Photonics

Facing the future competitive environment with globalization, our country has imperious demands to build up an international environment which can develop scientists and technicians with globalization. The establishment of University System of Taiwan (UST) International Ph.D. Program in Photonics (IPPP) will help with the work of setting up the international environment in Taiwan to develop Photonics scientists and technicians with globalization.

We take pride in offering quality Ph.D. degree program in the area of photonics, such as nanophotonics, green photonics, biophotonics, optics, display, solid state lighting, and so on, from the four top universities in Taiwan. Our mission is to equip international Ph.D. students with the knowledge and ability to become outstanding and highly competitive in today’s global job market. For every international student, we also provide comprehensive assistance and support in both academic studies and personal matters. As a liaison with administrative and academic departments among the four universities, our role is to assist international students to successfully achieve their educational goals. If you wish to be professional in Photonics and would like to explore Chinese language and cultures, the UST International Ph.D. Program in Photonics will be a perfect choice for you.

National Chiao Tung University Courses

• Introduction to Flat Panel Display
• Geometrical Optics
• Introduction to Optical Systems
• Optoelectronics/Display Device Physics
• Optical Fiber Communications
• Electronic Circuits for Display
• Fourier Optics
• Photonics (I)
• Solar cell

National Yang Ming University courses

• Introduction of Laser Engineering
• Optical Microscopy for Living Cells
• Applied Optics 
• Basics of Photonic Materials and Technologies
• Introduction to Biophysics
• Molecular Modeling of Biomolecules
• Medical Biophysics
• Chemical and Medical Biophysics
• Biophysics(II)
• Fundamentals and recent trend in Sensors
• Introduction of Nanobiotechnology
• Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices and Displays
• An exercise in technical reading and writing
• Surface Plasmonics for Biology
• Introduction of Photonics Engineering
• Biomedical Optics System
• Bioimaging for molecular sensing within living cells
• Image Analysis for Cell Biology
• Bio-research application of Photonics technique
• Special Topics in Biomedical Image Analysis
• Medical Optics
• Introduction to Medical Molecular Imaging Agents and Nano-biomedical Materials
• Principle of the molecular biological imaging 
• Principle of multimodality medical imaging
• Optical coherence tomography–principle, design, and applications
• Application of microscopic techniques in life science
• Photonics-based techniques for clinical diagnostics and applications

National Tsing Hua University courses

• Biomedical Application of photonics
• Fundamentals of Biophotonics
• Drug Controlled Release
• Digital image processing
• Molecular Spectroscopy
• Nonlinear Optics
• Sensing and Actuation in Miniaturized Systems
• Biophotonics for Microfluidic Chips 
• Optical Fiber Communication
• Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers and Their Applications
• Quantum Optics
• Laser and Nonlinear Optics Laboratory
• Relativistic Photonics with emphasis on free-electron laser
• Nonlinear Optics
• Optical Design
• Photonics (I)
• Photonics (II)
• Laser Engineering
• Computational Methods for Optoelectronics
• Integrated Photonic Devices
• Laser Dynamics
• Nonlinear Optical Wave Guides
• Ultrafast Optics
• Selected Topics in Ultrafast Optics
• Fiber-Optic Sensing Technology

National Central University Courses

• Biomolecular Recognition Engineering and its Applications in Biosensor
• Diffusion Optics Tomography
• Integrated Optics
• Electromagnetic Principles of Photonics 
• Fourier optics
• Laser physics
• Introduction to Biomedical Imaging
• Simulation in Optics

Requirements

• International students who have earned or will earn a master's degree at accredited universities in Taiwan or other countries are eligible to be considered for admission 
• The official diploma must be translated into either English or Chinese when the original one is not issued in either language
• One copy of official transcript (with grades of every semester and explanation of grading system)
• Translation of official transcript (if applicable)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Passport or other proof of Nationality
• Alien Resident Certificate - ARC (if any)
• Confidential Financial Statement
• TOEFL  or IELTS
• Proof of Chinese proficiency (recommended)

Scholarships

• Taiwan Scholarships