Overview

Key features

In the Photonics programme at Lund University, you will experience working in modern optics and laser laboratories and gain detailed knowledge of important photonics applications (e.g. communication or medical optics). The education programme is coupled to world-leading research activities in optics, lasers and their applications, performed at the Lund Laser Centre. You will obtain universal skills preparing you for excelling both in industrial or academic future careers.

Career prospects

The employment opportunities in photonics are excellent. The photonics market features stable growth much beyond the global GDP growth. Applications of photonics include light sensing, telecommunication, information processing, illumination, metrology, spectroscopy, medicine, laser material processing, automotive robotics and defence.

While the photonics industry is truly global, a number of photonics related companies (e.g. Axis Communications, NKT Photonics, Veoneer, Ericsson) exist in Lund and the greater Öresund region and two international research facilities create additional opportunities for photonics engineers – MAX IV, a synchrotron radiation laboratory that opened in Lund in June 2016, and ESS, the European Spallation Source that is currently under construction.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Optics and Optical Design
Lasers
Optoelectronics and Optical Communication
Advanced Optics and Lasers
Medical Optics
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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90

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lund, Sweden

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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General requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering.
Completed courses of at least 40 credits/ECTS in physics and 30 credits/ECTS in mathematics, covering quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, basics in optics, multi-dimensional calculus, linear algebra and Fourier analysis.
English Level 6 (equivalent to IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 90)

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

185000 SEK / year

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EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.

Living costs

Lund

Sweden

7428 - 11057 SEK / month

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