PHORTIFY representatives at the kickoff meeting 2025 in Brussels.
Master students enrolled at either of the PHORTIFY partners in Brussels, Eindhoven, Gent, Jena, Joensuu, Milano or Warsaw have the chance to participate in attractive Master exchanges, industry internships and scholarship programs.
PHORTIFY representatives at the kickoff meeting 2025 in Brussels.
Image: Vrije Universiteit Bruxelles

Abbe School of Photonics

Upcoming events at ASP and partners

  1. Visual for Spectral Dialogues 2025
    Graphic: Johannes Kretzschmar
    Spectral Dialogues Hackathon 2025
    • Excursion
    • Workshop

    Art vs. Science Hackathon of the Lichtwerkstatt Jena together with the Bauhaus University of Weimar.

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
    • Subject to registration
  2. Colin Ingham
    Image: Colin Ingham
    Jena Alliance Guest Lecture: Dr. Colin Ingham
    14:00 ·
    • Lecture

    Structural colour in bacteria

    • presence
    • public
  3. Fishbowl discussion at the Tenure Track Conference in May 2025
    Image: Anna Schroll
    Evening with Members of Parliament on the Tenure Track Principle
    18:30 ·
    • Seminar

    Panel discussion in Berlin on the further development of the German academic system

    • presence
    • online
    • Subject to registration
  4. Colourful labyrinth made of wooden bricks
    Image: CYBERPINK, Una (stock.adobe.com), K. Ulbricht
    Intercultural Escape Room for International and German Students
    13 s.t. ·
    • Excursion

    Virtual Escape Room for intercultural learning

    • online
    • barrier-free
    • Subject to registration
  5. Simulations of optical properties of hybrid nanostructures.
    Graphic: Christin David.
    Advanced nanostructure fabrication based on FIB and transfer
    14:00 ·
    • Conference

    Xiaofei WU from Leibniz IPHT

    • presence
    • online
    • public
    • barrier-free
  6. Electron microscopy setup
    Picture: Kasper
    TBA FDTD-based design of 3D-printed couplers for neuromorphic photonic applications
    15:00 ·
    • Conference

    Master's thesis defense by Geraldin MONTANEZ HUAMAN

    • presence
    • online
    • public
    • barrier-free
All events

Who we are

Holographic setup in the main physics lecture hall

Picture: MPSP.

The Abbe School of Photonics (ASP) offers internationalized education programs with multidisciplinary coverage in the field of optics, photonics and quantum technology. Topics range from current scientific aspects to engineering with product applications possible in major economic sectors, such as information and communication technology, medicine and health, manufacturing, and energy consumption. Enrolled students are trained for positions in the technical industry or in the world of scientific research in higher academia. Our school is part of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Students enrolled in our Master of Science in Photonics or Master of Science in Quantum Science & Technology programs are offered a distinguished education track culminating in a structured doctoral program (equivalent to Ph.D. level). Attractive scholarships are available for high-performance applicants. Likewise, students who are enrolled in a Master of Science in Physics can specialize in optics and photonics by choosing from among all elective modules offered by ASP.

What we do

Front facet of the ACP research building.

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

The Master's degree and doctoral programs are based on the profound experience in optics education which distinguishes the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The university has established optics and photonics as one of its key profile fields in education and research. ASP's education programs are embedded in the modern research environment of the Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP). This interfaculty center of the FSU Jena maintains strong bonds with local research institutions, such as the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision EngineeringExternal link, the Leibniz Institute of Photonic TechnologyExternal link, and the Helmholtz Institute JenaExternal link, as well as with several prominent industrial partners.

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Seven good reasons for Jena

  • Campus by night
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
    Jena is a student cityExternal link

    20 % of Jena's citizens are students. They value the city’s modern infrastructure, its diverse student culture, parks and recreation areas, theaters, cinemas, shops, cafés, and restaurants!

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