As a student on the MSc in Optics and Electronics programme, you have the option of specialising in a number of areas within optics and electronics. These include analogue and digital electronics for regulation, data transmission and collection, fibre optics, integrated optics and electro-optics.

In our everyday lives, we make use of the work carried out by engineers and technicians. This is because the components developed by optics and electronics engineers enable us to communicate worldwide via computers, fibre-optic networks and satellites.

These engineers also leave their fingerprints on the development of modern wind turbines, biological sensors and scanners used in medicine as well as many other modern aids.

OPTIONS AND SPECIALISATION
During the first part of their studies, students do subjects that are basic to the degree programme and which provide the academic foundation required for their chosen area of specialisation. As a student of optics and electronics, you can choose from a wide range of specialist areas, ranging from optics to electro-optics and from semiconductor technology to pure electronics. In choosing the subjects in your study plan, you have considerable freedom. Students can therefore select from a number of optional modules, including experimental technology, data collection, micro-controls, material physics and many others.

In consultation with the specialist lecturers, students will be able to design precisely the study plan which suits their interests and background.

DYNAMIC TEACHING
Students attend classes at both the Department of Engineering and the main Aarhus University campus. Most of the teaching which takes place on the main university campus takes place at the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Both locations are within a short distance of each other in the centre of Aarhus.

As a student on the programme, you will experience two dynamic study environments that – focusing on the individual student – emphasise the interaction between personal and academic challenges. During their studies, students become acquainted with both technically oriented and more academic approaches to the subject. This interaction is one of the core elements of the degree programme, where basic knowledge is combined with technical expertise and innovation.

CAREER PROFILE
The degree programme aims to educate development engineers with significant innovative potential for advanced technology companies in Denmark and abroad. Denmark has a long tradition of developing telecommunications technology, optical sensors, advanced light sources and similar technology. Graduates also have the option of continuing their studies at the doctoral level, often in the form of an industrial PhD. Numerous companies work with optical and electronic systems aimed at producing sensors as well as optical and electronic components measuring and monitoring flow, pressure, temperature and movement, for example.