Photonics

The 120 ECTS two-year itinerary is offered to those students wishing to receive a complete education in photonics. It is specially suited for those students coming from three-year degrees (bachelor) who are willing to achieve a solid foundation to pursue a successful career in photonics.

In the two-year itinerary each one of the Modules above is now split into a Submodule a and a Submodule b. As shown below, in most cases, Submodule a must be followed during the first year, and Submodule b during the second year. Nevertheless, some changes in the temporal distribution of courses during the two years could be accepted if they are necessary for schedule adjustments. The planned temporal distribution is as

follows:

First Year (60 ECTS)

• Module 1a: Basics of photonics (10 ECTS)

• Module 2a: Complementary skills (5 ECTS). The student must select two courses from this module (normally “Photonics & Business” and “Seminars & Skills”).

• Module 3a: Main branches (25 ECTS). The student should choose all the necessary courses from sub-module 3d, depending on previous training and on his/her interests (people at the bachelor (BSc) level should in principle follow all levelling courses), plus two other courses from the remaining sub-modules (the two courses need not to belong to the same sub-module).

• Module 4a: Electives (up to a total of 60 ECTS). The student may pick any course from Modules 3 (in addition to those already chosen) and 4.

Second Year (60 ECTS)

Half of the second year is devoted to the preparation and realization of the MSc thesis or project. The global organization is as follows:

• Module 1b: Basics of photonics (2.5 ECTS). The student must take a course entitled “Photonics Laboratory complements”, with 2.5 ECTS, which complements the “Photonics Laboratory” course followed in Module 1a.

• Module 2b: Complementary skills (2.5 ECTS). The student must choose the course from Module 2 that was not taken during the first year (normally “Computing in Photonics”).

• Module 3b: Main branches (10 ECTS). The student must choose two courses from Module 3 (these need not to belong to the same sub-module), in addition to those already selected the first year.

• Module 4b: Electives (15 ECTS). The student may choose any course from the group of elective courses listed in Modules 3 and 4, in addition to those already chosen.

• Module 5a: MSc Thesis planning and preparation (5 ECTS).

• Module 5b: MSc Thesis (25 ECTS).