Can You Specialize in Nuclear Physics in Graduate School?

[cragar]

Can you go to grad school and just study nuclear physics or nuclear stuff?

 

[Astronuc]

Can you go to grad school and just study nuclear physics or nuclear stuff?

Usually there are requirements to take classes in mathematics and other areas of physics, but one can certainly study nuclear physics.

See the options here - http://www.pa.msu.edu/grad/

http://groups.nscl.msu.edu/nero/

The Physics & Astronomy Grad Student Handbook - see Appendix A http://www.pa.msu.edu/grad/GradHandbook081110.pdf

One should look into Nuclear Physics programs at these schools:
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Stony Brook University--SUNY
Stony Brook, NY

Indiana University--Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Yale University
New Haven, CT

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

Duke University
Durham, NC

University of California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Columbia University
New York, NY

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Texas A&M University--College Station
College Station, TX

 

[cragar]

thanks for the info

 

[Angry Citizen]

Also, nuclear engineering certainly qualifies under 'nuclear stuff', and there exist numerous grad programs in that field. A solid program is at Texas A&M, if you can stand being an Aggie.