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We already know the technology suppliers for Poland's first nuclear power plants. Preparations for such large-scale investments, and then their commissioning, will require nuclear specialists. That's why - in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Science - recruitment for a new master's degree program is underway at WUST.
The direction is recent, but the subject matter itself is not new to the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering. As early as the 1970s, students there had classes related to nuclear power plants, and more courses were introduced as part of new specializations in first and second degree programs. Many graduates now work in the nuclear sector in Canada, the US and South Korea, among others. The Faculty has also been running postgraduate courses in nuclear power for years.
In the current admissions process, 30 places await candidates for a master's degree program entirely devoted to nuclear energy. Andrzej Tatarek, PhD, Assoc. Prof., from the Division of Nuclear Power Engineering in the Department of Thermal Sciences, underlines that these studies are not exclusively for power engineers.
- We also encourage graduates of mechanical, chemical, mining, electrical and automation-related studies to take an interest in them, he points out.
He is echoed by Wojciech Zacharczuk, PhD, nuclear power engineering coordinator at the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering:
- It is estimated that in the operation of a single nuclear power unit, jobs could be found for 500 to 700 people with different competencies due to the wide range of issues. Thousands more jobs will be with partner companies, i.e., companies and government entities cooperating with nuclear power plants, e.g., in servicing machinery and equipment, measuring equipment, producing reactor fuel, processing and storing radioactive waste, or providing nuclear supervision and safety.
For more information, see the news on the website of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and the course portfolio of the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering.
