Nuclear Power Engineering Program

What we provide

You'll gain both the advanced theoretical knowledge and the hands-on technical skills needed to design, operate, and manage nuclear facilities — always with safety, reliability, and international standards at the core.

Through a curriculum built for real-world impact, you'll learn to:

• Simulate and analyse nuclear power plant operations using cutting-edge software tools;
• Design, build, and commission nuclear power plants, from blueprint to start-up and beyond;
• Perform critical safety calculations, including nuclear and radiation safety assessments and probabilistic safety analysis;
• Evaluate process flow diagrams and pipeline systems for nuclear power plants;
• Navigate regulatory frameworks, applying industrial, radiation, and fire safety standards to nuclear facility design.

Why you should apply

Nuclear energy is one of the most demanding — and most rewarding — fields in engineering. The world needs specialists who can push technology forward while never compromising on safety. This programme gives you exactly that: the expertise to solve complex engineering challenges, the confidence to work at the highest safety standards, and the credentials to build a career across research, design, operation, and regulation.

Graduate ready to work in nuclear power plants, research institutes, design bureaus, and regulatory bodies — anywhere the future of energy is being built.

Where our graduates work

• Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkey
• Electricity Generation Company  EÜAŞ, Turkey

• CURRICULUM

  1 Semester	2 Semester
  Mathematical Physics  Digital Resources of Scientific Research Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer  Nuclear Knowledge Management  Advanced Nuclear Reactors  Physics of Nuclear Reactors  Thermohydraulics of Nuclear Reactors  Steam and Gas Turbines ) Internship (Obtaining Primary Skills in Software Operation Related to Professional Activities)	English for Professional Activities  Basics of Scientific Research  Reactor Control and Protection Systems  Kinetics of Nuclear Reactors  Economics of Nuclear Power Engineering  NPP Pumps Nuclear Power Plants Thermo-Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors Modelling of Vaporization Processes ( Scientific and Research Work  Internship (Obtaining Primary Skills in Software Operation Related to Professional Activities)
  3 Semester	4 Semester
  Safety of Nuclear Sites  Operation of NPP  Modelling of NPP Heat Balances  Project Management / Scientific Research Management MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)  Scientific and Research Work (Learning Primary Skills of Scientific and Research Work, Educational Internship)  Technological (Design and Technological) Internship (NPP Engineering)	Preparation and Defense of the Master’s Thesis  Preparation and Pass of the State Exam  Pre-graduation Internship Technological (Design and Technological) Internship

• MASTER THESIS TOPCS

  Analysis of reactivity change due to burn up in VVER1000 reactor using program WIMS

  Analysis of the steady-state thermal-mechanical behavior of oxide fuel rods for high burnup in VVER 1000 reactor using FRAPCON

  Analysis of using thermal non-destructive evaluation method for diagnosing Nuclear Power Plant pipeline wall thinning

  Application of gene expression programming and single-heated channel approach in developing a correlation for coolant temperature of VVER 1000 reactor in steady-state

  Comprehensive analysis of VVER 1000 spray system performance for postulated severe accidents using CONTAIN code

  Developing a multiphysics solver of LOFA accident for VVER1000 reactor using numerical methods

  Developing a set of steady-state correlations for maximum fuel temperature in VVER 1000 reactor using gene expression programming and COBRA

  Сomparative analysis of regulation documents in the field of arrangement and operation of localizing safety systems for Nuclear Power Plants

  Сomparative analysis of regulation documents in the field of Nuclear Power Plant safety assurance

PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Yaroslav Vladimirov

Official duties

ответственный за научно-исследовательскую работу — Дирекция

заместитель директора — Дирекция

Positions

Доцент  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

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Gzhatskaya st.27, HSNHPE, 2nd floor, room 3

Natalia Donmez

Official duties

ответственный за работу с иностранными студентами — Institute of Energy

Positions

Старший преподаватель  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

Ведущий специалист  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

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Main building, office 313