The students of the Master of Science in Photonics Engineering have kicked off the new academic year together in Ghent.

Master of Science in Photonics Engineering student Yamila Borsch has been awarded a 2023 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. SPIE awards students a scholarship based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline.

To conclude the academic year, we hosted our annual Summer Symposium. The second-year master students present their thesis to finalise their master’s programme. Afterwards, there was time for a celebration with all students and professors!

We send out our master students on an internship this summer! They go to companies and institutes all over the world to apply the things they have learned during the master’s programme! Follow their journey this summer!

We have Excellence Grants for non-visa-required EU students available for the upcoming edition of the Master of Science in Photonics Engineering! Don’t miss out on this scholarship opportunity of € 10 000 (€ 5000 per academic year) for the Photonics programme!

The Uzbek universities participating in the INMACOM project have paid a visit to the facilities of VUB and UGent in the framework of a collaboration between Uzbekistan and Belgium to set up a master’s programme in photonics and optical communications.