MAPNET

The MAsters on Photonic NETworks engineering (MAPNET) is a masters programme under the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Programme. In particular, MAPNET is a full-time, two-year, international programme offered by a consortium of four universities and with the support of five international enterprises acting as associated members.

Latest News

  • 10 May 2012 - EACEA informs about a delay in the release of the Selection result validation for the edition 2012-14. Formal validation will be notified shortly to the students.
  • 12 January 2012 - Deadline for Cat. B applications extended to January 31. Go to the Application Page.
  • 6 December 2011 - Master Thesis Projects are now available Go to the Study Program Page
  • 5 December 2011 - Call for Visiting scholars applications is now open Go to the Application Page.
  • 7 November 2011 - Call for the A.Y. 2012-14 edition is now available. Go to the Application Page.
  • 18 Feb. 2010 - Applicants of other Erasmus Mundus Courses have received fraudulent fee requests via e-mail. Please, DO NOT consider these fake e-mails and check any communication with the: MAPNET Administration.

MAPNET Consortium

Associated Members

MAPNET is focused on the competence related to the generation, manipulation, transport and detection of signals exploiting photons as a support to convey information. This area is currently recognized as one of the most significant within Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the enabling architectures for the future Internet. In fact, the increasing quantity and importance of data exchange and relevant services in next generation Internet requires to utilise in an efficient manner advanced technologies such as data transport over optical fibers.

The Masters program consists of 120 ECTS (two academic years, divided into four semesters). Each semester allows 30 ECTS to be gained. The first three semesters are based on traditional courses, lab exercise and laboratory sessions, while the last is based on independent work related to the Masters thesis. More @ Study Programme.
The language of instruction at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Aston University and Osaka University is English. The language of instruction at Technische Universität Berlin is German.