Become an expert on improving diagnoses, monitoring and therapy within healthcare

Biomedical Engineering

Level
Language: English
Credits: 30 ECTS
Startmonths: Start: September
Locations: Groningen

Science and Engineering
Health and Sports

Are you interested in applying engineering solutions and principles to health care and its related industries? Then Biomedical Engineering is the perfect programme for you. You will become an expert in improving health care diagnosis, monitoring and therapy. You will combine engineering design and problem-solving skills with biomedical sciences.

The focus of this programme lies on designing and producing medical devices either for diagnosis or treatment. You will learn to design and develop applications that will literally come in contact with people. These relate to surgical equipment, biomedical instrumentation and orthopaedic devices.

The Biomedical Engineering programme consists of courses and an applied project. The courses are assessed by theory tests and practical workshops. You will work in a project group on the realisation of a biomedical device. Assignments will be provided by the Health Care industry or Medical Centres.

Mandatory modules		25 ECTS
Introduction Medical Diagnostics		5 ECTS
Engineering rules for medical devices		5 ECTS
Anatomy and Physiology		5 ECTS
Biomedical Project		10 ECTS

Elective modules		5 ECTS
Human Dynamics		5 ECTS
Medical Instrumentation		5 ECTS

Take a look at the ECTS course catalogue for more information.

Excursions to various locations in the Groningen-Assen region are part of the programme. Depending on your project, you probably need to visit your client a few times as well. Students who apply for this programme are expected to do the whole programme of 30 ECTS.

Testimonial

'I chose my exchange programme because The Netherlands are world leading when it comes to medical technology and Healthcare. There is a lot of knowledge I can bring back with me which would support me in writing my thesis and succeeding in my future work. The programme was interesting, educational and fun. We got to choose a project from multiple different companies, and we had to realise it. It was hard but also a lot of fun, I got very close to my group participants. I think if it wasn't for the project, I would never have gotten that close with them. I loved the "principles of biological assays"-course. It was everything I had hoped it would be, and the lecturer had interactive classes which made the learning experience fun. Living in Groningen was a dream, I would never have expected to achieve so much while still being prepared for my exams. Groningen has a farmers market three times a week, there are multiple viewpoints around and you bike literally everywhere. There is so much stuff to do, not just in Groningen but everywhere around The Netherlands. My stay in Groningen and the people I met here will follow me for the rest of my life.' Shpendi Misini

Before you can start

Students need to have completed 4 semesters (a minimum of 120 ECTS credits) at undergraduate level in electrical or mechanical engineering, mechatronics or physics.

Notes

The schedule for this programme may vary from week to week. The programme is intensive and students who apply for this programme are expected to be available and present for the whole duration of the programme.

Admission & application

Please check with your home university whether there is an agreement set up with the Hanze School that is offering the exchange programme of your choice. To apply for and be admitted for our exchange programme you should take the following steps

1. Be nominated by your home university

Once you have been nominated, your nomination will be checked by us and confirmed to your home university by email. You will receive your application link during our application period.
2. Submit your online application

Once you have been nominated by your home university you will receive a personal application link and the application instructions during our application period. The application is fully digital and documents do not have to be send by email or postal mail. Make sure you do not miss our application deadline!
3. Letter of Acceptance

Once you have submitted your application we will check your documents. If you have to re-submit any documents, we will let you know. We will be sending out Acceptance Letters from the beginning of May when you start in September and from the middle of October when you start in February.