Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
About this program
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
In this programme, you’ll acquire knowledge and skills from all fields of biomedical engineering in order to become an expert all-rounder, so once you finish the programme, you can work as a generalist or specialist in one particular field. You’ll be trained in the fundamentals of current biomedical engineering and gain a thorough knowledge of the basic concepts, along with an overview of the main applications used in various fields of biomedical engineering: medical imaging, medical signal processing, medical physics, medical device technology, tissue engineering, biomaterials and more. Alongside this knowledge, you’ll acquire the necessary research skills that will allow you to independently analyse and solve problems, with an all-important emphasis on permanent learning in this ever-changing domain.
You can choose between five specialisations:
- Radiation physics
- Biomechanics and biomaterials
- Sensors and medical devices
- Neuro-engineering
- Generic programme.
Admission requirements
- Academic requirements:
If you have an academic Bachelor's (or Master's) degree in engineering (university level) you can directly enter the programme, unless this is a Bachelor or Master in Architectural Engineering. You are also welcome with a Master's degree in bioengineering. If you have a Master's degree in industrial sciences you may enter the programme via a dedicated bridging programme of 120 ECTS credits. All other students must follow an admission programme, accounting for approximately 15/18 to maximum 90 ECTS credits, depending on their diploma.
- Language requirements:
Proof of English proficiency is compulsory and can be documented by the following certificates (provided by the institution):
- having successfully completed secondary or higher education with English as the sole language of instruction;
- having successfully completed Belgian secondary education;
- A language test: TOEFL IBT (min. 79), IELTS (min. 6.5), ITACE (min. B2) or Cambridge English (min. scale score 170) are accepted.
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Program content
Compulsory Fundamental Courses
- Bio-electronics
- Modelling of Physiological Systems
- Biomechanics
- Biomaterials
- From Genome to Organism
- Quantitative Cell Biology
- Biomedical Imaging
Compulsory Specialised Courses 1st year of the standard learning track
- Medical Physics
- Biomedical Product Development
- Medical Equipment
- Technology in Clinical Neuroscience
- Human and Environment, Safety and Regulations
Compulsory Specialised Courses 2nd year of the standard learning track
- Technology and Design of Artificial Organs
- Health Information and Decision Support
- Leadership in Health Care
- Hospital project
- Clinical Study Design and Biostatistics
Elective Courses
Engineering (Physics) in Oncology – year 1
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology
- Measurement Techniques in Nuclear Science
- Nuclear Physics
- Radiation Protection and Regulations
Engineering (Physics) in Oncology – year 2
- Medical Dosimetry
- Radiologic Techniques
- Technology of Radiotherapy
- Radiochemistry
- Radiobiology and Radiopathology
- Nuclear Reactors and Cyclotrons
- Advanced Image and Signal Processing
- Contrast Agents and Biomarkers for Imaging and Therapy
Advanced Design Methods in Biomedical Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid-structure Interaction
- Computational Biomechanics
- From Medical Image to Computational Model
Micro and Nano Devices
- Sensors and Microsystem Electronics
- Microphotonics
- Micro- and Nanobiotechnology
- Biophotonics
- Technology of Integrated Circuits and Microsystems
- Embedded Bioelectronics Systems
- Architecture and Fabrication of Biomedical Microsystems
- Biomedical Devices: Sensors, Stimulators and Drug Delivery Systems
Assistive Technologies
- Biomedical Robotics
- Virtual Reality
Personalized Medicine
- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials
- Polymers for Bio-related Applications
Neuro-Engineering
- Advanced Image and Signal Processing
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology
- Neurophysiological signal processing and network analysis
- Auditory Computation, Modelling and Technology
- Translational Neuroscience
- Neural interfaces, neuromodulation and minimally invasive neurotechnology
Other recommended masterspecif electives
- Biophotonics
- Micro- and Nanobiotechnology
- Bioelectromagnetism
- Internship Biomedical Engineering
- Biostatistics
- Modeling in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering: Case Studies
- Biomedical Acoustics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Contrast Agents and Biomarkers for Imaging and Therapy
- Electrochemistry
- Microphotonics
- Surface treatment: Processing and Analysis
- Project: Multifunctional Materials
- Sensors and Microsystem Electronics
Master Thesis
- Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering
Tuition
EEA students: 1,092 Euro per year.
Non-EEA students: 2,500 Euro per year.
Career paths
With a Master of Biomedical Engineering, the student has ample possibilities of finding a job in Flanders, Belgium, Europe or around the world inindustry, hospitals, health care, universities and research institutes, in government positions and many more.
The biomedical engineer is versatile, multi-disciplinary, and thus employable in a variety of positions:
- PhD-student at a university or at a large industry R&D-department.
- Product manager or project leader in an (R&D-) industry.
- Medical physics engineer in a hospital.
- Government/public health.
- Consultancy in a wide range of functions, from product design to safety regulations.
- Notified bodies, Regulatory Affairs Managers, screening new products for a CE-mark, patent offices...
- Health Insurance, improving health care and controlling costs.
- Any job requiring the traditional analytical and organizational skills of the academically trained engineer (general consultancy jobs, top functions in administration, banking sector..
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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