Photcast EP1 - Talking Scholarships | Master of Science in Photonics Engineering

PHOTCAST is a podcast from students, with students, for students. We discuss every aspect of photonics & engineering, studying photonics in Belgium, student life and future job perspectives. In Episode 1, PhD student Mehdi Feizpour talks to Samuel Plazas and Ahmed Bayoumi, two second-year master students in our Photonics programme at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Being an alumnus at the photonics programme himself, Mehdi is now a PhD researcher at B-PHOT, the Brussels Photonics Team from VUB. The three scientists discuss the application process and enrollment, the scholarship options and the positive and negative aspects of student life in Brussels. They also give you some tips & tricks for applying for the programme and a scholarship. Want to know more? Visit our website: https://studyphotonics.com. The Master of Science in Photonics Engineering is an English-taught 2-year master programme (120 ECTS) that leads to a joint degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. We offer students a challenging engineering programme that combines core photonics courses with a wide range of photonics electives and multidisciplinary modules, e.g. Electronics and Information Technology, Physics and Materials, Business Engineering, Modelling, Measurement and Control and Life Sciences. This multidisciplinary approach, combined with high-level training in labs and a strong link with industry worldwide, has proven to boost the employment prospects of our graduates to a maximum in innovative industries and research domains such as biotechnology, health care, green energy and environmental monitoring, homeland security, aerospace, ICT and Industry 4.0.