§ Lord Jenkin of Rodingasked Her Majesty's Government:
What courses exist at United Kingdom universities for students wishing to study nuclear science and engineering; and how many of such students are studying these subjects at undergraduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral levels. [HL3405]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)The latest course listing on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) website, which covers undergraduate courses only, shows that no universities currently offer undergraduate courses specifically in nuclear science and engineering. However, a report commissioned by the Nuclear Safety Directorate in autumn 2001 identified the following universities which ran postgraduate or undergraduate courses which contained some nuclear content:
Postgraduate Courses
- University of Birmingham
- City University
- University of Hull
- Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
- Lancaster University
- University of Liverpool
- Loughborough University
- Middlesex University
- University of Plymouth
- University of Surrey
- University of Wales, Swansea
- University College London
- Royal Navy School of Marine and Air Engineering, HMS Sultan
- (Department of Nuclear Science and Technology)1
Undergraduate Courses
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
WA 43 - University of Cambridge
- City University
- De Montfort University
- The University of Hull
- Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- Loughborough University
- University of Manchester
- Middlesex University
- University of Plymouth
- University of Salford
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Southampton
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Surrey
- Royal Navy School of Marine and Air Engineering, HMS Sultan
- (Department of Nuclear Science and Technology)1
1 The report also included HMS Sultan, which is a Ministry of Defence establishment.
According to the report, the number of students on courses containing any nuclear content is around 320 students per year on postgraduate courses and around 1,460 per year on undergraduate courses.