Why the CIMET Master?

A Master course designed to address industries’ needs and challenges
Photonics & optical technologies, digital imaging & computer vision, computer science and media technologies are in full growth in all sectors of industrial developments. The color element in these fields has an important place. The needs are increasingly important and research in all these domains is dynamic. The results obtained by researchers worldwide are very quickly adapted for industry and technological purposes. The Color in Informatics and  Media Technology Master course is highly relevant to a wide range of sectors, as for example the photonic industry (e.g. lighting), the digital technology industry (e.g. display, printing), and all research and development activities involving computer science. The continued evolution of this research sector requires adapted and extremely specialized courses.

International and challenging career opportunities
On the international job market, the demand of postgraduates in electronic imaging, color instrumentation, photonic and optical technologies as well as basic and applied research is very high.
International companies such as Thomson, UPM-Kymmene, Agfa-Gevaert, Hewlett Packard Corp., Xerox Corp., Nokia, Samsung, Philips, Sony as well as an increasing number of medium size businesses emerging on related technological fields need talented Postgraduate in those fields. Color science and optical technology are important technological “bricks” for industrial activities in media creation, media processing and distribution, media reproduction and display (see http://www.sid.org).
The laboratories collaborating to the CIMET Master have a large international academic and industrial contact base that can provide students with various opportunities ranging from research projects to full-time employment across Europe or beyond. Below, are some examples of future career prospects. 

  • Chief Scientist  in industry
  • Digital Media Solution Researcher
  • R&D coordinator
  • Technical Business development Manager/Director
  • Advanced Technology Manager
  • Technical Advisor in Display Technology companies
  • Manager in Multimedia Processing Laboratories
  • Research officer in a National Research Centre
  • Industrial Department Manager
  • Imaging Resource Centre Manager
  • Research Engineer
  • Consultant
  • Image Product manager
  • Quality manager
  • Corporate research adviser

A strong research base
The number of patents and licensing in these domains increases each year. Most companies have big research units in Europe and the laboratories collaborating to the CIMET Master have strong research partnerships with several of these companies. These partnerships (applied research projects, measurement services, feasibility studies, concept development) have increased significantly since 2003.
Through strong links in established research partnerships, our respective laboratories decided to combine their international experience and expertise in order to offer a new high level, international study programme. This programme will benefit from the complementarities and synergies of our departments and laboratories.  

Networking in a multicultural environment
CIMET provides a unique mobility scheme enabling students to develop strong cohort links, an awareness of cultural diversity, cross-cultural management skills and the ability to form international networks. In addition to the contribution provided by Third-Country Scholars, Executives from several European Firms will contribute to CIMET as guest speakers at the four universities, reinforcing the cross-cultural aspects of the programme.  

 


banner-eu