Why study photonics?

• Graduates in photonics and related technologies are in high demand globally.
• The telecommunications revolution, fuelled by the dramatic and continuing growth of the internet, relies on photonics and fibre-optics, and there is no other technology that can satisfy this growth.
• The Australian photonics industry is a young and fast growing industry.
• A photonics-based science or engineering degree is a degree with a unique edge

Why study photonics at Swinburne?

• Swinburne strongly supports photonics research and has perhaps the strongest concentration of photonics-related research labs in Australia
• Swinburne has many highly trained academics to teach photonics subjects and offers the opportunity to progress to do cutting edge research in well equipped, modern laboratories

What type of students are attracted to photonics?

• Students who want a science or engineering degree with a broad training in maths, electronics, IT and physics but with the added bonus of specialist knowledge in a rapidly expanding new field
• Students who want to be able to work in Australia or overseas
• Students who like the challenge of a new and fast expanding field that makes practical devices and products.

The Victorian Government....

• has identified "photonics-related" priority sectors for R&D funding; and
• is promoting "strategic technologies" industry development which specifically include optoelectronics (photonics) and communications technologies.
  
  Contact: Dr. Alex Mazzolini Telephone (+61 3) 9214 8866