DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark has about 200 employees including 60 PhD students. The ambition is to be among the world’s leading University departments within photonics research, education and innovation. To fulfil this ambition, DTU Fotonik tries to attract excellent researchers and students from all over the world and to collaborate with world leading research institutes and companies. The activities span from quantum photonics, nanotechnology and metamaterials over nonlinear fiber optics, optical sensors and diode lasers & LED systems to optical communication systems and networks. The department publishes about 400 articles per year in leading international journals and conference proceedings. Much of the research is carried out in cooperation with Danish and international partners, in the latter case often with support from the European Union.