Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion

The worldwide collaboration on the development of nuclear fusion as a safe, clean, and inexhaustible energy source has transitioned into an acceleration phase: Besides the world's largest scientific flagship experiment ITER (in Cadarache, France) that will demonstrate 10-fold power multiplication at the 500 MW level in the next decade, recently there has been a huge surge in private investments of several billions of dollars, leading to new initiatives of fusion concepts that are being explored, built and tested, that all promise to demonstrate net fusion energy production in the next 10–15 years.

Both, the near-completion of the ITER project, and all these new private start-ups, are giving the science and engineering of nuclear fusion a major boost. All these fusion initiatives will need a new generation of highly trained engineers and scientists for its operation.

Eindhoven University of Technology has selected fusion science and technology as one of its high-profile areas, and has established a world-leading, full-blown education program on fusion at the Master level.

The Fusion Master is the obvious path for those who want to specialize in fusion. If you are bright and ambitious, interested in high-tech, not shy of a serious challenge, and feel a concern for the sustainability of the planet, Fusion might be just the study for you.