Evolution Of Nuclear Engineering And Radiation Health Physics At Oregon State University

The Department was originally established as a separate, stand-alone department in 1972, although nuclear engineering courses had been offered since 1957 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The first nuclear engineering program at OSU was the B.S. degree which was approved for delivery by the Oregon State System of Higher Education in 1968. The undergraduate degree program in nuclear engineering remains a vital part of the educational mission of the Department. Graduate degree programs at both the M.S. and Ph.D. levels were added one year later so that by the end of the 1960s, the full suite of degree programs (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) were offered in Nuclear Engineering.