Rosatom, Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, has announced scholarships for Indian students in nuclear engineering. The tuition fees of students will be fully funded, and living expenses partly.
The registration is now open on Russia Study website https://russia.study/en. A supplementary guide to application process is available on Rosatom regional Facebook page: FB.com/RosatomAsia.
Scholarships are available for studies in nuclear energy-related fields in Russia, and include tuition fees and free preparatory courses of Russian language, depending on the university programme. Students will have access to subsidised accommodation, library funds and practical experience at Russian nuclear plants.
“The goal of the scholarship is to support interest in nuclear research and capabilities among young Indian scientists and engineers, and contribute to solving some of the world's most critical issues in the nearest future, allowing for the continent to be self-sufficient”, stated Rosatom South Asia CEO Andrey Shevlyakov in a press note. Rosatom is the technical consultant and main equipment supplier for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
Several study options are available in specialised Russian universities such as the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Moscow, and Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in Siberia. MEPhI has more than 75 years’ expertise in nuclear engineering, and is the key partner of Rosatom in the field of educating young, highly qualified nuclear specialists. It hosts more than 1,500 foreign students from 57 countries.
Bachelor’s degree involves programmes in nuclear power engineering and thermal physics; nuclear reactors and materials; and power plant design, operation and engineering. Master’s programmes are in nuclear physics and engineering; power engineering and thermo physics among others.
TPU is the only Russian university equipped with a nuclear research reactor available for foreign students. The IRT-T research reactor was commissioned in July 1967 and is now used for research in peaceful atom technologies such as nuclear medicine, transmutation neutron alloying, isotope engineering, and thorium power engineering. More than 12,000 specialists have graduated from TPU since then, including 8,000 trained in nuclear engineering and research.
TPU offers bachelor’s degrees in nuclear physics and technology; and master’s in nuclear power installations operation, nuclear medicine; and in thermal and renewable energy.
The deadline for the first round of applications closes on February 15, 2019.
