The course will equip its graduates with a wide range of skills and knowledge, enabling them to fully engage in the nuclear sector.

Graduates will have developed a knowledge and understanding of nuclear technology. They will have received a thorough technical grounding in nuclear power generation, beginning with fundamental concepts and extending to a range of specialist topics. They will also be equipped with an appreciation of the wider social, political and environmental contexts of electricity generation in the 21st century, with a firm grounding in considering issues such as climate change, energy policy and public acceptability.

The programme will cultivate intellectual skills allowing graduates to engage with the technical, business and policy issues that the development and deployment of nuclear energy poses. These include skills in the modelling, simulation and experimental evaluation of nuclear energy systems; critically evaluating and finding alternative solutions to technical problems; applying professional engineering judgment to balance technological, environmental, ethical, economic and public policy considerations; understanding business practice in the areas of technology management, transfer and exploitation.

The programme will also develop transferable skills enabling graduates to work and progress in teams within and across the nuclear sector, including the management of time and information, the preparation of formal reports in a variety of styles, the deployment of critical reasoning and independent thinking.

Finally, graduates will gain research experience, having planned, executed, and evaluated an original investigative piece of work through a major dissertation.

Students will be able to develop and demonstrate the knowledge and understanding, skills and other attributes as follows:

Knowledge and understanding

1. Fundamental concepts and trends in nuclear energy power generation.
2. Understand the underlying technology background to nuclear energy power generation systems including reactor technology, the interaction of radiation with matter, nuclear safety and the nuclear fuel cycle.
3. Understand the framework and wider issues relating to nuclear energy power generation (including issues such as climate change, energy policy, public acceptability).
4. A broad knowledge of nuclear systems in the areas of e.g. reactor technology, waste and decommissioning, materials, safety assessment, technology policy etc.
5. Familiarity with a range of specialist topics, e.g. radiation detection and protection, nuclear safety, radioactive waste management, the nuclear fuel cycle and proliferation, and future nuclear energy systems.
6. Good research practice based on university research programmes and the ability to report research outcomes in an appropriate way for the intended audience.
7. Understanding business practice and tools in the areas of technology management, technology transfer and exploitation with particular emphasis on the nuclear power industry.

Intellectual skills

1. Be able to apply generic skills in modelling, simulating and experimentally evaluating nuclear energy systems.
2. Be capable of critically evaluating technical problems and examining alternative approaches and technologies to solve them.
3. Take an holistic approach in solving problems and designing systems by applying professional engineering judgment to balance technological, environmental, ethical, economic and public policy considerations.
4. Be able to act as a change-agent within an organisation, manage change effectively and respond to changing demands.
5. Be able to deal with complex research issues both systematically and creatively, make informed judgements in the absence of complete data and in unpredictable situations.
6. Be able to understand commercial exploitation routes for nuclear energy based technologies and evaluate options for technology transfer and/or implementation.
7. Plan, execute and critically evaluate an original and individual investigative piece of work through a major dissertation.

Transferable skills

1. Prepare formal reports in a range of styles (e.g. journal paper, conference paper, oral and poster presentations, literature review, an extended project report).
2. Reason critically, think creatively and demonstrate and exercise independence of mind and thought and communicate ideas.
3. Manage time and work to deadlines, work effectively both independently and in groups, and assess the relevance and importance of the ideas of others.
4. Ability to find information and learn effectively for the purpose of continuing professional development and in a wider context throughout their career.

By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:

• Advanced knowledge of AI, neural computation, and algorithmic approaches at the intersection of neuroscience and AI;
• Proficiency in implementing computational models and algorithms through hands-on coding experience;
• In-depth knowledge of the background to their selected research project including research methods and data analysis techniques;
• A broad understanding of modern research techniques applicable to NeuroAI from the technical lecture series;
• Knowledge of theoretical approaches relevant to their specialisation and critical thinking in the area;
• Expertise in research methods, computational modelling, data analysis, and statistics;
• Originality in applying knowledge with practical understanding of how research and inquiry create and interpret knowledge in this interdisciplinary field.

Students will also acquire the following skills and attributes:

• Ability to analyse critical research literature and contemporary topics in their specialisation areas;
• Proficiency in explaining complex topics to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
• Demonstration of technical coding skills and algorithm implementation;
• Critical thinking and problem-solving approaches to different types of data;
• Participation in scientific discourse through written materials, code, oral and poster presentations.

Students develop a collaborative PhD research project, guided by their Cambridge supervisors and by the NIH mentor.

At the end of their PhD course, students should:

• Have a thorough knowledge of the literature and a comprehensive understanding of scientific methods and techniques applicable to their own research;
• Be able to demonstrate originality in their application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in their field;
• Have developed the ability to critically evaluate current research and research techniques and methodologies;
• Have self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems;
• Be able to act autonomously in the planning and implementation of research; and
• Have gained oral presentation and scientific writing skills.

By the end of the programme, students should have acquired:

• knowledge of and expertise in the techniques and methods appropriate to their chosen subject of study
• the ability to engage with both teaching and research at the highest level in the contemporary academic environment
• a clear understanding of the scope and applicability of their research in broader contexts

By the end of the programme students will have acquired or further developed:

knowledge of, and the ability to critically evaluate, research techniques and methods relevant to the study of music;

familiarity with current debates across a broad range of musical scholarship;

a range of relevant research skills;

the ability to utilise established techniques of enquiry in the context of original research; and

for students specialising in composition, the ability to compose for a variety of vocal/instrumental media (whether acoustic or electroacoustic) with stylistic consistency and a genuine and individual artistic voice.

The MPhil in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies provides an exceptionally wide range of disciplinary approaches, methods and theoretical perspectives to the study of gender. The course will give students the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to:

• use a range of methods for gathering, analysing and interpreting research material.
• apply normative theories to substantive research topics.
• frame research questions, to construct appropriate research designs, and develop a thorough grasp of a wide range of methodological approaches.
• interpret complex research publications effectively.
• independently manage primary research, including data management and the writing up of research as well as understanding codes of research practice and research ethics.
• present research and also to make use of constructive criticism.

The PhD programme is designed to enable students to produce original research that makes a significant contribution to the field of gender studies. The programme's outcomes are achieved through a focused study of a wide range of selected specialised aspects of gender analysis and through the development of more general research skills and methods that enable the student to produce original, independent work. The course aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to:

• frame research questions to construct appropriate research designs
• develop relevant methods for gathering, analysing and interpreting research material
• apply normative theories to substantive research topics
• interpret complex research publications effectively
• independently manage primary research, including data management and the writing up of research, as well as understanding codes of research practice and research ethics
• and present research and also make use of constructive criticism

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Articulate the value proposition and potential challenges for an entrepreneurial opportunity.
2. Understand the interaction between and across all of the stakeholders who play a part in the transformation in an idea to a viable business.
3. Understand how their business, in any state of maturity, fits in with the overall business and social environment.
4. Understand the role of interactions and connections between people, at all levels of an organisation and an ecosystem: individual and inter and intra team and business relationships.
5. Critically apply theories and practices to pursue, exploit, develop and scale entrepreneurial opportunities.

The learning outcomes for the course are the ARB’s Academic Outcomes, which cover all the theoretical, research and design aspects of professional practice from architectural history, environmental and structural design, and management, practice and law. These earning outcomes fall into five main categories:

• Contextual and architectural knowledge

• Design

• Research and evaluation

• Management, practice and leadership

• Professionalism and ethics

Skills and other attributes

By the end of the course, the students should also have acquired or consolidated the following Themes and Values defined by the Royal Institute of British Architects:

• demonstrating authoritative knowledge of statutory frameworks to safeguard the community and end user

• acquiring professional and communication skills to ensure projects are delivered with integrity and accountability within global, national, and professional climate targets

• demonstrating climate literacy, responsible specification, and ethical sourcing to enhance wellbeing, minimise embodied carbon, waste, and pollution, and reduce demands on energy and water

• critically analysing and researching narratives and cultural, environmental, and social values in architecture to understand and extend architectural pedagogy

• critically evaluating authentic aesthetic, compositional, and spatial principles to synthesise socially, ecologically, and environmentally sustainable integrated studio projects

• developing capability in business skills relevant to working in practice and practice management