to produce hydrogen.
- Development of nuclear fusion systems using magnetic and inertia confinement, with methods for numerical simulation.
- Particle accelerators, their use in physics research and their applications in medicine and industry.
All these areas call for in-depth study of design and simulation methodology, the University’s specialised training facilities being essential for such work to be done.