Is RADMEP+ for you?
RADMEP+ suits students with a bachelor's degree in physics, photonics, electrical engineering, microelectronics or a related field who want to specialise at the intersection of radiation science and advanced technologies. You should be comfortable working across disciplines and ready to relocate: the programme takes you through three countries in two years and your cohort moves with you.
You will thrive here if you are drawn to high-stakes engineering challenges: designing electronics that survive space, building optical sensors for nuclear environments or qualifying components for next-generation aircraft and autonomous vehicles. If you want to stay in Brussels for the full two years, VUB's standalone Master of Science in Photonics Engineering may be a good fit as well.
Spread the study load
Create your own studypath
Within the VUB, we want to maximize our commitment to personal development and give as many students as possible the opportunity to continue their studies and develop themselves. Depending on your personal situation, it may be more difficult to devote full time to your studies. For example, you combine your studies with a job, you do top-level sports, ...   
At VUB you study at your own pace. With a flexible study pathway you make room for your personal situation (elite sports, dyslexia, disability, etc.). More information?
Study and examination flexibility
Studying in specific situations
Do you have a physical disability, learning disability or chronic illness, or are you starting a business or finding it harder to study because of your personal situation? If so, you qualify for Reflex Status.
With this you can ask for a flexible approach to your studies and exams, to maximise your chances of success. You may need access to course materials, for example, or more time to sit an exam, a translator or interpreter, staggered examinations, and so on.
Find out more about Reflex Status
For extra support there are other student services to draw on at VUB. For example, a wheelchair-adapted room, study guidance and a personal study-pathway, mental healthcare, medical care, etc.Read more about study in certain situations
Elite sports and studying
Elite sports and study
Keen to combine your elite sporting career with a programme at VUB? It makes sense, as it strengthens your position in the jobs market after your sporting career ends.
Our Elite Sports & Study department helps you work out a personal study pathway and guides you through to the end.
Study Guidance
Study Guidance
An experienced team of student psychologists, student counsellors and study-pathway supervisors are there to give you personal study advice, guidance and training. At every phase in your study career.
- Individual - Advice on your choice of programme, stress and anxiety training, help with exam planning, help for students with dyslexia...
- Group (workshops, courses) - Choosing a subject for your bachelor's or master's thesis, improving your presentation skills, dealing with stress and anxiety...
- Tools - An example of good weekly planning, tips and tricks for a good study method, a step-by-step plan to help you choose the right programme...
Combining your studies with a job
The Master in Photonics Engineering is a daytime only programme. Therefore, there is no option to combine this study with a fulltime job.
Studying abroad
Going abroad may be a life-changing experience and exposes you to different cultures, languages and and a wide variety of workplace experiences. In addition, international experience is becoming increasingly important in our current global society. It helps you stand out in the job market, both in industry and in academia. Employers explicitly emphasise the importance of international experience. As an ambitious university, it is our responsibility to respond to this call.
This master's programme gives students the opportunity to implement an international component in their curriculum through an Erasmus+ Exchange (1 sem or a full year) at a partner institute. The semester/year exchange can be funded by the Erasmus+ Exchange programme of the European Union