Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Nuclear Engineering

Supported Degree Objectives

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  • MS in Nuclear Engineering (MSNE)
  • Master of Nuclear Engineering (MNE) - Online
  • Non Degree

Required Supporting Documents

English Proficiency Requirements

  • This program accepts the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars basic requirements as described on the English Proficiency Requirements page.

Master's Degree Program Requirements

  • Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
    • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)

Doctoral Degree Program Requirements

  • Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
    • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
  • Master's Degree Completion with Grade Point Average:
    • 3.5 or equivalent (U.S. Citizen, A=4.0)
    • 3.0 or equivalent (International, A=4.0)

Application Deadlines

  • Residential

  • Fall Spring Summer
    May 1* August 15† No Entry

  • *Deadline for priority consideration for admission and financial support for the Fall semester is November 30.
    †Entry for the Spring semester is on a special-cases-only basis.

  • Master of Nuclear Engineering (MNE) - Online

  • Fall Spring Summer
    July 5 November 15 No Entry

Program Contact Information

Additional Information

  • Current master’s students completing MS with Thesis and wishing to move to a doctoral degree program in this same graduate program will not be required to submit a new application.
  • Purdue West Lafayette (PWL)
Purdue West Lafayette campus