Introduction
Leading research and educational institutions in Europe are collaborating to offer a joint European (Erasmus Mundus) Master of Science program in Photonics, providing a top-quality education in all aspects of photonics. The master programme has a duration of two years (120 ECTS points), with a fixed mobility track in the first three semesters and a broad range of choice for the fourth semester, dedicated to the master thesis.
Coordinator: Ghent University (Belgium)
Partners: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and St Andrews University (U.K.)
Overseas partnership: National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Associated partners: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL (Switzerland), Denmark Technical University of Denmark - DTU (Denmark), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - UPV (Spain)
For applicants:
- EMSP Grant: € 5.000 / year (only non-EU)
- EM Excellence Grant: € 8.000 / year (EU)
- EM Excellence Grant: € 12.000 / year (non-EU)
- Chimei Excellence Grant: € 6.000 / year (can be combined with EMSP-Grant)
News & highlights
EMSP: 15/09/2011: EMSP Applications are now open! Grants available for non-EU and EU students! |
EMMP: Why study photonics? Advice for students interested in optics and photonics. |
EMSP: 01/09/2011: EMMP becomes EMSP (European Master of Science in Photonics) |
VUB: 24/08/2011: EM-alumnus Santosh Manikonda elected as Treasurer for the 2011-2012 SPIE Brussels Student Chapter board. |
UGent: 16/08/2011: Shanghai Ranking: UGent, only Belgian university in top 100; all other EMSP partner universities also in the top 500-list of the world ranking of universities. |
EMMP: 26/06/2011-06/07/2011: EMMP Summer school 2011 - Highlights |
EMMP: 15/05/2011: EMMP Newsletter May'11 online available |
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Application deadlines:
First call: February 1 2012
