Flinders University 首届19名学生结业澳大利亚首个本科核工程主修：同时获 University of Rhode Island 证书
University of Rhode Island 于11月13日公布，Flinders University 的19名学生成为澳大利亚首个本科核工程主修专业的首届毕业生，并通过两校的先驱合作项目获得 URI 的核工程证书。该合作服务于美、英、澳三国 AUKUS 安全伙伴关系所需的人才培养。
这些学生在本校的机械工程、电气与电子工程、化学科学或物理学学位中修读核工程主修，同时完成 URI 的五门专业课程、共15个学分，从而取得这一独立的大学证书。URI 教师每年1月与7月在 Flinders 校园以集训方式面授，学生通过双注册同时获得两校学分。
两校的合作于2023年5月由 URI 校长 Marc Parlange 与 Flinders 校长 Colin Stirling 正式确立，2024年1月在 Flinders 开课，澳大利亚首个本科核工程主修由此启动。澳大利亚副总理兼国防部长 Richard Marles 在证书颁授仪式上通过视频致辞，称这批学生将参与在 AUKUS 框架下为澳大利亚交付核动力潜艇能力。
合作还把 Flinders 学生送到罗德岛：2025年有7名学生在当地学习15周，今年另有8名学生到访，在 URI Narragansett Bay Campus 的 Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center 研究堆获得实操经验。URI 表示，后续班级预计在2028年7月前陆续完成学业，现行安排运行至2027年底，并有可能延续。
First 19 Flinders Students Complete Australia's Inaugural Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Major, Earning a University of Rhode Island Certificate
The University of Rhode Island announced on November 13 that nineteen Flinders University students are the first graduates of Australia's inaugural undergraduate nuclear engineering major, earning a URI certificate through the two universities' pioneering partnership. The partnership supports workforce development for AUKUS, the security partnership of the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The students completed a nuclear engineering major within their Flinders degrees in mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, chemical sciences or physics. They also earned URI's certificate, a separate university credential, by completing five specialized URI nuclear engineering courses totaling 15 credits, receiving academic credit from both universities through dual enrollment. URI faculty teach the courses in person at Flinders during intensive sessions each January and July.
URI President Marc Parlange and Flinders President and Vice-Chancellor Colin Stirling formalized the partnership in May 2023, and teaching began at Flinders in January 2024, launching Australia's first undergraduate nuclear engineering major. Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, congratulated the graduates in a video message played during the certificate presentation, saying they will be part of delivering Australia its nuclear-powered submarine capability under AUKUS.
The partnership also brings Flinders students to Rhode Island. In 2025, seven students spent 15 weeks in the state and another eight visited this year, gaining hands-on experience at the research reactor of the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center on URI's Narragansett Bay Campus. More cohorts are on track to complete the program by July 2028, and the current arrangement runs to the end of 2027 with the possibility of continued opportunities.
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