Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)

Program Overview

Nuclear Science and Engineering educates students to develop and understand nuclear technologies for society and the environment, from safe, cost-competitive nuclear energy systems to new tools for measuring and modelling matter and radiation. How competitive: for fall 2025, MIT admitted 4.6% of its 29,281 first-year applicants; it publishes no separate figure for international applicants. It sets no IB minimum and requires no particular subjects: it reads your school record with your IB results, predicted grades included, and requires the SAT or ACT. You apply to MIT, not to this major: every first-year student starts undeclared and chooses a major at the end of the first year.