COURSE OVERVIEW
Biomedical Engineering applies engineering principles to the human body, in pursuit of an advanced and personalised style of future healthcare.
Combining engineering with the instrumentation used in modern medicine promises to generate important new technologies which touch and extend all our lifetimes. You can be at the heart of it.
Our degrees prepares you for a rewarding career across a range of sectors. You will gain core engineering skills while learning about anatomy, physiology and communication with clinicians.
You will develop your analytical and problem-solving abilities whilst gaining hands-on experience of industrial medical devices and instruments, establishing skills that are vital to employment in the wider industry.
This programme is a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), which will provide you with training and skills in the design and innovation of tomorrow’s medical technologies based on engineering principles, and a route to becoming a Professional, Chartered Engineer. If you are looking for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) programme, with a focus on clinical and practical aspects of medical engineering within the NHS, which provides a route to becoming a Healthcare Practitioner, please see our BSc Healthcare Sciences (Medical Engineering).
WHY BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT SWANSEA?
- Biomedical Engineering is ranked 14th overall in the UK and 3rd in the UK for Research Quality by the Complete University Guide 2023
- 100% world-leading and internationally excellent environment – Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
- We're 15th in the UK for Overall Satisfaction (NSS 2022)
We also offer you the option to spend a YEAR ABROAD (UCAS HB01) at a partner university which enriches the degree, giving a valuable cultural and linguistic experience which can broaden your horizons when seeking employment.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Our graduates are set on course for a range of exciting career opportunities including:
- Biomedical Engineer
- Clinical Engineer/Scientist
- Medical Research Scientist
- Rehabilitation Engineer
- Prosthetic Design Engineer
- Application Engineer in Medical Devices
- Bioinstrumentation Engineer
- Robotic Surgical Instruments
Our graduates go on to have interesting and varied careers at companies such as, Renishaw, Calon Cardio-Technology Ltd, Olympus Surgical Technologies, NHS, GE Healthcare and Royal Navy. 97% of our College graduates are in work or further study 6 months after graduating (16/17 Graduate DLHE).
Modules
You will complete a series of compulsory and optional 10-credit modules before undertaking a 30-credit research project and a 20-credit group design project in your final year.
BEng 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- Engineering Mathematics 1 (Chem & Med)
- Circuit Analysis
- Introduction to Materials Engineering
- Human Neuromusculoskeletal System
- Engineering Mathematics 2 (Chem & Med)
- Strength of Materials (Mech & Med & Engineering)
- Instrumentation and Control
- Manufacturing Technology I
- Numerical Methods for Biomedical Engineers
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Human Physiology
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Compulsory Modules
- Statistical Methods in Engineering
- Multivariable Calculus for Medical Engineers
- Design for Medical Engineering
- Cell Biology and cell mechanics for engineers
- Physiological systems
- Selected Medical Diagnostic Techniques
- Process Modelling
- Dynamics 1 (Med & Civil)
- Experimental Studies for Medical Engineers
- Signals and Systems
- Fluid Mechanics 1
- Stress Analysis 1
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Compulsory Modules
- Tissue Engineering
- Computer Aided Product Design
- Finite Element Method
- Research Project
- Engineering Management
- Medical Engineering Group Design Project
- Biomedical Flows in Physiology and Medical Devices
- Biomedical Instrumentation
- Implant and prosthetic Technology
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