At the end of one year of study, the student appears for a comprehensive written qualifying examination based on subject matter regarded as the core of nuclear engineering. Students successfully completing this examination are allowed to work towards the Ph.D. degree without an intervening M.S. degree. The program typically contains 50 hours of graduate course credits, excluding research credits, and typically requires four to five years beyond the B.S. degree for completion, including dissertation. Approximately 18 semester credits are in a minor field, and this minor department may elect to test the student separately on courses in that discipline. Following the qualifying examination, the candidate actively pursues dissertation research.
Doctoral dissertations result in research publications in major journals.
A doctoral degree is generally sought by those who are motivated towards careers in industrial, academia, or national laboratories. This page is maintain by the North Carolina State University Department of Nuclear Engineering. Send any and all comments to the web coordinator .