两年的硕士资格为学生提供专业知识和专业工程技能，为他们在迅速发展的光子学和光电子学领域的职业做好准备。光子学专业人士在广泛的行业中工作，包括研发，电信，传感和远程检测以及生物医学诊断。该计划建立在ANU跨学科工程重点和研究专业知识的基础上，为学生提供解决复杂的多学科问题所需的技能，同时提供先进的光子学技术知识。该计划包括光学物理学，光纤通信，光学传感，生物光子学，天文学光学仪器和光伏技术等专业课程。学生还可以从整个大学中选择选修课程。
This two-year master qualification provides students with specialized knowledge and professional engineering skills to prepare them for a career in the rapidly-growing field of photonics and optoelectronics. Photonics professionals work across a wide range of industries including research and development, telecommunications, sensing and remote detection and biomedical diagnostics. This program builds on ANU's interdisciplinary engineering focus and research expertise to give students the required skills to address complex multi-disciplinary problems, while at the same time providing advanced technical knowledge in photonics. The program includes specialized courses in optical physics, fibre optic communications, optical sensing, biophotonics, optical instrumentation for astronomy, and photovoltaics. Students also have the opportunity to select electives from across the University.