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Optics in Science & Technology – (M.Sc.)
Delft University of Technology
Applied Sciences
| Application Deadline: | students applying for an EM grant 10 January; ALL self sponsored students 30 April | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,713 ≈ € 12,500 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Delft / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Delft University of Technology
Students enrolled in the two-year programme will study in two different countries of their choice, spending one year in each and offering the opportunity to acquire 60 European Credit Transfer System units (ECTS) per year. Students are trained for technical or scientific positions in academic or industrial environment specialised in optics or using optics. PhD studies are a natural extension of the Course.
Mobility scheme: each student spends the first year at one of the five sites and the second year at one of the other four sites.
The language of instruction is English. Students are offered the possibility to learn the local language as part of the programme.
Courses are taught by research staff members. The student population is multinational with a professor/student ratio of about 2.
The partners in MSc OpSciTech are:
* Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
* Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
* Imperial College London, The United Kingdom
* Université Paris-Sud 11 and Institut d´Optique Graduate School*, Paris, France
* Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Contents
The course consists of study-tracks jointly designed by the partner universities.
Core education in fundamentals of optics provided by lectures, laboratories and projects, transferable skills (management, entrepreneurship and languages) is provided at all sites.
Advanced courses are more specific to locations ("new frontiers in optics": image science and analysis, lasers, optical systems, optomechatronics, optical metrology, nanooptics, quantum and atomic optics).
The following keywords exemplify research topics under the above line headings:
* Fundamentals of optical effects and materials: ray optics, optical electromagnetism, guided waves, light-matter interaction in dilute and condensed matter, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, wave propagation
* Optical devices and systems: lens design & instruments (microscopes, telescopes,...), optical sensors, optical communications subsystems, laser devices, laser systems, opto-electronics devices (display units,...)
* Imaging science and image analysis: imaging systems, statistical signal and image processing (inverse problems), 3D computer graphics and virtual reality
* New frontiers in optics:
* optomechatronics (3D metrology, surface remote sensing, advances in optical fabrication, adaptive optics, optomechanical design,...)
* new lasers (quantum dots laser, petawatt / femtosecond / megajoule lasers, Quantum cascade lasers)
* biophotonics: fluorescence sensors, optical tweezers, optics for health (laser diagnosis and surgery)...
* nanophotonics: photonic bandgap structures, light sieves, photonic crystals, subwavelength structures
* telecommunications: optical fibres, optical active components and optical signal processing
* quantum information and atom optics : optical cryptography, single atoms/molecules and photons (Q-bits), Bose-Einstein condensates,...
Examples of proposed study-tracks (site for Year1 - site for Year2):
* optical systems and imaging: Delft - Paris
* optics and lasers: Jena - London
* optical systems and instrumentation: London - Warsaw
* optical systems in the nanotechnologies: Paris - Jena
* images and sensors: Warsaw - Delft
* and many more...
Projects and Master thesis work are performed in a top academic or industrial research environment and may lead to publications in international journals. These components of the programme guarantee the students to participate in state-of-the-art research.
Enrolled students participate in a yearly summer workshop organized in turn by each partner university:
* 2008: Jena ;
* 2009: Paris ;
* 12-16 July 2010: London ;
* 2011: Warsaw ;
* 2012: Delft.
During the workshop, seminars are given by scholars, professors and professionals, Master thesis presentations are made by the graduating students and job opportunities at partner institutions are presented.
DegreeEach graduate is awarded the Master´s degrees of the 2 institutions involved in his/her individual study path.
* TU Delft/Technische Universiteit Delft: Master of Science in Applied Physics/Ingenieur
* FSU Jena/Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena: Master of Science in Photonics
* Imperial College London: MSc in Applied Photonics
* Université Paris-Sud 11 and Institut d´Optique Graduate School, Paris: Master in Optics, Matter & Plasma/Master en optique, matière et plasmas, co-accredited also with Ecole Polytechnique
* Warsaw University of Technology/Politechnika Warszawska: Master in Automatics & Robotics specialized in Photonics Engineering/Magister w dyscyplinie Automatyka i Robotyka ze specjalizacj w Inzynierii Fotonicznej
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Requirements
Applicants should have a BSc or BEng comprising significant exposure to physics and optics fundamentals. Other criteria to be taken into account are awards, external references, details of earlier projects, and proof of English proficiency (TOEFL PB 550, TOEFL CB 213, TOEFL IB 80, IELTS 6.0)
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
NVAO independently assesses the quality of higher education in Flanders and the Netherlands. All of TU Delft’s educational programmes are accredited by NVAO and therefore meet the European quality standards. Alongside the national accreditation system, many of TU Delft’s education programmes are recognized as substantially equivalent to the best programmes in the USA by the American Board of Engineering & Technology (ABET).
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Relevant Links
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- Information on studying at TU Delft
- University website
- StudyinHolland.nl : Information on why and what to study in The Netherlands.
- Student Experiences about The Netherlands - STeXX.eu
- StudyinHolland Youtube Channel
- Nuffic - Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education
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