Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering (Leuven)
Programme summary
Education
Beyond foundational courses in anatomy, cell biology and physiology, the programme provides cutting-edge offerings in tissue and biofluid mechanics, biomaterials, biomedical measurements and stimulation, biomedical data processing and medical imaging. The programme is completed with a medical design project providing hands-on practice or a research training in one of the biomedical research domains at KU Leuven.
What can you find on this webpage?
Our (future) students can find information about the programme, admission requirements, objectives and evaluation.
All other information with regard to the study programme can be found at the website of the Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering.
Objectives
The postgraduate programme Biomedical Engineering is designed for students with a basic degree in an engineering discipline and provides additional training in the field of medical technology. The students receive a basic education on medical-technological knowledge, in particular basic medical knowledge, biomechanics, biomaterials, medical information technology, medical equipment and its regulatory framework. This training will enable the student to design medical-technological products and services, to start research in biomedical engineering, and to interact with clinicians in the biomedical field.Since it is a postgraduate program, the students entering this programme must have basic knowledge and basic skills that are typical of an engineering curriculum. This includes technological knowledge and design skills. These skills will be strengthened in this programme with a focus on the interdisciplinary medical-technological application context.
Learning outcomes for the programme:
Knowledge:
The graduated students have acquired a good understanding of the concepts, methods, tools, and applications of:
- biomechanics and biomaterials (numerical modelling, implants…)
- biomedical information technology (medical imaging, biomedical measurements, biomedical data processing, bioinformatics…)
- medical equipment and regulatory affairs
Skills:
The graduate students have refined their problem-solving and design skills related to the medical-technological application domain and have sharpened their research skills, for instance by processing of relevant literature.
Attitudes:
The key competences that will be addressed in the programme will focus on the active processing of biomedical engineering knowledge by the students and on a training in the state-of-the-art techniques in the field. The graduated students have a multidisciplinary attitude and are trained to function in an interdisciplinary medical-technological context.
Educational quality of the study programme
Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.Educational quality at study programme level
BlueprintEducational quality at university level
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More information?
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