Education - a pressing need

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Education - a pressing need
Even for those involved on the periphery of
photonics, such as digital comms technologists,
there are serious technical knowledge
requirements about photonic devices encountered
in the course of the job. Photonics is here to
stay!
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What courses are relevant?

• TAFE qualifications
• Certificates up to Adv. Diploma in Photonics,
  Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical
  Engineering, Industrial Process Engineering,
  Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Robotics
  etc...

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What courses are relevant?

• Undergraduate qualifications
• B.Sc. or B.Tech. - Optoelectronics or Photonics,
  Physics, Optical Communications, Materials
  Science, Computing, Mathematics
• B.Eng - Photonics, Electrical / Electronic,
  Mechanical, Chemical, Materials,
  Telecommunications, Robotics, Computers,
  Manufacturing

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Ugraduate Photonics in Victoria
Long Established teaching in photonics University
of Melbourne B.Eng. (Electrical
Electronic) Photonics units via Dept Electrical
Electronic Eng. R.M.I.T. University B.Eng.
(Communic. Eng), B. Eng. (Electronic Eng) RF,
Photonic Eng., Optical Fibre Technology units via
Communic. Elec. Eng. Victoria University of
Technology B. Sc. (Photonics), (previously B. Sc.
(Optoelectronics), B.Eng. (Photonics) Photonics
units via School of Communications Informatics
New photonics offerings Swinburne University of
Technology B.Sc. (Biophotonics), B.Sc.
(Photonics), B.Sc. / B.Eng. (Telecomm.
Internet Technologies) Photonics units via School
of Biophysical Sciences Electrical
Engineering Monash University B. Telecomm. Eng.
Some photonics electives via Dept Electrical
Computer Sys. Eng.