Title: Nuclear education in Russia: status, peculiarities, problems and perspectives

Authors: Boris N. Onykiy, Eduard F. Kryuchkov

Addresses: Department of Theoretical and Experimental Nuclear Reactor Physics Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), 31 Kashirskoe shosse, 115409 Moscow, Russia. ' Department of Theoretical and Experimental Nuclear Reactor Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), 31 Kashirskoe shosse, 115409 Moscow, Russia

Abstract: The paper is devoted to analysis of Russian nuclear education system: its current status, specific features, difficulties and prospects. Russian higher education system in nuclear engineering has been created simultaneously with the development of nuclear industry, and the system completely satisfied all industrial demands for the specialists of different qualification levels. For the past several decades, nuclear education has lost its attractiveness to young people. The paper discusses the actions to be undertaken for reversing the situation. The paper underlines particularly the special role of international collaboration and all-European integration of nuclear educational programmes for further development of nuclear education all over the world.

Keywords: Russia; higher education; nuclear education; engineering degree level; master of science level; knowledge preservation; international collaboration; knowledge management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2005.008139

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2005 Vol.1 No.4, pp.308 - 316

Published online: 21 Nov 2005 *

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