Semester 1 (September 2025 – January 2026)

N03 Radiation & Radiological Protection

N06 Reactor Materials & Lifetime Behaviours

N13 Criticality Safety Management

Semester 2 (February 2026 – June 2026)

N08 Particle Engineering in the Nuclear Industry

N11 Radiation Shielding

N19 Primary Circuit Materials and Manufacturing

The intended learning outcomes for the course units above, can be found on the taught programme tab.

Distance learning programme structure

In order to permit part-time students to complete four course units in a year, course units are delivered in parallel. A student must complete 2 course units from the course units available in each semester.

Timetable 2025 – 26

Course Unit Weightings 2025-26

Regarding future admissions to the distance learning programme

We will be accepting applications for the MSc Nuclear Science & Technology via distance learning for September 2025 but only on a part time basis. If you wish to register for the PG Cert or PG Diploma, please contact us on info.ntec@manchester.ac.uk

We are currently in a four year project to update the course units that were already available via distance learning, along with converting the course units which are at present only available in-person, to standardise the format and adopt current best practice. This will allow students who are unable to attend the one-week taught course units the option of taking eight units to complete the MSc via distance learning. Students may take some of the one week taught units, if the units they require, have not yet been developed/updated. We will not be converting N32 – Experimental Reactor Physics as this unit involves travelling to either Prague or Vienna.

A list of course units which we are planning on developing/updating next are:

• N01 – Reactor Physics & Systems
• N10 – Processing, Storage & Disposal of Nuclear Waste
• N17 – Tritium and the Fusion Fuel Cycle
• N18 – Control and Instrumentation (C&I) and Functional Safety