Program objective

preparing graduates for research, engineering and safety analysis of nuclear power facilities.

The program provides in-depth training on the neutron-physical and heat-hydraulic processes in the nuclear reactor core under normal operating conditions as well as in the emergency state and transient conditions. 

Alumni professional activities 

• theoretical advancements; research data registration and processing for further development;
• creation and application of nuclear facilities and systems; 
• research of non-equilibrium physical processes, distribution and interaction of radiation with objects of animate and inanimate nature;
• research and design of nuclear reactors, advanced and special nuclear power plants, nuclear and radiation systems for nuclear safety and security.

Program objective

To train qualified researchers in the field of nuclear and radiation safety for nuclear power plants, production companies and institutions of the nuclear industry and related fields.

Students learn how to calculate the accumulation of radionuclides into the reactor core and handle safely used nuclear fuel and radioactive nuclear wastes.

After graduation, alumni will be able to put their knowledge into practice solving the following issues on NPP decommissioning:

• interaction of radiation with matter and propagation of ionizing radiation through matter;
• risk assessment and applied methods of decision-making theory;
• new dosimetry development
• dosimetry detection and spectrometric equipment development
• radiation shielding design and calculation.

Program objective

to train engineers for design and operation of nuclear power plants; thermal and nuclear power production, transformation and utilization, including their constituent control, protection, management with nuclear and radiation safety compliance. 

Program alumni will be able to solve a wide range of tasks for development, design, testing, commissioning, maintenance, operation and repair of equipment and systems for nuclear and thermal power plants.

Areas of research activity:

• theoretical and experimental study of thermohydraulic processes occurring in the reactor core and heat exchange equipment of nuclear power plants;
• safety substantiation of promising nuclear power plants of various types;
• study of the thermophysical properties of various coolants and structural materials.

Practical training and future employment

Production companies, R&D centers of the nuclear industry and related industries.

Program objective

To train specialists in the area of monitoring, control and automation of nuclear facilities and nuclear power plants for their safety and operation. The key program feature is in-depth learning and understanding of physics and mathematics, electronics and control systems.

Areas of future professional activities

• NPP equipment and basic theory of nuclear reactors
• NPP monitoring and control systems
• hardware and software development for a process control system
• information-measuring systems development.

1st stage to become a qualified well-rounded doctor – general practitioner whose goal is to provide professional medical care in compliance with national and international health care standards.

Curriculum features

• social and natural sciences: history, English language, philosophy, Extensive knowledge on mathematics, civil protection and disaster medicine, medical and biological physics, anatomy, physiology, etc.

• specialized courses on medicine: hospital therapy, hospital surgery, pediatrics, polyclinic therapy, dermatovenereology, endocrinology, epidemiology

Research and professional activities

• Synthesis and in vivo testing of therapeutic drugs for personalized oncotherapy with porous biodegradable silicon nanoparticles

• Development of new surgical approaches for the treatment of acute diseases

• Improvement of cardiovascular diseases treatment

Practical training and employment opportunities

• Federal Medical and Biomedical Agency of the Russian Federation (FMBA)

• National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

• Kaluga regional hospitals

• Continue to study:

  o 2nd STAGE — Work at a general health care institution, 3 years
  o 3rd STAGE — Residency (postgraduate studies) in the chosen field

Program objective

to obtain a higher professional education that allows to apply universal and subject-specific competencies for contribution to modern nuclear and radiation physics, nuclear materials and technologies.

Curriculum research areas

• modern electronic circuit design

• electronic systems of nuclear and physical facilities

• automated control systems of nuclear reactors and nuclear facilities

• radiation and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and the environment

• electronics and automatics of physical plants

• mathematical models for theoretical and experimental studies of propagation and interaction of radiation with objects of animate and inanimate nature

• ecological environmental monitoring safety of nuclear materials and facilities.

Competitive advantages:

• development of new principles of micro- and nanoelectronic devices, the creation of methods for their design and manufacture;
• combination of semiconductor physics and a wide range of applied courses in circuitry and technology for the production of electronic products on various materials.

Curriculum features:

• Theory of design of integrated circuits;
• Architecture of microprocessor systems;
• Technology and design of electronic and microelectronic systems;
• Semiconductor physics;
• Planar Technology.

Program objective:

to train R&D specialists for micro- and nanoelectronic systems of physical experiment, development of computing systems and control systems based on modern microprocessors, analog-digital devices, optoelectronic and nanoelectronic devices; research of the physical characteristics of integrated circuits, microsystem technology in extreme conditions.

During training, students study methods for computer-aided design of submicron and nanoscale integrated circuits and systems based on such circuits.

Curriculum features:

• Integrated microwave systems;
• High performance systems;
• Radiation research methods;
• Nuclear electronics;
• Fault-tolerant devices elements.