Master
Bridging physics, engineering and photonics
The Master of Science in Photonics Engineering is an English-taught 2-year master programme (120 ects) that leads to a joint degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. We offer students a challenging engineering programme that combines core photonics courses with a whole range of photonics electives and multidisciplinary modules, e.g. Electronics and Information Technology, Physics and Materials, Business Engineering, Modelling, Measurement and Control and Life Sciences.
This multidisciplinary approach combined with high-level training in labs and a strong international component has proven to boost the employement prospects of our graduates to a maximum in innovative industries and research domains such as biotechnology, health care, green energy and environmental monitoring, homeland security, aerospace, ICT and Industry 4.0.
The programme is also offered as an online track, in which you follow the first master year online and the second year on campus at VUB.
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Application deadlines vary by year and by applicant category (e.g. visa-required applicants have an earlier deadline). Check the current deadlines and requirements on the admissions page before applying.
You will be trained by professors and professionals with an impressive track record in optics and photonics. B-PHOT Brussels Photonics is a well-established research group with decades of experience in photonics research and its applications. Our team of researchers will immerse you in the world of light and show you how photonics affects every field of endeavour.
Photonics is smart, it is part of our everyday lives, and it has become a genuine game-changer in industry and society. At B-PHOT we are the storytellers of light: not only by teaching the next generation and carrying out fundamental research in the Photonics Innovation Center, but also by leading large-scale European projects and working closely with research centres and companies from around the world to share, validate and put our knowledge into practice.
Indeed, the best is yet to come!
Read Mehdi's story: From Tehran to Brussels!
Mehdi “Arash” Feizpour, one of our former MSc students, posted a very nice and sometimes funny blog about joining the MSc in Photonics programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) as an international student from Iran. He talks about his arrival in Belgium and his first impressions of Brussels and his smooth integration into the B-PHOT (Brussels Photonics) Community! Read the full adventure of Mehdi on his blog HERE!