PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS & NUCLEAR ENGINERRING AT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE VNU-HCMC VO HONG HAI, PhD Department of Nuclear Physics Vienne, 19-22 May 2014
1. Brief Introduction of University of Science-HCMC University of Science- VNU-HCMC has two campus Nguyen Van Cu campus (Dist. 5) (main campus) Ninh Thuan province (NPP plant) Linh Trung Campus (Thu Duc Dist.) (20 km far from Nguyen Van Cu campus)
FACULTIES There are 9 Faculties in University of Science-HCMC MATHEMATICS and COMPUTER SCIENCE PHYSICS and ENGINEERING PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT ELECTRONICS and TELECOMUNICATIONS INFORMATIC TECHNOLOGY GEOLOGY MATERIALS SCIENCE
DEPARTMENTS in Faculty of Physics & Engineering Physics There are 8 departments in Faculty of Physics and Engineering Physics THEORETICAL PHYSICS NUCLEAR PHYSICS & NUCLEAR ENGINEERING SOLID STATE PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE OCEANOLOGY, METEOROLOGY & HYDROLOGY GEOPHYSICS
2. Current status of nuclear educational program in University of Science-VNU-HCMC University of Science-HCMC has 03 nuclear educational programs, (1)- NUCLEAR PHYSICS (long history (1965) associated with Faculty of Physics, US-VNU-HCMC) (2)- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (new established in 2011, enrollment started 2012). This program is specializing: Nuclear Energy and Power, Nuclear Engineering, Medical Physics. (3)- Advanced program in NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION TECHNOLOGY - One of seven institutions for nuclear human resource development, under MOST - Counter part: Osaka University - Coming in 2014
STAFF MEMBERS Teaching members include core members and invited lecturers. Number Core staff members 26 (3 Profs.; 9 PhD; 11 Msc. PhD candidates; 3 Bachelors) Invited lecturers from domestic institutions Invited lecturers from foreign institutions 27 (Prof, PhD, Master) 8 (Profs.)
Number of enrolled students (1) Nuclear Physics: Average number of students are enrolled per year: STUDENT ENROLLMENTS Educational program Average entrance students /year Period of program (year) Bachelor course 20-40 4 Master course 25-30 (There are 21 courses) PhD course 1-2 (07 PhD graduated from the Department) (At present, 06 PhD students) 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Under-graduated student enrollment Year of enrollment 2 3 25 20 15 10 5 0 (2) Nuclear Engineering: - 2012: 59 students enrolled - 2013: 88 students enrolled (3) Advanced program: - Coming in 2014 Mater student enrollment 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year of enrollment
CURRICULUM IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM Undergraduate course (140 credits) There are 20 subjects and a graduation thesis. 1. Models of Nuclear Structure 1 2. Nuclear Reaction 1 3. Methods of Radiation Detection and Measurement 4. Instrument for Nuclear Radiation Detection 5. Physics of Radioactivity I 6. Neutron Physics 7. Particle Accelerator 8. Quantum mechanics 2 9. Nuclear Reaction Pile 10. Experiments of Nuclear Physics 1 11. Nuclear Safety and Shielding 12. Softwares for Studying Nuclear Physics 1 13. Statistical methods for Estimating Nuclear Data I 14. Quantum Scattering Theory 15. X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis 1 16. Experiments of Nuclear Physics 2 17. Applied Nuclear Physics for Industry 1 18. Applied Nuclear Physics for Agriculture, Medicine, Biology 1 19. Neutron Activation Analysis 1 20. Dosimestry Graduation thesis Master course There are 20 subjects and a graduation thesis. 1. General Nuclear Physics 2. Experiments of Nuclear Physics 3 3. Methods of Radiation Detection and Measurement 4. Methods of Studying Nuclear Physics 5. Models of Nuclear Structure 2 6. Nuclear Reaction 2 7. Physics of Radioactivity II 8. Softwares for Studying Nuclear Physics 2 9. The statistical methods for Estimating Nuclear Data II 10. Nuclear Safety and Dosimetry 11. Quantum Scattering Theory 12. Neutron Field Theory 13. Nuclear Reactor Physics 14. Nuclear Electronics 15. Nuclear Power Plant 16. Applied Nuclear for Industry 2 17. Applied Nuclear for Agriculture, Medicine, Biology 2 18. X - Ray Fluorescence analysis 2 19. Neutron Activation Analysis 2 20. New problems in Nuclear Physics Graduation Thesis
CURRICULUM IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM Number Nuclear Energy and Power Nuclear Engineering Medical Physics 1 Nuclear Structure and Reaction Nuclear Structure and Reaction Radiation biology 2 Basic Radioactive Physics Basic Radioactive Physics Basic Radioactive Physics 3 Technique in radiation detection Technique in radiation detection Technique in radiation detection 4 Reactor Physics Reactor Physics Reactor Physics 5 Radiation Safety Radiation Safety Radiation Safety 6 Data analysis in Nuclear Engineering Data analysis in Nuclear Engineering Data analysis in Nuclear Engineering 7 Software in Nuclear Engineering Software in Nuclear Engineering Software in Nuclear Engineering 8 9 Principal and Application of Accelerator Principal and Application of Accelerator Principal and Application of Accelerator Basic radiation Experiments Basic radiation Experiments Basic radiation Experiments 10 Radio-chemistry Technique in Nuclear Analysis Anatomy and Physiology 11 Advanced Experiments in Nuclear Energy Advanced Experiments in Nuclear Engineering Clinical Anatomy and Physiology 12 13 Nuclear reactor technology and nuclear power plant Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management Appling Nuclear Technology in Agriculture Medicine Biology Appling Nuclear Technology in Industry 14 Nuclear Safety Appling Nuclear Technology in Environment 15 Thermal hydraulics in nuclear reactor 16 Nuclear reactor and nuclear power plant simulator 17 Experiments in Dalat reactor and nuclear centers Appling Nuclear Technology in Geophysics and Hydrology Experiment in Dalat reactor and nuclear centers Graduation thesis Physics of Radiation Therapy Clinical Radiation Therapy Physics of Medical Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Medical Diagnostic Imaging Physics of Nuclear Medicine Clinical Nuclear Medicine 18 Graduation thesis 19 Image Processing Technique in Medicine Non-Ionizing Radiation Instrument for BioMedicine 20 Experiment in Hospitals 21 Graduation thesis
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