Good universities for nuclear engineering?

This will give you a list of the Unis who do Nuclear Engineering as a named degree http://www.whatuni.com/degree-courses/search?q=nuclear-engineering, however within many other general 'Engineering' degrees you will find relevant units/modules.

I'm in year 11 and looking to do Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Engineering (Cambridge Technical) for A Levels, my predictions for GCSE's are 10A*s and I've already got 3A's and an A* from exams completed early. I would love to work in the nuclear engineering sector in the future does anyone have any suggestions to which universities would be suitable for me? Thanks

Thank you I've found a couple places which I'm interested in which do specific Nuclear Engineering Undergrad courses (Imperial and Birmingham) and like you all suggested I'll probably look into good Mechanical courses to then specialise further on.

Imperial is MEng Chem Eng with Nuclear - it's not a specialised nuclear-only course (but it is a good option).
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/chemical-engineering-department/chemical-nuclear-engineering/

I'm in year 11 and looking to do Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Engineering (Cambridge Technical) for A Levels, my predictions for GCSE's are 10A*s and I've already got 3A's and an A* from exams completed early. I would love to work in the nuclear engineering sector in the future does anyone have any suggestions to which universities would be suitable for me? Thanks

I wouldn't advise specialising yourself too early personally and would recommend a general engineering course (possibly with a few optional nuclear modules like the imperial one mentioned). You'll be able to get into the nuclear industry just fine with a "general" engineering degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Structural etc. but will have more flexibility should you change your mind or the sector die (as such things are wont to do). You will also be able to "focus" yourself by getting relevant work experience/placements with nuclear companies as you study.

The nuclear industry employs a lot more than just people with nuclear engineering degrees. You should check out people who are currently working in the nuclear sector via LinkedIn to see what degree backgrounds they come from. Given the paucity of nuclear engineering degrees, I would suspect that the vast majority of engineers in the nuclear industry come from traditional engineering backgrounds (mechanical, electrical etc.).

Thanks your advice I'll have a look round then

Several Canadian and American universities have a research reactor on which students can train. Perhaps you could take a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...sed_to_operate
http://reactor.reed.edu/
http://mnr.mcmaster.ca/

Several Canadian and American universities have a research reactor on which students can train. Perhaps you could take a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...sed_to_operate
http://reactor.reed.edu/
http://mnr.mcmaster.ca/

Also in outside the US too. Shame Imperial closed theirs...

There's even one at a Turkish university. Let's get them into the EU double-quick!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_reactor

If you're specifically into the design or research of nuclear reactors, might physics be a more applicable degree, or at least worth some consideration?

There are some but not many universities offering an undergrad course specifically in Nuclear Engineering. You will have more choice of universities (and flexibility in course content) by doing BEng Chemical (or Mechanical) and then a MSc in Nuclear.

Do you mean that you should do a BEng and then do an MEng seperatly?

FYI this thread is 5 years old. Its better to make new threads rather then bump ancient ones.

What Doones is talking about is doing a 3 BEng and do a separate 1 year MSc in Nuclear engineering. (i.e. BEng (3 years) + MSc (1 year) or MEng (4 years)).
As opposed to an MEng which is a straight 4 year undergraduate program. Stand-alone engineering MSc programs allow for increased specialisation over an MEng, and hence more suitable for Nuclear engineering which is a niche.