Medical engineering combines the design and problem-solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to contribute to medical device solutions and interventions for a range of diseases and trauma.
This exciting and challenging course will give you a broad knowledge base in this rapidly expanding field, as well as allowing you to specialise through your choice of optional modules.
We emphasise the multidisciplinary nature of medical engineering and the current shift towards the interface between engineering and the life sciences. You could focus on tissue engineering, biomaterials or joint replacement technology among a host of other topics.
Based in the School of Mechanical Engineering this course will also encourage you to consider different perspectives towards medical engineering through teaching from the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, School of Biomedical Sciences and Leeds University Business School.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in engineering, a physical science, mathematics. A medical degree or allied subject is acceptable where the candidate also has demonstrable knowledge of mathematics and physics. We may ask for further detailed module information where necessary.
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There is a global growth in MedTech, and certainly a huge demand within the Leeds city region. The University of Leeds is recognised for medical technologies, offering graduates of this course a level of distinctiveness which is attractive to employers.
Career destinations and opportunities for graduates of this course are diverse. This course will also prepare you for further studies as a researcher in industry or at PhD level. Our graduates have secured positions at companies such as:
Compulsory modules
Experimental Methods and Analysis 15 credits
Professional Project 60 credits
Team Design Project 15 credits
Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Tissue Engineering 15 credits
Medical Electronics and E-Health 15 credits
Managing for Innovation 15 credits
Structure and Functional Biomechanics 15 credits
Spinal Biomechanics and Instrumentation (Distance Learning) 15 credits
Engineering Computational Methods 15 credits
Tribology and Surface Engineering 15 credits
Biomaterials 15 credits
Functional Joint Replacement Technology 15 credits
Biomechatronics and Medical Robotics 15 credits
Advanced Finite Element Analysis 15 credits
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis 15 credits
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