Bachelor of Science in Photonic Science and Engineering
Why Photonics?
Think about the use of light in daily life – from the displays on your cell phone to the sophisticated technology needed to make the smartphone “smart”, photonics uses light to transmit, transfer, and store information.
It’s an enabling technology, finding application in almost every industry and in many consumer products: Energy efficient lighting, cameras, satellite imagery, 3D printing, laser surgery, sensing, communication, entertainment, and much more.
U.S. companies active in photonics employ 7.4 million individuals and account for $3 trillion in annual revenues. The photonics engineers employed by these companies are critical to their success.
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Why CREOL?
Our Bachelor of Science in Photonic Science and Engineering will enable students to analyze and design optical and laser systems for a broad set of applications including manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunication, defense, security, and entertainment.
PSE students have many unique advantages at UCF. CREOL is home to faculty who are world-renowned leaders in the fields of optics and photonics. Other advantages include:
- Strong undergraduate faculty who have lead the graduate programs to be ranked in the Top 15 nationally
- Strong connections to industry, enabling students to find internship opportunities
- Very active undergraduate student organization, the Society of Optics Students (SOS), which holds many events of value to our students
- Strong academic advising program where students can get help as they register for courses and plan their degree program.
- 7:1 faculty-to-student ratio, fostering more individualized instruction
- Only bachelor’s of its kind offered in Florida, and one of only five in the United States