Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences
Sustainable energy solutions, nuclear security and nonproliferation, plasmas for water treatment, the country’s most powerful laser, and more.
#1
Nuclear Leaders and Best
NERS is consistently ranked as the top Nuclear Engineering grad program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
6:1
Undergraduate to Faculty Ratio
Most of our undergrads are actively involved in research and have co-authored papers in scientific journals.
$37.4m
2024 Research
Funding
Research opportunities abound for our undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty.
NEA Global Forum Symposium
Explore how nuclear education is shaping our global energy future
Join us Tuesday, September 30 through Thursday, October 2, 2025 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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James Holloway named president of the University of Toledo
The longtime NERS faculty member and former U-M vice provost has been appointed the 19th president of the University of Toledo.
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Jarett LeVan awarded NNSA fellowship to advance kinetic theory of the liquid state
The NERS PhD student’s work supports national security goals through inertial confinement fusion research.
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The US has a new most powerful laser
Hitting 2 petawatts, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at U-M enables research that could improve medicine, national security, materials science and more.
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Isaac Huegel earns prestigious national fellowship for plasma physics research
Applied physics PhD student working with NERS professor Carolyn Kuranz awarded DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship.
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Your donation will help train the next generation of nuclear engineers, and radiological and plasma scientists.
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About the Field
What can you study at NERS? Nuclear engineering goes well beyond nuclear power.