Nuclear Engineering (with a Foundation Year) Lancaster University

Overview

The Nuclear Engineering (with a Foundation Year) course from Lancaster University will follow the same semester dates as Lancaster University, with taught sessions taking place at Cardinal Newman College on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesdays will not carry any formal teaching hours, but might be utilised for project or practical work on site at Lancaster University or remotely.

The teaching day will run from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with free transport from our Lancaster campus to Cardinal Newman College provided four days a week during term time.

Timetabled sessions for Foundation Year students will be structured to incorporate elements of university-style learning, to include a combination of taught sessions, group work, problem-based learning and project work.

You will study three modules linked to your chosen degree during the year. Your timetable will include a combination of compulsory and optional STEM based modules, which will reflect your chosen degree pathway.

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