Hi,

If you directly join India's prominent Institute like BARC, IGCAR for nuclear engineering, you either must have good gate score or you have above 99 percentile in BARC OCES examination.

If you want to pursue in UGC certified colleges these are some colleges which provides Nuclear engineering program: IIT, kanpur, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Jadavpur University, Delhi Technical University, Amity University ,Delhi.

Please note that career in nuclear science may mean Nuclear physics or Nuclear Medicine. you may already be aware of this but you may note as below about nuclear physics and Nuclear medicine:

Nuclear Physics deals with study of the structure of matter at the atomic level. It also deals with the study of interactions of the atom molecules and the building blocks. The subject is mainly applied in nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology. Some of the known courses are Doctoral degree in Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Research programs in particle collision and high energy collisions, Master of Science in Nuclear Physics, etc.

Eligibility Criteria :-

For pursing a bachelor degree in nuclear physics, the candidates have to complete their 12th (Science) from a recognised institution. The qualification criteria for doing masters degree in the nuclear physics is a pass in graduation from a recognised university. The aspirants must have done their bachelors degree in any of the science subjects. To pursue any doctoral program, the candidates have to complete their master’s degree in nuclear physics from any recognised university. Some colleges may conduct entrance exams for Ph.D admission. So, the aspirants should score very well in their post graduation.

There are a good number of leading institutes in India offering a course in Nuclear Physics. Some of them are listed below :-

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

Berhampur University

Karnataka University

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Institute of Physics (IOP)

Government of India’s National Centre for Nuclear Science and Mathematics

IIT Kanpur

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Andhra University

Career Opportunities :-

The candidates can search for job in a nuclear power plant after completing the nuclear physics courses. They can also join as a scientist in any recognized institute. Those who want to go for higher studies can opt for research works. Some of the organizations that offer nuclear physicists are mentioned below :-

Material engineering firms

Power generation

Archaeology bodies

Medicine manufacturing companies

MRI machinery manufacturers

Research institutes

Defense research organizations

There are many Indian and foreign organizations that offer good jobs for the nuclear physics scholars, for example: Space and Astronomy Research Lab.

Hope this helps.

All the best.

Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Nuclear Engineering

Eligibility Criteria for Undergraduates

These are some of the specified requirements that are mentioned by most of the colleges. They are mentioned below:

• The student should have completed 10th and 12th with a minimum of 50% from a recognised board.
• The student should have a background in science, with mathematics, physics and chemistry as their core subjects.
• Entrance exams will play a major role during admissions. The students should prepare to score well in the exams.

Nuclear engineering Eligibility Criteria for Postgraduates

These are a few criteria's colleges follow during admissions:

• The student should have completed 10th and 12th with a minimum of 50% from a recognised board or university.
• The students should have a degree in Engineering; it could be chemical, electrical or electronics or even mechanical . Even a B.Sc. A physics degree is acceptable.
• The applicant must have obtained a minimum of 55% in their undergraduate examination.
• Entrance exams like GATE, determine your admissions. Hence, the students are advised to focus on them from the beginning.

This is the basic criteria that colleges follow. These are not all; admissions in each college is a unique process. The students are requested to look up the specifications mentioned by each college.

Entrance Exams

Colleges usually provide admissions to students based on their scores in entrance exams. Here are a few entrance examinations that are conducted for the undergraduate and postgraduate studies:

• JEE Main - JEE Main is conducted to provide admissions to students enrolling in all engineering courses. It is a competitive exam, and hence sees a lot of participation and competition.
• JEE Advanced - JEE Advanced comes after JEE Main. It is the second level. Those who score well in these exams get admission into India's top colleges that include the IITs and IISc.
• GATE - GATE is conducted for screening students into the postgraduate programme for Engineering.  This exam sees huge participation and is difficult to crack.
• CET - Common Entrance Tests are conducted by the respective governments. These provide admissions into colleges in the respective states only.
• AJEE - It is an entrance exam conducted by AISECT Group of Universities. The exam is conducted in both online and offline modes.

These are some of the popular exams conducted for engineering. Once you obtain a good score, you will get admissions into various nuclear engineering courses.  The entrance exams are not easy and require dedicated practice and preparation.