Study fusion anywhere
Plasma & fusion programs around the world.
Where to study this. A curated guide to university programs, graduate schools and national labs that train fusion scientists and engineers, on every inhabited continent. For the full 200+ list, jump to the directories below.
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United States & Canada
· 12 programs 🎓 MIT — Plasma Science & Fusion Center USA Degrees via Nuclear Science & Engineering or Physics; home of SPARC physics. 🎓 Princeton — Program in Plasma Physics USA Graduate program based at PPPL, the U.S. national fusion lab. 🎓 University of Wisconsin–Madison USA One of the largest university plasma programs (HSX, MST, WHAM). 🎓 University of Michigan — NERS USA Plasmas & fusion within Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences. 🎓 Columbia University — Plasma Physics USA HBT-EP tokamak and applied physics graduate research. 🎓 UCLA — Plasma Science & Technology USA Basic plasma physics and the Basic Plasma Science Facility. 🎓 UC San Diego — Center for Energy Research USA Partner of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. 🎓 University of Texas at Austin — IFS USA Institute for Fusion Studies, a leading plasma theory center. 🎓 University of Rochester — LLE USA Laboratory for Laser Energetics, home of the OMEGA laser. 🎓 Auburn University — Plasma Sciences USA Compact stellarator (CTH) and basic plasma research. 🎓 University of Maryland — IREAP USA Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics. 🎓 University of Saskatchewan — Plasma Physics Lab Canada STOR-M tokamak and Canada’s university fusion research.
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Europe & UK
· 14 programs 🎓 EPFL — Swiss Plasma Center Switzerland TCV tokamak; full plasma physics doctoral school. 🎓 Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Germany Wendelstein 7-X & ASDEX Upgrade; runs the IMPRS / HEPP graduate school. 🎓 Forschungszentrum Jülich — IFN Germany Institute for Fusion Energy & Nuclear Waste Management; plasma-wall interaction and materials. 🎓 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) UK Culham Centre for Fusion Energy; MAST-U and fusion engineering doctorates. 🎓 University of York — Plasma Institute UK Fusion CDT hub and laser-plasma research. 🎓 Imperial College London — Plasma Physics UK Inertial fusion, MHD and high-energy-density physics. 🎓 University of Warwick — CFSA UK Centre for Fusion, Space & Astrophysics. 🎓 KIT — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany Fusion technology, magnets and materials within the EUROfusion program. 🎓 DIFFER Netherlands Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (with TU/e). 🎓 IST Lisbon — IPFN Portugal Institute for Plasmas & Nuclear Fusion (ISTTOK tokamak). 🎓 CIEMAT — National Fusion Lab Spain TJ-II stellarator and Spain’s fusion program. 🎓 Consorzio RFX Italy RFX-mod and the SPIDER/MITICA neutral-beam test facility. 🎓 Ghent University — Applied Physics Belgium Plasma physics within the Belgian fusion effort. 🎓 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden Fusion plasma physics and runaway-electron theory.
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Asia & Pacific
· 12 programs 🎓 QST — Fusion Energy Directorate Japan Operates JT-60SA, the largest superconducting tokamak. 🎓 National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) Japan Large Helical Device (LHD) and the graduate university SOKENDAI. 🎓 Kyoto University — Advanced Energy Japan Heliotron J and fusion energy engineering. 🎓 Osaka University — ILE Japan Institute of Laser Engineering for inertial fusion. 🎓 Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) Korea Operates KSTAR; partner of the University of Science & Technology. 🎓 KAIST — Nuclear & Quantum Engineering Korea Fusion and plasma graduate education. 🎓 Seoul National University Korea Fusion & plasma application laboratory. 🎓 ASIPP (Hefei) — USTC China Institute of Plasma Physics; operates the EAST superconducting tokamak. 🎓 Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP) China Operates HL-3, China’s newest large tokamak. 🎓 Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) India ADITYA-U and SST-1; India’s national fusion institute. 🎓 Australian National University Australia H-1 heliac heritage and plasma theory. 🎓 University of Sydney — Applied & Plasma Physics Australia Plasma physics within the School of Physics.
The full list
The complete worldwide directories
These maintained lists cover 200+ labs and university programs across 40+ countries, and are the best places to search for a group near you.
🌐 ITER — Worldwide Fusion Links The master directory: 200+ labs and university programs across 40+ countries. 🌐 FuseNet — European fusion education Master’s and PhD programs, internships and events across Europe. 🌐 GradSchoolShopper — Plasma & Fusion Searchable database of U.S. graduate physics programs by specialty. 🌐 IAEA — Fusion education & training International courses, workshops and the FusionWiki knowledge base.