MSc in Biomedical Engineering

The current cycle of studies encompasses a lecturing component, a project unit and a placement/thesis. The latter can include a dissertation of scientific nature or an industrial placement subject to a final report, providing they are original and specifically conceived towards that aim.

The curriculum offers a set of optional speciality courses on several domains, widening the educational scope. The curriculum is also designed to stimulate the development of personal skills, nowadays a crucial factor for employability and professional success. These competences are worked in the different technical-scientific disciplines along the whole curriculum, but also in specialized disciplines.

The contact of the students with R&D activities and Extension Services of ESB is crucial for developing their capacity of problem-solving and independent thought, offering a clear vision of the professional and education opportunities on the different fields, urging the creativity capabilities. The students are also offered the possibility for an international mobility experience, which can be framed within the ERASMUS programme, and/or for a professional experience in a company/organization related to their field of studies, broadening their educational profile. This cycle of studies provides the students with personal and technical skills aiming at fostering their integration in the work market and/or allowing them to follow an advanced scientific career.

The curriculum entails the following courses:

 1st SEMESTER2nd SEMESTER
YEAR 1
  • Biomechanics (5 credits)
  • Research Methodology-Planning & Data Analysis (5 credits)
  • Optics and Radiation in Medicine (5 credits)
  • Biointerfaces and Cell Behaviour (5 credits)
  • Electronics and Signals (5 credits)
  • Option I (5 credits)
  • Molecular Genetics (5 credits)
  • Imagiology (5 credits)
  • Instrumentation (5 credits)
  • Hospital Structures and Facilities (5 credits)
  • Biomaterials II (5 credits)
  • Option II (5 credits)
YEAR 2
  • Biomedical Engineering Project (15 credits)
  • Management, Innovation and Marketing (5 credits)
  • Operational Research and Innovation (5 credits)
  • Option III (5 credits)
  • Practical Training/Dissertation (30 credits)

Total credits: 120