Nuclear Engineering

Explore Your Major

• Meet with your ESS advisor to discuss your academic plans.

• Familiarize yourself with major and college requirements.

• Talk to the Nuclear Engineering advisor about department programs and research opportunities.

• Enroll in ENGIN 98: The Insider's Guide to Berkeley Engineering.
  

Connect and Build Community

• Take advantage of tutoring and workshops for Engineering students from the Center for Access to Engineering Excellence.

• Find student opportunities in the ESS newsletter and new student podcast.

• Find study space and resources in the Kresge Engineering Library.
  

Discover Your Passions

• Browse research taking place in Engineering centers, institutes, and labs.

• Visit the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships.

• Discover new interests in a Freshman Seminar or student-run DeCal course.

• Broaden your perspective by attending Newton Series or View from the Top lectures.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Attend the Calapalooza student activities fair and get involved with a student organization.

• Explore Engineering student organizations.

• Find service opportunities through the Public Service Center.

• Explore study, internship, and research abroad options with Berkeley Study Abroad.
  

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Visit Berkeley Career Engagement and the Career Counseling Library.

• Develop a plan for getting career ready. Sign up for Handshake and CareerMail.

• Explore career resources on the Engineering website.

• Attend an ESS workshop to create a resume and LinkedIn page.

Explore Your Major

• Talk to ESS peer advisors about life in the major.

• Meet with your ESS advisor to discuss your academic progress and any challenges hindering your academic success.

• Complete lower division prerequisites and start planning your upper division courses.

• Plan now if considering a double major, simultaneous degree, minor, or study abroad.
  

Connect and Build Community

• Join an Engineering student group such as the Nuclear Engineering Design Collaborative or American Nuclear Society Student Chapter to meet students and professionals that share your passion for nuclear technology.

• Start attending Nuclear Engineering department events.

• Get to know Engineering professors and graduate student instructors during their office hours.

Discover Your Passions

• Consider pursuing a research opportunity for Nuclear Engineering students.

• Develop your technical abilities with the Nuclear Engineering Design Collaborative.

• Apply to a REU research program. Check Berkeley Lab and UCSF for more research options.

• Check out design and maker opportunities at the Jacobs Institute.
  

Engage Locally and Globally

• Contribute to a community organization in an American Cultures Engaged Scholarship course such as ENGIN 157AC.

• Consider a Berkeley Global Internship such as the Engineering Internship in Toronto.

• Mentor local youth with Pioneers in Engineering or Berkeley Engineers and Mentors.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Discuss career options and goals with a Career Educator.

• Explore career opportunities through the GLOBE Ambassadors program, a winter externship, and informational interviews.

• Learn about graduate and professional school.

• Pursue an internship and attend an internship career fair.
  

Explore Your Major

• Focus on upper division requirements and electives.

• Continue meeting with your ESS advisor to review your academic progress.

• Submit paperwork for a double major, simultaneous degree, minor, or study abroad.

Connect and Build Community

• Give back by becoming an ESS peer advisor.

• Join the Berkeley Engineering group on LinkedIn.

• Explore student groups outside of Engineering, and deepen your involvement with an Engineering student group.
  

Discover Your Passions

• Get involved with a local nuclear start-up such as Deep Isolation or Kairos Power.

• Apply innovation to healthcare through a Fung Fellowship.

• Explore entrepreneurship through the Sutardja Center and Skydeck.

• Apply for a research opportunity if you haven’t done so already.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Learn how to be an ethical and inclusive global leader through the LeaderShape Institute.

• Experience life at another UC or college on a visitor and exchange program.

• Study and intern in Washington D.C. with UCDC or Cal in the Capital.
  

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Attend career and graduate school fairs such as the STEM Career & Internship Fair.

• Discuss graduate school options with your faculty advisor and professors.

• Sign up for a ESS career workshop, networking dinner, speaker series, or career conference.

• Make a graduate school advising appointment in ESS and explore a 5th year MS, MEng, or PhD.

Explore Your Major

• Meet with your ESS advisor to do an official degree check and plan for your final year.

• Complete any “bucket list” courses and remaining major, college, and campus requirements.

• Complement your major with a certificate, course thread, or summer minor.
  

Connect and Build Community

• Join a professional association such as the American Nuclear Society.

• Continue attending tutoring and workshops, and reading the weekly ESS newsletter.

• Connect with alumni groups and leverage your network as you prepare to graduate.

Discover Your Passions

• Teach your own DeCal course.

• Consider being an instructor for ENGIN 98.

• Continue to pursue your interests through a fellowship or gap year after graduation.

• Choose your post-baccalaureate plans based upon your intended mission and impact as an Engineer.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Serve as a student representative on a college committee.

• Hone your leadership skills with the Peter E. Haas Public Service Leaders program.

• Explore service opportunities after graduation, such as Peace Corps, Teach for America, or U.S. Department of State.
  

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Ask professors and graduate student instructors for recommendation letters.

• Meet employers at Employer Info Sessions and On-Campus Recruiting.

• Attend the job offer negotiation workshop in ESS.

• Apply to jobs, graduate school, and other opportunities.