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. Lectures will start in
September/October 2010.
Latest News
- 31 Aug. 2010 - EU and Third-country Visiting Scholars application is open. Go to the Application.
- 30 Jun. 2010 - Scholarship B application results are available in the Application Procedure section: Main List.
- 1 Jun. 2010 - Scholarship A and B online applications are closed.
- 17 Mar. 2010 - Scholarship A results available in the Application Procedure section: Main List and Reserve List. Students awarded a Scholarship A (Main List) will be contacted by the MAPNET Secretariat shortly.
- 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
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Italy, acting as Coordinator;
- Aston University - UK;
- Technische Universität Berlin - Germany;
- Osaka University - Japan.
Associated Members
- Ericsson Research - Sweden;
- Deutsch Telekom - Germany;
- Mistubishi Electric Corporation - Japan;
- Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd - Japan;
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technologies - Japan.
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.
