Optoelectronics and Photonics

Overview

Through an interdisciplinary range of courses with approximately equal proportions in physics and in electrical engineering and information technology, the Optoelectronics and Photonics graduates from the University of Paderborn acquire distinctive analytical skills as well as the ability to undertake disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and development work.

Programme Overview

The graduates acquire a broad education in the field of modern optical technologies and optoelectronic information processing. The program is entirely conducted in English, so that it is open to non-German-speaking students. The international applicability of the graduates is also supported. A particularly practical training is achieved by extensive laboratory practicals as well as extensive practical parts in the field of numerical modeling. With a focus on optical technologies, the ability to conceptualize experiments, or theoretical / numerical processes, to classify and classify the results and apply and apply them to technical developments will be acquired.

The course is divided into three study areas. The first area of ​​study (1st and 2nd semester) conveys application-related knowledge from the fields of physics and electrical engineering at an in-depth level in compulsory and elective modules. The compulsory lectures consist of physics and electrical engineering courses in roughly equal proportions. This part of the course is accompanied by laboratory internships, in which the knowledge learned from the lectures is deepened by means of experiments. In the second area of ​​study (2nd and 3rd semester) further in-depth modules follow from an elective offering, so that specialization in certain areas is made possible. This part of the course is carried out through extensive laboratory work, where practical skills are acquired and independent work is encouraged. In the third area of ​​study (4th semester), the skills learned should finally be applied in the context of the master's thesis. The master's examination is intended to determine whether the candidate has acquired a deeper understanding of a methodical working method in a specialized field of optoelectronics and photonics, and is able to prepare and process a demanding and extensive topic and the results to represent conclusively.