The UK led the way in developing nuclear power, with the world’s first commercial nuclear power station at Calder Hall starting operation in the UK in 1956.

As a consequence, British further and higher education institutions have been teaching in the field of nuclear science and engineering for more than 50 years, offering a variety of relevant courses and qualifications. These courses have developed to meet the needs of today in addition to dealing with all aspects of nuclear energy and radioactivity, from nuclear reactors to astrophysics, radiological protection along with applications within medical and life sciences. British colleges and universities also undertake both fundamental and applied research work on nuclear science as well as engineering topics, and in many instances are amongst the world leaders.

Nuclear Liaison is a comprehensive website for all UK nuclear university information. It has links to all undergraduate and postgraduate taught nuclear courses in the UK as well as major research groups and consortia. It provides links to relevant conferences and reports of interest to the nuclear community. To help graduates move into industry there are also links to company graduate training schemes and summer placements. Nuclear Liaison is also the website of the Nuclear Academic Industry Liaison Subcommittee.

For further information on Nuclear Liaison visit the website at http://www.nuclearliaison.com/.

The website also offers a regularly updated listing of nuclear related university courses available in the UK at http://www.nuclearliaison.com/nl-courses

The following colleges offer relevant Further Education courses:

Additionally, the following universities offer relevant Higher Education courses:

The following companies offer specialist vocational training and apprenticeships: