Training & Education

New - Participate in the "Intensive Training on Entrepreneurship in Photonics" to be held from the 5 - 14 March 2012 in Brussels. Get more information about the preliminary programme here. (6MB)

Provide your profile on photonics university programmes here.

Get more information on photonics programmes in the European Higher Education Handbook. You can download the document here. (1,8 MB)

Read on a current PHD position at HORIBA Medical in Montpellier here.

Participate in the Photonics PhD event to be held in April 2012 in Eindhoven. You can find any further information here.

Read on a current PhD fellowship in the field of biophotonics here.

Read on a current job position of the ICFO institute here. You can find any further information on the ICFO website http://www.icfo.es .

Get more information on the Karlsruhe Days of Optics and Photonics (here) as well as the on the KSOP Company Contact Fair (here).

The diversity of photonics and its applications in industry, medicine, the environment and many other areas poses a challenge in training young people for a career in photonics-related activities. As in other interdisciplinary fields, training in photonics requires knowledge from several fields, notably physics, materials science, computer science and engineering, and the successful application of photonics may also require a detailed understanding of fields such as engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology, electronics or medicine.

One of the major challenges of Photonics21 is the education and training of young professionals in the field of photonics.
Photonics21 Student Innovation Award
To advocate the interest on photonics, in 2008 the Photonics21 platform established the Photonics21 Student Innovation Award. For the first time the prize was given this year to the Frenchman Yannick Chassagneux. His innovative R&D paper “THz quantum cascade lasers with ultimate control of mode pattern and divergence” fully met the expectations of the Photonics21 Student Innovation Award commitee. 
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Industrial Interships
Photonics21 looks for partners all over Europe who offer Industrial Internships for students. Those internships help the students to get in touch with the practical side of photonics.
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Intership Offers
Please find current European internship offers in photonics here. MORE
Summerschools
Summer schools on photonics topics are sponsored and promoted by Photonics21. MORE

Training, education and mobility


Laserlab Europe also provides you further information about training and mobility in the field of photonics. We invite you to have a look at the following website.
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