核工程师站在迅速发展的领域的最前沿，这些领域包括为我们的星球供电的更好，更安全的方法。他们正在研究反应堆系统的设计，核不扩散，与材料的辐射相互作用以及减少和控制放射性废物。新墨西哥大学的核工程课程为学生提供了数学，物理，化学和工程基础知识的广泛培训，其后是涉及辐射与物质相互作用，辐射传输，辐射检测和防护，核反应堆理论的专业课程。安全，热工液压和核系统设计。学生还选择技术选修课，以使他们能够深入探索核工程感兴趣的领域。MS，计划I（论文选项）-30学分。MS，计划II（非论文选修）-33个学分。
The nuclear engineering research graduate programs at the University of New Mexico include nuclear criticality safety, radiation transport, reactor theory, single and two-phase flow in microgravity, space nuclear power, thermal-hydraulics, fusion energy, accelerator physics and engineering, occupational and environmental radiation protection, plasma physics, nuclear activation diagnostics, high energy density physics, reactor and shielding design, nuclear fuel irradiation behavior, theoretical and numerical methods in neutral and stochastic transport theory, charged particle transport, model-reference adaptive control of nuclear power plants, heat pipes for space application, computational methods for heat transfer and fluid flows, single phase laminar and combined flows, two-phase flows and probabilistic risk assessment.<br><br>The Master of Science (M.S.) in Nuclear Engineering is a traditional nuclear engineering program. Graduates in engineering or science from any recognized college or university may apply for admission to graduate study in nuclear engineering. Students planning to do graduate work in nuclear engineering should focus on physics, mathematics and nuclear engineering in their undergraduate coursework in addition to acquiring competence in one of the branches of engineering or science. Undergraduate coursework in the following is recommended: atomic and nuclear physics, advanced applied mathematics, computer programming, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, principles of circuits, materials science, nuclear measurements, reactor physics, and instrumentation.