Survey on experience with interns


The European Technology Platform Photonics21 would like to raise the awareness of students for photonics, and would like to ensure that a highly trained work force will be available for the photonics industry.
To this extend, Photonics21 is carrying out a survey on the experience of companies/institutes with students in the context of internships.
The purpose of this questionnaire is, on the one hand, to acquire information on which companies offer internships for students in the field of photonics, and on the other hand , to acquire information on the experience which companies and institutes have gathered concerning the knowledge and skills of students in the field of photonics.
You can add more experiences (e.g. with Master students, with physic students, etc) after you submitted the first one.
Filling in this questionnaire will take you about 7 minutes.

Experiences

As respondent you should report on your own subjective experience with students. Please refer to an individual but representative internship (you are welcome to fill in additional questionnaires to report on further interns).

Importance *

High
Low
Students meet expectations

Totally
Not at all
Fundamentals in higher mathematics
Fundamentals in Photonics/Atomic Physics
Diffractive and Fourier optics
Material sciences
Optical waveguides and fiber optics
Lens design
Laser technology
Ultra fast photonics (laser and metrology)
Non-linear optics
Thin-film technology
Spectroscopy
Optical metrology
Electro optics
Biomedical optics
Legislative/regulatory knowledge (safety/labour/environmental/contracting)
Product development
Other / Application related topics (please define under additional comments)
Importance *

High
Low
Students meet expectations

Totally
Not at all
Assembling of experimental setup
Handling of instrumentation / lab equipment
Writing scientific paper
Social skills (Team working, Communication, Networking)
Entrepreneurial skills (Business understanding)
Self managment (Planning time, managment)
Language skills in English

e.g. more/longer/shorter internships; more/less basic research; more/less applied research; more/less practical oriented studies