MSc, PGDip Biomedical Engineering

The course will cover the fundamentals of engineering in medicine, introduce you to the latest developments in medical technology and expose you to the challenges of working with patients through clinical visits. Learning and teaching methods include lectures and demonstrations from medical and engineering specialists, practical classes using state-of-the-art facilities, and seminars with leading national and international researchers. Graduate destinations for our students could include: delivering non-clinical services and technology management in a hospital; designing, developing, and manufacturing medical devices in the private sector; working for a governmental regulatory agency for healthcare services and products; undertaking further postgraduate study and research (Ph.D.); pursuing a university-based, academic research career; or providing technical consultancy for marketing departments.

Core Taught Modules

• ENGINEERING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
• HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
• MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MANAGEMENT
• MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN PRINCIPLES
• BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
• EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Elective Modules

• BIOMECHANICS
• BIOMATERIALS
• NANO MAGNETIC IN NANOMEDICINE
• CELL BIOMECHANICS
• STEM CELLS: TYPES, CHARACTERISTICS & APPLICATIONS
• BIOREACTORS AND GROWTH ENVIRONMENTS
• CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING
• MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES: APPLICATIONS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING

Employability

The aim of the course is to provide multidisciplinary Masters’s level postgraduate training in Biomedical Engineering to prepare students for future employment in healthcare, industrial and academic environments. This involves building on existing undergraduate knowledge in basic science or engineering and applying it to core principles and current issues in medicine and healthcare.

Specifically, the objectives of the course are to:

• Provide postgraduate-level education leading to professional careers in biomedical engineering in industry, academia, and a wide range of healthcare establishments such as medical organizations, medical research institutions, and hospitals.
• Provide an opportunity for in-depth research into specialist and novel areas of biomedical and clinical engineering;
• Expose students to practical work in a hospital environment with hands-on knowledge of patient care involving technological developments at the forefront of the field.
• Introduce students to exciting new fields such as regenerative medicine and novel technologies for physiological monitoring and diagnostics.