Nuclear Engineering (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Throughout the Nuclear Engineering (Hons) course from Lancaster University you will develop valuable transferable skills that make you highly desirable to future employers, such as working in collaboration, communication, and the ability to design, build, and implement systems. You will grow practical skills in testing, system maintenance, digital proficiencies, and the ability to consider and maintain work safety practices in the nuclear industry.

Career opportunities:

Nuclear engineering is a truly multi-disciplinary subject, going beyond just the provision of nuclear power for our electrical needs and expanding into sectors as diverse as medicine and space travel. From working in a nuclear power plant as a Nuclear Safety Engineer, to going into the automotive industry or medical and healthcare technology development, there are a wide range of career opportunities open to graduates from nuclear engineering courses – and some of our graduates even go on to further study and lead in their specialist field as academics. The ability to think creatively to solve problems, alongside your experience managing projects and applying practical and technical knowledge to novel scenarios will make you a desirable employee for careers that even sit outside of traditional engineering destinations. Graduates with our engineering degrees are well-paid too, with a median salary of £32,000 15 months after graduation (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).

Here are just some of the roles that our BEng and MEng Nuclear Engineering students have progressed into upon graduating:

• PhD Candidate – University of Bristol
• CERN Research Fellow – CERN
• Nuclear Safety Engineer – EDF Energy
• Nuclear Graduates Scheme – Rolls Royce
• Graduate Scheme – Sellafield Ltd
• CE Safety Engineer – Amec Foster Wheeler
• Nuclear Safety Engineer – Mott Macdonald
• Global Manufacturing Trainee – Kraft Heinz
• Operations Graduate – BAE Systems
• Molecular Imaging Application Specialist – Bartec Technologies Ltd