EPFL and ETH Zurich
Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering
Compulsory and Elective Core Courses
Compulsory Courses
| No. | Course | offered | semester | location | lecturers | ECTS |
| 1 | Neutronics* | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Chawla | 4 |
| 2 | Reactor Experiments** | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Chawla, Girardin, Joneja | 4 |
| 3 | Reactor Technology* |
ETH Zurich |
1/Autumn | Lausanne | Prasser | 4 |
| 4 | Nuclear Safety |
ETH Zurich |
2/Spring | Zurich | Kröger, Prasser | 4 |
| 5 | Special Topics in Reactor Physics | EPFL | 2/Spring | Zurich | Chawla, Giust, Mikityuk, Pelloni | 4 |
| 6 | Nuclear Energy Systems | ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich |
Prasser, Hirschberg, Williams, Günther, Hummel, Zuidema |
4 |
| 7 | Nuclear Fuels & Materials* | EPFL | 2/Spring | Zurich | Hoffelner, Zimmermann | 4 |
| 8 | Radiobiology and Radiation Protection | ETH Zurich | 3/Autumn | PSI | N.N. | 4 |
|
Total: |
32 |
* Each course comprises 4 hours of lectures + 2 hours of exercises, per week, during 7 weeks; Neutronics and Nuclear Fuels & Materials will be offered in the first half of the Autumn Semester, and Reactor Technology in the second half.
** Laboratory course (involving experiments on the CROCUS reactor) held during the second half of the Autumn Semester (10 hours of lab work per week during 7 weeks).
Elective Core Courses
Students have to acquire a minimum of 30 cp ECTS from the elective core courses listed below.
Track Option A: Energy Systems
| No. | Course | offered | semester | where | lecturers | ECTS |
| 1 |
Advanced Fossil and Renewable Energy Systems |
EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Favrat, Haldi | 4 |
| 2 | Hydraulic Turbomachines | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Avellan | 4 |
| 3 |
Probabilistic Safety Analysis and Risk Management for Critical Energy Infrastructure |
ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich | Kröger | 4 |
| 4 |
Renewable Energy Technologies II, Energy Storage and Conversion |
ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich | Wokaun, Boulouchos, Scherer | 4 |
Track Option B: Physics
| No. | Course | offered | semester | where | lecturers | ECTS |
| 1 | Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Fasoli, Tran | 4 |
| 2 | Introduction to Particle Accelerators | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Rivkin | 4 |
| 3 | Radioisotope and Radionuclide Applications | EPFL | 1/Autumn | Lausanne | Kolbe | 4 |
| 4 | Advanced Topics in Nuclear Reactor Materials | EPFL | 3/Autumn | PSI | Chawla, Baluc, Gavillet, Hoffelner, Zimmermann | 4 |
| 5 | System Code Lab | EPFL | 3/Autumn | PSI | N.N. | 3 |
Track Option C: Thermal-hydraulics
| No. | Course | offered | semester | where | lecturers | ECTS |
| 1 |
Multi-Phase Thermal Fluid Dynamics |
ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich | Prasser, Dehbi, Niceno | 4 |
| 2 | Advanced CFD Methods | ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich | Jenny | 4 |
| 3 | Multiphase Flows | ETH Zurich | 2/Spring | Zurich | Rudolf von Rohr, Manera, Prasser | 4 |
| 4 | Beyond-Design-Basis Safety | ETH Zurich | 3/Autumn | PSI | Prasser, Günthay, N.N. | 3 |
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