Welcome to B-PHOT Brussels Photonics.

We are a self-supporting research and innovation institute of the Faculty of Engineering of Vrije Universiteit Brussel with 35 years of experience in photonics education, research and innovation.

B-PHOT is an international and gender-balanced community hosting 70 experts from 20 countries.

Our continuous mission is to advance photonics, the key digital technology that uses the unique properties of light to innovate. As such, we contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

We are recognized by the Flemish Government as “Photonics Spearhead for Industrial Research and Innovation" because of our track record for transferring photonics expertise and innovation breakthroughs to companies.

B-PHOT is also uniquely involved as coordinator of the EC-funded pan-European initiatives PhotonHub Europe and PhotonHub PHACTORY that support both SMEs and researchers with photonics innovation.