Education and Science, Energy, Estonia

Although Estonia has not made a decision to build her own nuclear power plant, the universities want to be ready to satisfy the need for local specialists with the master’s degree courses that start this autumn. Around a dozen students will be accepted.

At the same time the universities are trying to attract foreign students since the need for nuclear specialists is growing everywhere in the world. The Tartu Univesity nuclear safety specialists curriculum is in English.

“Looking at how many nuclear power plants are being built and planned, it seems that there is a chance at the world level too. Thinking of Estonia’s needs, even if we do not have a nuclear power plant, we need a certain amount of specialists connected to nuclear safety, nuclear waste and radiation,” said Tartu University study prorector Martin Hallik.

The Tallinn Technical University nuclear power plant engineers curriculum is in the Estonian language. The university’s heating energy department head Aadu Paist said that they plan to train specialist who would be able to work in other types of power stations too.