MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Our graduates find employment in a wide variety of places. Many work in industry, while others find positions in academia or government service. There is always a strong demand for our graduates (in all areas – nuclear power, radiation science and technology, plasma science, and fusion) in the national laboratories.

A detailed manpower study carried out by the American Nuclear Society has shown that the supply of new nuclear engineers over the next half a decade will fall far short of the demand, by nearly a factor of two. Not surprisingly, and to the delight of students, this manpower shortage has driven up the average starting salary for nuclear engineers.

MIT graduates play leading roles throughout and well beyond the worlds of Nuclear Science and Engineering, reaching high-level positions in high-tech, industry, government, and finance.