TRAINING PROGRAM
ERASMUS
Figure 2. Successive EMJM funding periods obtained by the photonics-related consortia.
formation of a field is central [ 1 ], EMJM programmes can be seen as a means of consolidating an emergent interdisciplinary field.
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT EMJM PROGRAMMES IN PHOTONICS Eight Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters with a strong photonics component are currently running. Together they involve more than thirty universities in a dozen countries, including partners in Canada and Japan( Figure 1), and cover the field from fundamental light – matter interaction to quantum engineering( Table 1). They can be grouped into three families.
The first family addresses photonics as such, in its materials, systems and reliability dimensions. Since 2010, EUROPHOTONICS has trained new generations of photonics experts, selecting top-level students and equipping them to master optics and photonics theoretically, numerically and experimentally. RADMEP + provides a multidisciplinary and innovative programme covering the interactions between radiation and microelectronics and photonics, two key enabling technologies for the future of
Table 1. The eight EMJM with a strong photonics component( 2026).
Europe; it educates students in these advanced technologies, providing methodologies and practical applications for radiation-rich environments, natural or man-made. EMIMEP offers a programme centered on microwave engineering and photonic technologies, which ensures that students acquire advanced and cross-disciplinary expertise. The second family sits at the interface between photonics, imaging and artificial intelligence. iPSRS harnesses the synergies between photonics and artificial intelligence to address current and future societal and industrial challenges. Its curriculum combines a strong background in lasers, micro- and nano-photonics, optical materials and semiconductor devices with machine learning, computer vision and image processing. IMLEX is dedicated entirely to the science of light, imaging and extended reality; its curriculum bridges computer vision, applied optics and colour science to cover the entire digital and spectral imaging chain, and students specialise in domains such as real-time 3D visualisation, spectral image processing and human visual perception. IMAGING offers a comprehensive education in multi-dimensional
ACRONYM |
FULL NAME |
MAIN FOCUS AREAS |
EMIMEP |
European Master for Industry in Microwave Electronics |
RF systems and photonics; telecommunications and imaging; RF electronics and intelligent systems; advanced photonics and optical engineering |
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and Photonics |
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EUROPHOTONICS |
Europhotonics |
Optical systems and optical engineering; biophotonics and imaging; solar energy; photonic materials and devices; quantum optics; ultrafast photonics and lasers |
IMLEX |
Imaging and Light in Extended Reality |
Photonics; extended reality; computational imaging; computer vision; lighting; robotics |
IMAGING |
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme in Imaging |
Immersive imaging; Image modeling and data intensive imaging; visual AI |
iPSRS
QuanTEEM
QUARMEN
RADMEP +
Intelligent Photonics for Security, Reliability, Sustainability and Safety Quantum Technologies and Engineering Erasmus Mundus Master QUAntum Research Master Education Network Radiation and its Effects on MicroElectronics and Photonics Technologies
Biometrics and intelligent vision; photonics and machine learning; condensedmatter photonics
Photonics, nanophotonics and enabling technologies; integrated quantum optics; many-body quantum physics; platforms for quantum technologies
Cryptography, quantum control, cold atoms; quantum light, quantum materials, nanoscience Radiation-matter interactions, radiation and photonics; radiation and microelectronics
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