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Phystech is the best: TPU graduates from Ghana and Indonesia about the value of nuclear education in Siberia

Over the past 10 years, 159 nuclear engineers from over 20 countries have been trained at Tomsk Polytechnic University under various educational programs in the field of nuclear power engineering and nuclear medicine for foreign citizens. Today, they work at nuclear industry enterprises, research institutes and field-specific universities. During the celebration of the 75th anniversary of physics and technology training at TPU, foreign graduates of the Physics and Technology Department from Ghana and Indonesia told about their fate and career after graduation.

Owusu Gordon, Stella Ntiva and Gbinu Joshua came to Tomsk from Ghana. They were the first to be admitted and complete the first English-language Nuclear Power Engineering Master's Degree Program in the history of TPU. They were also the first among representatives of foreign countries to study at the university operating nuclear plants.

I decided to study nuclear power engineering to become an asset to to my country in its quest to solve energy challenges. I needed a country with the best education and great experience in nuclear energy technology and generation. That's why I chose TPU for training,

- says Gordon.

The graduate notes that TPU is a real heaven for international students. The staff is friendly here, but the main thing is that students are given knowledge and a "thirst for research."

Stella Ntiva

"Some of my favorite courses are nuclear safety and nuclear reactor physics. Some of the courses we did are very beneficial to me and have helped a lot in my field of work. For example, in the field of nuclear physics, design, operation and steam generation of nuclear power plants. A lot of things come very easily to me because I have basic knowledge," Stella notes.

They graduated from TPU Phystech in 2017. After graduation, they got a job in their specialty: Gordon is a specialist in environmental protection and radioactive waste management at Nuclear Power Ghana, Stella is a junior researcher at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission and a nuclear power engineer at Nuclear Power Ghana, and Joshua is a researcher in the field of nuclear physics at the Atomic Energy Commission, Ghana.

I would rate TPU education as intensive and transformative. I often meet TPU graduates in my work. The foreign exposure makes TPU graduates different,' Joshua notes.

Owusu Gordon

In 2022, Paul Atta Amoah from Ghana completed the TPU Phystech postgraduate training program in "Nuclear, Thermal and Renewable Energy and Related Technologies". Today, he works as a researcher at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, acts as an expert at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and is a visiting researcher at TPU.

I decided to study nuclear power engineering to become an asset to to my country in its quest to solve energy challenges. I needed a country with the best education and great experience in nuclear energy technology and generation. That's why I chose TPU for training,

Just a couple of months ago, Lutfi Aditya Hasnowo completed his studies under the TPU English-language postgraduate program in Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radiation Safety. He became the first in the history of TPU, and of universities in Russia as a whole, active employee of the National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN), who defended his PhD thesis on the production of medical isotopes with an operating cyclotron.

"TPU gave me knowledge and professional competencies in the field of nuclear technology. Moreover, the university gave me an academic and scientific base, which is invaluable for my career," he adds.

Currently, Lufti teaches at the Polytechnic Institute of Nuclear Technology of Indonesia BRIN, and also conducts research in the field of radioisotope technologies and radiopharmaceuticals.

Read full texts of the interviews with foreign graduates of Phystech in the material of the RIA Tomsk information portal.