Continuing Education

The INSTN offers continuing education opportunities geared towards professionals who need to keep their knowledge or their expertise up to date or who wish to be learn about the latest developments in science and technology. The institute forms more than 8,000 trainees per year.

Continuing education offerings

Inter-enterprise training programmes
The institute offers a selection of nearly 200 trainings that are designed to meet the expectations of professionals, doctorates and post-docs. These programmes are based on a diverse set of topics : nuclear science and energies (including new energy technologies), nuclear science and technology, nuclear operation and maintenance, nuclear safety, radiation protection, radiation detection and measurement, nuclear technologies for health, micro- and nanotechnologies, etc.

These annual offerings are open to any Francophone audience. >> Detailed programmes in the French part of our website. A few are offered in English (see the list below).

Made-to-measure training programmes
Furthermore, the INSTN designs customised intra-enterprise training programmes. At the client’s specific request and under full client control, our programme managers analyse operational needs, define educational objectives and design made-to-measure training courses suited to specific categories of personnel. This ability to create content through the mobilisation of recognised, varied and complementary competencies enables us to offfer training of high quality within a flexible framework.

Are you considering a training programme ? Please tell us about your ideas or requirements. Our teams (education & training programme directors, education & training unit managers, programme managers) are at your service. They will be happy to work with you and discuss the best solutions to meet your specific needs and expectations. >> Contact

Training programmes taught in English

These programmes are described in English in the French part of our website.
Directions for using and viewing the descriptive pages: Click the title of the training session to reach the page describing the objectives, public and course content. Then click on “Modalités” (above the training title) to get information on duration, location and dates, registration fees and contact for registration. An e-mail can be directly sent to the contact.

Nuclear science and technology • Nuclear operation, maintenance and logistics • Nuclear clean-up and dismantling • Nuclear safety

Principles and operation of nuclear reactors

Nuclear fuel cycle

Metallurgy and properties of Zr alloys for nuclear applications

Nuclear materials for pressurized water reactors

Operation and safety of pressurized water reactors

Neutronics for light water reactors: phenomenology

Neutronics for light water reactors: advanced models and application to reactors

Thermal hydraulics of light water reactors: general background

Thermal hydraulics of light water reactors: advanced models and applications

Generation IV: nuclear reactor systems for the future

Nuclear waste management

Introduction to the use of the plutonium and actinides

Dismantling experience of nuclear facilities

Criticality-Safety

The INSTN, jointly with the Nuclear Energy Division of CEA, also organizes each year an “International school in nuclear engineering” for PhD students, post-docs, young professionals as well as established engineers. The school consists of 6 one-week modules :

International school in nuclear engineering - Thermal hydraulics and safety

International school in nuclear engineering - Materials for nuclear reactor, fuel and structures

International school in nuclear engineering - Reactor core physics: deterministic and Monte Carlo methods

International school in nuclear engineering - Nuclear fuels for LWRs and FRs

International school in nuclear engineering - Nuclear fuel cycle and reprocessing

International school in nuclear engineering - Nuclear waste management

Radiation protection
Radiation protection basis

Nuclear metrology: applied statistics
Measurement uncertainties

Health technologies

Research and medical applications of radiopharmaceuticals -European Radiopharmcy Course (EANM Course, Block 3)

GATE Training

In the fields of chemistry of imaging and molecular imaging, the INSTN coordinates the training activities within the INMiND european project (Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases). Training shedule is available on the website of the University of Münster.