Impressions of the EMIMEO Summer School 2024 in Jena.
A number of scholarships via the European EMIMEP program offer an alternative route into our M.Sc. Photonics program.
Impressions of the EMIMEO Summer School 2024 in Jena.
Image: Canan Gallitschke

Abbe School of Photonics

Upcoming events at ASP and partners

  1. Three people cycle on campus
    Image: Nicole Nerger/Universität Jena
    city cycling 2025
    • Excursion
    • Festive event

    Friedrich Schiller University will participate in City Cycling from August 29 to September 18, 2025.

    • presence
    • public
    • Subject to registration
  2. Coronene 2D material
    Image: Falko Sojka, IFK Jena
    Nonlinear optical properties of SiN waveguides
    10:00 ·
    • Seminar

    Bachelor thesis defense by Luca BÄHR

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
  3. Menschen sitzen sich am Tisch gegenüber, Raketen-Icon
    Image: Dylan Gillis, unsplash; AdobeStock, Grafik: K.Ulbricht, S.Müller
    Job Speed Dating
    15 s.t. ·
    • Workshop

    Online

    • online
    • barrier-free
    • Subject to registration
  4. Experimental laser setup.
    Image: Ioannis Paradisanos
    Efficient frequency conversion using tailored domain engineering in nanophotonic waveguides
    16:00 ·
    • Seminar

    Master's Thesis Defense by Micaela MARTINEZ POMERANTZ

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
  5. Colourful squares representing the faculties fly around a coffee cup with a smiling smiley face.
    Collage: Sabine Müller
    WelcomeCafé at the International Centre
    • Seminar

    Informations about study start for international students

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
  6. Colourful squares representing the faculties fly around a coffee cup with a smiling smiley face.
    Collage: Sabine Müller
    WelcomeCafé: study organisation (regular studies)
    15:30 ·
    • Workshop

    First steps and advice on building a timetable and everyday student life, learning culture, how to communicate at university and where to get help

    • presence
    • 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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