About RADMEP+
The 2-year 120 ECTS European Master of Science in Radiation and its Effects on MicroElectronics and Photonics Technologies (RADMEP+) provides a multidisciplinary and innovative programme covering the interactions between Radiation, MicroElectronics and Photonics. The RADMEP+ objective is to educate students in those advanced technologies, providing methodologies and introducing practical applications for their implementation in a variety of natural or man-made radiation-rich environments. The field of radiation effects on components and systems is historically linked to space, fundamental science, nuclear energy, medicine and is now of major importance for new generations of power plants (fusion, fission) and for autonomous and electric vehicles. With technological integration, components and systems having become sensitive to the natural atmospheric environment, its effects had first been considered on aircraft electronics and today even the electronic systems at ground level for transportation, computing, medical appliances or quantum systems are sensitive to natural radiation. As we are today developing more electric aerial vehicles, electric and autonomous modes of transportation, the radiation constraints must be considered to ensure their reliability. Space is also undergoing a revolution with the New Space, which consists in using commercial components to enhance satellite intelligence and provide unparalleled observation and analysis capabilities, but which requires to assess the reliability of technologies not originally intended for space. It will no longer be possible to develop advanced systems for which the safety of people is essential without recourse to the radiation analysis of which the students trained by the RADMEP+ Master’s programme will be capable.
In this programme, semester 1 will take place at University of Jyväskylä (JYU, Finland). Two different specializations will be offered during semesters 2 and 3. The first one will focus on ‘Radiation & Photonics’. Students selecting this track will follow during their semester 2 a curriculum jointly developed and delivered by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Belgium) and Universiteit Gent (UGent, Belgium) before joining Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne (UJM, France) for their third semester. Students opting for the ‘Radiation & Microelectronics’ track will follow semester 2 at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL, Belgium) before moving to Université de Montpellier (UM, France) for semester 3. During their periods in Belgium and France, students from the two tracks will have the opportunity to share some lectures and workshops.
All RADMEP+ students will ultimately undertake a 6-months master’s thesis either in an industrial, an agency or in a research center, e.g. from the large RADMEP+ network of more than 55 associate academic, agency or industrial partners.
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