Annual Report

Undergraduate Degree
Year 1 + 2
Year 3 + 4
Materials
Mechanical
+
Nuclear Electives
Chemical
Other UG
Courses
Higher
Degrees
Nuclear
PhD/EngD
MSc/MRes
Nuclear
Engineering
Career Paths
Academia
Other
Industry
The Centre’s teaching activities provide considerable flexibility. This figure gives an overview of how our
degree courses (both undergraduate, postgraduate and research) allow students to achieve different career
goals.
leagues from CCFE) and the new Nuclear Energy
Policy Course (kindly provided by Open University
to the MSc & MRes cohorts at Imperial, and
the MPhil students in Cambridge); and finally a
chance to undergo hands-on research at Imperial
or a partner institution.
The MRes in Nuclear Energy has grown from the
MSc to provide a fast track CDT students into
research, while still providing a fundamental
underpinning in Nuclear Engineering taught
courses. We feel that this strand of teaching,
with several core course at an advanced level
leveraged together with cohort building activities
and an extended research project, enables
us to enhance our work in tackling the so-called
‘generation gap’ and provide a well-structured
path for higher research for talented, enthusiastic
and well-rounded individuals. In particular,
the 1 st year of the ICO CDT hosted at
Imperial enables students from a wide range
of backgrounds to get a head-start on their
research with an appreciation of many of the
wider issues at stake within the nuclear energy
supply chain. Once this MRes year is complete,
students continue onto a 3 year PhD project at
their host University. The cohorts are brought
back together annually at varies activities, such
as the Cambridge and Imperial public engagement
festivals, the winter school (hosted jointly
with the Manchester led CDT) and further trips
abroad to research reactors.
In the 4-year MEng programmes, students
spend the first two years in their host department
learning core material expected from
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