BNEN Case Study [Case Studies of Nuclear Education Network]

BNEN was created in 2001 by five Belgian universities and SCK CEN as a joint effort to maintain and further develop a high-quality programme in nuclear engineering in Belgium. The current consortium was established in 2006 when the sixth partner university joined the programme as detailed below. The consortium is coordinated by SCK CEN and offers a master-after-master interuniversity programme of the 60 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). The lectures and practical sessions are organized at SCK CEN in Mol and taught in English. The BNEN partners were aware that at the European level a problem existed to keep up the expertise in the nuclear engineering field and that the many efforts from the European Commission and the international agencies to obtain international collaborative programmes in nuclear science had to be supported in Belgium. It has been agreed by the Universities and SCK CEN that it is of utmost importance for the nuclear safety and the energy provision of Belgium, that all academic expertise is joined in one effort to establish one unique academic programme preparing the personnel for its future functions in the nuclear industry, research centres and regulatory and supervisory bodies.