Erasmus Mundus master's degree in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics (Europhotonics)

The Erasmus Mundus master's degree in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics, coordinated by the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III and with the UPC as a participant, offers an opportunity for further study of theoretical, experimental and applied photonics, particularly photonics engineering, nanophotonics and biophotonics. It includes courses on photonic materials science, nanophotonics, quantum optics, optical engineering, biomedical microscopy and photonics, spectroscopy and renewable energy.

Students can go on work placements and apply for Erasmus Mundus grants.

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General details

Duration and start date: Two academic years, 120 ECTS credits. Starting September
Timetable and delivery: Afternoons. Face-to-face
Language of instruction: English
Location: Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB)
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Places: 25
Pre-enrolment: To enrol for an interuniversity master’s degree coordinated by a university other than the UPC, you must enrol through the coordinating university:
Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (France)

Curriculum

First course

Active and Spectral Imaging 3
Advance Spectroscopy 9
Advanced Electromagnetics for Communications Engineering 6
Advanced Mechanisms on Networks Security 5
Advanced Molecular Cell Biology 5
Advanced Quantum Optics with Applications 3
Basic Molecular Cell Biology 2
Basic Molecular Cell Biology 6
Beam Propagation and Fourier Optics 5
Business and Patents in Photonics 5
Electromagnetics and Numerical Calculation of Fields 3
Electronic Devices Modelling 5
Emc in Electronic Design 5
Evaluation of Packet Switched Networks 2.5
Experimental Optical Techniques in Biology 3
Fabrication and Characterisation of Optoelectronic Devices 3
Fibers and Telecommunications 3
French 2 2
French 3 2
French Language 2
From Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms to Bose-Einstein Condensates 3
Fundamental in Imagin 4
Fundamentals in Astron 4
Fundamentals in Biopho 4
Fundamentals in Optics 4
Fundamentals of Optics and Photonics 9
German A1.1 1
German A2.2 2
German Language Course 2 2
Image Processing in Biophotonics 3
Industry Internship- Introduction 7
Industry Internship- Specialization and Report 5
Integrated Photonics 3
Key Competencies, Unit 2 2
Lab Practice Courses 4
Laser Systems and Applications 3
Light Radiation 4
Machine Learning on Classical and Quantum Data 3
Managing Light with Devices 3
Master's Thesis 30
Master's Thesis 30
Measuring with Light 3
Microoptics and Lithography 3
Microwave Photonics and Terahertz Technologies 3
Modern Physics 6
Multihop Networks: Applications to Sensor Networks 2.5
Nanophotonics 3
Non-Linear Optics 3
Non-Linear Optics 4
Optical Engineering 4
Optical Micromanipulation Workshop 3
Optical Remote Sensing I: Active 3
Optical Remote Sensing II: Passive 3
Optics and Photonics Lab I 5
Optics and Photonics Lab I 6
Optics and Photonics Lab II 5
Optics and Photonics Lab II 6
Optoelectronic Components 4
Optoelectronics and Photovoltaic Technology 3
Pers Project Lab Work 4
Photonics Materials and Devices (Solid-State- Optics Laser Physics) 6
Photonics Materials and Devices (Waveguides&Fibers-Optical Com-Laser Physics) 10
Photonics Materials and Metamaterials 3
Photonics Systems in Telecommunications 3
Pricing Policies in Communication Networks 2.5
Project Course (Research Lab) Appraisal 4
Quantum Information Theory: Communication and Computation 3
Quantum Optics 3
Quantum Simulators with Ultracold Quantum Gases 3
Queuing Theory, Teletrafhic and Network Dimensioning 2.5
Research Seminar 5
Seminar Course - Appraisal 4
Service Management in New-Generation Networks 2.5
Spanish 1 2
Spanish Rapido 2 4
Spectroscopic Methods 3
Theoretical Optics 4
Ultrafast and Ultraintense Laser Light 3
Ultrasonic Systems. Instrumentation and Applications 5
Visual Optics and Biophotonics 3

Second course

Active and Adaptive Optics 2.5
Advanced Experimental Optical Techniques in Biology 2.5
Advanced Image Processing 2.5
Advanced Image Processing in Matlab 2.5
Advanced Optical Instrumentation 2.5
Advanced Photonic Technologies 2.5
Applied Non-Linear Optics and Optoelectronics 2.5
Colour Technology 2.5
Computing in Photonics 2.5
Digital Holography 2.5
Electromagnetic Waves 2.5
Electromagnetic Waves 5
Experimental Quantum Optics with Photons and Atomic Ensembles 2.5
Fibres and Telecommunications 5
Fourier Optics 5
Fundamentals of Quantum Physics 2.5
German Language Course 4 4
Integrated Photonics 2.5
Introduction to Photonics. Optics and Lasers 5
Laser Spectroscopy 2.5
Laser Systems and Technology 5
Machine Vision Applications 2.5
Master's Thesis Planning and Preparation I 5
Master's Thesis Planning and Preparation II 5
Mathematical Methods 5
Mathematical Methods for Photonics 2.5
Medical Imaging 2.5
Medical Optical Imaging 2.5
Nanophotonics 2.5
Non-Linear Dynamics in Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials 2.5
Non-Linear Optics 5
Optical Coatings 2.5
Optical Element Manufacturing 2.5
Optical Metamaterials 2.5
Optical Metrology 5
Optical Micromanipulation Workshop 2.5
Optical Remote Sensing 2.5
Optical Telecommunication Networks 2.5
Optoelectronics 5
Optomechanical Systems Design 5
Photonic Materials 5
Photonic Materials 5
Photonics and Business 2.5
Photonics Laboratory 5
Photonics Technology and Devices 5
Photovoltaic Devices 2.5
Quantum Communication 2.5
Quantum Computation 2.5
Quantum Optics 5
Quantum Physics 5
Quantum Simulators, Bose Einstein Condensates and Ultracold Quantum Gases 2.5
Seminars and Skills 2.5
Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2.5
Synchrotron Light 2.5
Ultrafast and Ultraintense Laser Light 2.5
Visual Optics 2.5

Fourth course

Master's Thesis 30
Patents in Photonics 2.5

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

At present, there is a recognised shortage of manpower for both research-related posts and industrial jobs in photonics-related technologies. In addition, the creation of small, tech-based, spin-off photonics companies is requiring an ever greater number of specialised professionals. Students will be put in touch with photonics-related research groups at partner institutions, which offer doctoral programmes with EU grants.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

Understand and integrate advanced theoretical fundamentals of photonics, particularly in the fields of photonics engineering, nanophotonics and biophotonics.
Approach research ideas, developments and applications in an original manner.
Understand photonics as an interdisciplinary scientific and technological discipline that is connected to other disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and renewable energies.
Interpret the main phenomena associated with optics/photonics and apply the knowledge and problem-solving skills acquired to theoretical, experimental and technological aspects of photonics.
Apply the scientific method, integrate knowledge and be discriminating when they are reading photonics research and interpreting incomplete and sometimes apparently contradictory experimental, observational and theoretical data.