Exam. Date & Time : Jan. 11, 2010 (1:30-5:30, Red room)
NQe Regulations for the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination
(revised November 13th, 2009)
1. Students wishing to become a candidate for the doctoral degree are required to pass a Qualifying
Examination within 1.5 year (or 3 semesters) after admitted for the Ph.D. program.
2. The Qualifying Examination can be taken up to three times. The Qualifying Examination is
offered twice a year in January and July.
3. The Qualifying examination has only written test and questions of Qualifying are taken from
problem bank which is available on NQE webpage.
▪NQE Qualifying Exam Problem Bank 200
Categories
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Problems
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Rate
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Major
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Introduction to Nuclear Engineering(1)
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100 Problems
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140 Problems
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70%
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10 Problems
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10 Problems
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20 Problems
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Mathematics
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Advanced Engineering Mathematics(5)
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60 Problems
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30%
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Total
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2 Subjects (Major + Mathematics)
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200 Problems
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100%
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→ References : (1) J. R. Lamarsh and A. J. Baratta의 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
3rd edition, Chapter 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9.
(2) G. F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurment, 3rd edition, Chapter
3-IV, 4-IV, VI & VII, 6-I, 7-IV, 14-II, 10-II & III, 17-VI.
(3) Donald R. Askel and Pradeep P. Phule, The Science and Engineering of
Materials, 5th edition, 2006. Chapter 6, 7, 8, 11, 12.
William F. Smith, Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering,
3rdedition, 2004. Chapter 12.
B. M. Ma, Nuclear Reactor Materials and Applications, 1983, Chapter 4, 5
(4) W. Loveland, D. J. Morrissey, and G. T. Seaborg, Modern Nuclear
Chemistry, Wiley Interscience, Chapter 15 & 16.
G. R. Choppin, J. O. Liljenzin, and J. Rydberg, Radiochemistry and
Nuclear Chemistry, Butterworth-Heinemann, 3rd edition, Chapter 15 & 21.
(5) D. G. Zill and M. R. Cullen, Advanced Engineering Mathematics
3rd edition, Chapter 2, 3, 8, 12, 13 & 15.
4. The Qualifying Examination comprised of ten questions and 4 hours in length. The score
for each question is 10 points.
▪10 questions in total (100%)
→ 7 Nuclear Engineering questions (70%) and 3 mathematics questions (30%)
▪Questions of Qualifying are randomly taken from problem bank which is available on NQE
webpage.
5. A Ph.D students should get 50 points or more to pass the Qualifying Examination.
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