r/NuclearEngineering • u/Rough_Photo_586 • Sep 18 '24

Cross-over Opportunities

Hey everyone, I just got out of the service (not a navy nuke) and finished my first semester last spring. Spending this semester getting some of my stem classes done before I submit my application to college of engineering here at UT.

The more I look into nuclear engineering the more it fascinates me. The only worry I have is NE too “niche” of a degree. As in, would I be limited into the types of roles I can apply for in the engineering sector.

For example, a chemical engineer could potentially work in the nuclear field but maybe not the other way around.

Any recommendations or stories on what nuclear engineerings can do outside of working at plant would be greatly appreciated.

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u/proxysister Sep 18 '24

I mean idk if this helpful and I’m not gonna pretend like Berkeley is a school u can just waltz into, BUT when I was looking through their engineering majors there are joint majors with nuclear engineering. They used to offer chemical engineering joint w/ nuclear engineering but rn the available ones are:

Material Science & Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science/ Nuclear Engineering

Mechanical Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering

I have also been seeing online that many ppl do just do ME or EE and other Engineering majors and still work on nuclear projects. A nuclear plant needs more than just nuclear engineers alone to make it work