Recherche
Alain Aspect has been elected to the Académie Française
Alain Aspect, CNRS research director at the Charles Fabry Laboratory, has been elected to the Académie Française.
International
The Institut d’Optique at the heart of research and innovation in Munich
Last week, the Institut d’Optique was present at the 2025 edition of Laser World of Photonics & World of Quantum...
Recherche
Igor Ferrier-Barbut receives the CNRS 2025 bronze medal
Igor Ferrier-Barbut receives the CNRS 2025 bronze medal for his research contributions.
Institut
From 04 October 2025 to 11 October 2025
Open days at two of the Institut d'Optique's sites!
Open days at two of the Institut d'Optique's sites!
Institut d'Optique
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Institut
From 06 November 2025 to 07 November 2025
On November 6 and 7, 2025, the Institut d'Optique Graduate School will host the 7th edition of French Photonics Days at its Orsay campus
On November 6 and 7, 2025, the Institut d'Optique Graduate School, in partnership with Photonics France, SupOptique Alumni, and Systematic
Bâtiment 503, Orsay
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Discover Institute d'Optique
Institut d'Optique Graduate School is a hub that brings together photonic activities of research, teaching, innovation, business creation, consulting and industrial valorization.
Its missions were defined from the very beginning in its statutes and are still relevant today. The proximity of its missions in education, research and innovation, are united in a virtuous circle.
Entrepreneurship track
The Innovation-Entrepreneurs Track trains students in innovation through a project-based pedagogy. They benefit from a unique ecosystem, with a FabLab, technological, commercial and managerial...
A young centenarian
For more than 100 years, the mission of the Institut d'Optique Graduate School has been to train, research, innovate and disseminate the science and technology of light.
400
Engineering students
(on 3 campuses)
150
doctoral students
in the 3 laboratories of Institut d'Optique
120
Patents filed by alumni
(4 times more than the national alumni average)
130+
entrepreneurship awards
(both nationally and internationally)
Community
The Institut d’Optique Graduate School is at the heart of photonics communities working for higher education, research, innovation or industry.
SupOptique Alumni
Founded in 1924, the SupOptique Alumni Association's main missions are to establish and animate the alumni network, to provide support to students, to contribute to the evolution of the Institut d’Optique and to promote optics and photonics.
Université Paris Saclay
14 of the most famous higher education and research institutions in France constitute the ecosystem of Université Paris-Saclay :
• three universities,
• seven national research organizations,
• 4 Grandes Écoles (Institut d’Optique Graduate...
CNRS
The CNRS, National Center for Scientific Research, co-supervizes the three laboratories of the Institut d’Optique, all of which are mixed research units (UMR).
SFO
The French Society for Optics (SFO) represents some of the most prominent actors of optics and photonics in France.
Photonics France
Photonics France brings together industry players, competitiveness clusters and clubs around the photonics industry in France.
EPIC
EPIC is the industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics in Europe.
Partners
Institut d'Optique Graduate School - Paris Saclay
2 avenue Augustin Fresnel 91127 Palaiseau cedex
Phone : +33 1 64 53 31 00
Le 503 - Orsay
Bâtiment 503 - Centre Scientifique d'Orsay 91403 Orsay Cedex
Phone : +33 1 64 53 31 00
Institut d'Optique d'Aquitaine
IOGS Rhône-Alpes
18 Rue Professeur Benoît Lauras 42000 Saint-Étienne
Phone : +33 4 77 91 57 40