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Nurture Your Career in Photonics

Continuing education and professional development classes to support a lifetime of learning

As a member of the IEEE Photonics Society, you have access to a wide range of learning, career enhancement, and professional development opportunities within the photonics and optics community. Our goal is to provide programs that ensure knowledge and skill growth among professionals and to foster an individual commitment to continual education among members, the photonics community, and the public.

Engaging Learning Anytime, Anywhere

Take your skills to the next level with technical and professional continuing education courses offered by the IEEE.

Connect with our Distinguished Lecturers

Our Distinguished Lecturer Program honors speakers who have made technical, industrial, or entrepreneurial contributions to the field of photonics.

Chapters may request a visit from a Distinguished Lecturer. This is a wonderful opportunity for your members to hear these speakers in person. Their presentations cover both technical and career building topics.

Available Learning Tools and Resources

Many of IEEE's classes & courses qualify for CEUs and PDHs.

The IEEE eLearning Library offers high-quality, peer-reviewed online courses in relevant topics. Hundreds of course hours are available in core and emerging technologies, providing professionals, faculty, and students a better way to learn.

IEEE eLearning Library

The IEEE Photonics Society hosts webinars on technical and professional topics throughout the year. To see upcoming webinars, visit our calendar. To listen to recordings of past webinars, visit our webinar archive.

Webinars

The IEEE Learning Network (ILN) is an online platform designed for the discovery of continuing education across IEEE. ILN provides members the ability to search through hundreds of educational offerings and earn digital certificates.

IEEE Learning Network

While school ties end at graduation, your support from the IEEE Photonics Society lasts through your entire career. There are resources for Young Professionals that can create the building blocks for lifelong and diverse professional networks.

Young Professionals

Save time and effort with authoring tools and resources to help you write, prepare, and share your work more effectively. We also essential tips to help you publish your research faster and more efficiently with quick video tutorials on a variety of useful topics.

Author Center

IEEE DataPort™ is a valuable and easily accessible data platform that enables users to store, search, access and manage data up to 2TB, and it provides both downloading capabilities and access to datasets in the Cloud.

IEEE Dataport

IEEE SA Training and Development Group offers a series of online courses available for free, providing Working Group Chairs for Standards steering and copyright policies, and other information to those interested in participating in IEEE Standards processes.

Standards Policy

IEEE Quantum is a global community dedicated to tackling the challenges related to quantum electronics, computing, engineering, algorithms, and related technologies. The IEEE Photonics Society sponsors this IEEE Future Directions initiative.

IEEE Quantum

Pre-University Education

STEM Resources & Training Modules for Educators

Introducing young minds to light sciences, STEM, our programming includes light-based science kits and an on-demand curriculum.

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Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference (ETOP)

An biennial conference bringing together educators from around the world to share information about the practice of teaching optics at all levels.

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Technical & Trade Courses

The IEEE Photonics Society collaborates with global institutes, industry partners, and consortia groups in support of photonics workforce trade development and education.

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International Day of Light

Celebrated on 16 May each year, this day is a call to strengthen scientific cooperation around photonics and optics education, and its impact on sustainable development.

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Listen to the IEEE Quantum Podcast Series

career center

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education committee

For information on our education committee and their initiatives.

student resources

IEEE is committed to supporting students who choose technology as a career. Take advantage of the organization-wide resources available to accelerate your growth.