The University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA. The dean of the college is Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Ph.D.
In 2004, UCF's Board of Trustees voted to give UCF's School of Optics and Photonics full college status, making it the first college dedicated specifically to optics and photonics at a public university in the United States. It is the only college at UCF that does not offer an undergraduate program, offering only Masters and Doctoral degrees in Optics. The college consists of two divisions: Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) and Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE). Today, CREOL is an internationally recognized center of excellence for research in a wide range of optics and photonics technologies.
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