Welcome to the NC State Nuclear Pack!
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There is a dynamism about what nuclear engineers do in the Department, State, nation, and the world. We innovate, making the world a better place whether it’s electricity production, advanced reactor systems, AI/machine learning, fusion energy, radiopharmaceuticals, plasmas for life sciences, industrial plasmas for the semiconductor industry, nuclear materials, health physics, nuclear nonproliferation, and the list goes on.
We are leaders of the Pack –
- Ranked 3rd by the US News & World Report, for the last 6 years.
- Sixty-one faculty/academic and research staff strong! This means a low faculty to student ratio.
- Fall 2024 enrollment: 165 BS (includes nuclear engineering intended students), 47 MNE (36 are distance education). 14 MS & 127 PhD (3 distance education)