Overview
Key facts
This multidisciplinary master in Photonics Engineering at Ghent University is a 2-year interuniversity English taught master programme organized jointly by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University.*
The programme offers a fully residential on-campus track and a semi-online track.
In the residential on-campus track students spend both master year 1 and master year 2 on-campus. In master year 1 students take core photonics courses in semester 1 & 2 at VUB or UGent, supplemented by a number of advanced photonics electives.
In master year 2 students can design their own programme combining:
For their second year students can continue their studies at VUB or UGent or they can go for an Erasmus Exchange at one of our partner institutions for a semester or a full your year to take courses and/or write their master thesis.
Accreditation
Our photonics courses and curriculum were audited by CTI (Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur), as part of the EUR-ACE® quality audit carried out by ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education).
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Optical Materials
- Microphotonics
- Lasers
- Business Economics (VUB)
- Entrepreneurship (UGent)
- Laboratories in Photonics
- Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Optical Communication Systems
- Sensors and Microsystem Electronics
- Physics of Semiconductor Technologies and Devices
- Business Aspects of Photonics
- Innovation in Photonics
- Elective courses Basics Photonics
- Photonics
- Mathematics in Photonics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
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Credits
Delivered
- Fully structured
Campus Location
- Gent, Belgium
Disciplines
Electrical Engineering Physics Information Technology (IT) View 14 other Masters in Physics in BelgiumWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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General requirements
- All applicants need to be in possession of a bachelor degree in Electrical engineering or in (Applied) Physics or an equivalent such as Materials Science to be directly admitted to the program.
- Students in their last year of such a programme will however also be considered.
- Students with a Master degree in these fields can apply as well.
- Applicants holding a Belgian bachelor or master degree in another field of Engineering or in Sciences are welcome to join the program through a personalised prepatory program (in Dutch) at VUB.
- we have accepted students with a degree in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, IC Design in the past. If there are sufficient courses in Applied Mathematics, Electromagnetics, Semiconductor Physics, Electronics, Optics & Optoelectronics or Telecommunications, you fit our profile.
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Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents6929 EUR / year≈ 6929 EUR / year -
EU/EEA Applies to you
Applies to youEU/EEA Nationals1157 EUR / year≈ 1157 EUR / year
Living costs
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