Courses

Photonics 4 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB UGENT

Lasers 4 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB UGENT

Mathematics 4 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB UGENT

Physics of semiconductor devices and technologies 4 ects sem 2 compulsory VUB UGENT

Optical Materials 6 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB UGENT

Microphotonics 6 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB UGENT

Laboratories in photonics research 6 ects sem 2 compulsory VUB UGENT

Sensors, Actuators and Microsystem Electronics 6 ects sem 2 compulsory VUB UGENT

Optical Communication Systems 6 ects sem 2 compulsory VUB UGENT

Business Management and Entrepreneurship 3 ects sem 1 compulsory VUB /

Business aspects of Technology: Micro-electronics and photonics 3 ects sem 2 compulsory VUB /

Innovation Management 3 ects sem 1 compulsory / UGENT

Recent Trends in Photonics 4 ects sem 3 compulsory VUB UGENT

Biophotonics 4 ects sem 1/3 elective VUB UGENT

Design of refractive and diffractive optical imaging systems 4 ects sem 1/3 elective         VUB /

Display Technology 4 ects sem 1/3 elective / UGENT

High speed photonics components 4 ects sem 1/3 elective VUB UGENT

Introduction to quantum physics for electrical engineering 4 ects sem 1/3 elective VUB /

Lighting Technology 4 ects sem 2/4 elective VUB /

Machine learning in photonics 4 ects sem 2/4 elective VUB /

Micro- and nanophotonic semiconductor devices 4 ects sem 2/4 elective / UGENT

Nonlinear optics 4 ects sem 1/3 elective / UGENT

Optical design of non-imaging systems with ray-tracing 4 ects sem 1/3 elective VUB /

Optical Sensors 4 ects sem 1/3 elective VUB /

Optical Spectroscopy of Materials 4 ects sem 1/3 elective / UGENT

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 4 ects sem 2/4 elective / UGENT

Photonic Integrated Circuits 4 ects sem 2/4 elective VUB UGENT

Quantum Optics 4 ects sem 2/4 elective VUB /

Research in photonics 6 ects all elective VUB UGENT

Technological processes for photonics and electronics 4 ects sem 3+4 elective VUB UGENT

Module Life Sciences

Medical Imaging 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Biomechanics 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Quantitative Cell Biology 3 ects sem 1/3 elective

Modeling of physiological systems 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

From Genome to organism 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Module Physics and Materials

Computational Physics 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Quantum field theory 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

General relativity 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Physics and chemistry of nanostructures 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Module Business Engineering

EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Business Development Project 3 ects year elective

EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Business Development Project 6 ects year elective

Marketing 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Innovation Strategy 5 ects sem 2/4 elective

Supply Chain Management 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

IP Management and Technology Transfer 5 ects sem 2/4 elective

Module Electronics and Information Technology

Machine Learning and Big Data Processing 5 ects sem 2/4 elective

Computer Vision 4 ects sem 1/3 elective

Digital Communications 4 ects sem 2/4 elective

Wireless Communication Channels 4 ects sem 2/4 elective

Mobile and Wireless Networks 4 ects sem 1/3 elective

Image and Video Technology 3 ects sem 1/3 elective

Voice, Image, Coding, Media and Systems 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Module Modeling, Measuring and Control Systems

High-Frequency Electronics and Antennas 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Identification of Dynamical Systems 4 ects sem1/2/3/4 elective

Optimization-Based Control Design 4 ects sem 1/3 elective

Model-Based and Data Driven Fault Detection and Isolation 3 ects sem 2/4 elective

Selected topics in nonlinear system identification 3 ects sem 1/3 elective

Advanced measurement and Data Driven modeling 4 ects sem 1/3 elective

Module Electronics and Information Technology

Antennas and Propagation 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

VLSI Technology and Design 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Information Theory 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

High-speed Electronics 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Machine Learning 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Modulation and Detection 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Electromagnetic-aware High Frequency Design 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Module Physics and Materials

Physics of Semiconductor Devices 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Physical Materials Science 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Physical Chemistry 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Atomic and Molecular Physics 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Module Life Sciences

Medical Imaging 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Biomechanics 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Quantitative Cell and Tissue Analysis 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Modeling of physiological systems 5 ects sem 1/3 elective

From Genome to organism 3 ects sem 1/3 elective

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 5 ects sem 1/3 elective

Module Operations Management

Engineering Economy 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Heuristics and Search Methods 3 ects sem 2/4 elective

Quality Engineering and Industrial Statistics 6 ects sem 2/4 elective

Manufacturing Planning and Control 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Fundamentals of Statistical Sensor Processing 6 ects sem 1/3 elective

Free Module 

Other multidisciplinary engineering courses from the programmes of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (Ghent University) or the Faculty of Engineering (VUB), 

possibly but not necessarily linked to the thematic clusters above. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Short Internship in Photonics (min. 5 weeks) 5 ects summer optional         VUB UGENT

Long Internship in Photonics (min. 10 weeks) 10 ects summer optional VUB UGENT

Master thesis project 30 ects sem 3+4 compulsory VUB UGENT