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Medical Engineering Technologies BEng(Hons)/MEng
Your course
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Medical Engineers play a vital role in the healthcare sector from maintaining, developing, and improving the components in medical instruments, to identifying the best materials to use in prosthetics or joint replacements. So if you’re looking for a rewarding career that really makes a difference to people’s lives this course could be for you.
The course begins by covering the fundamentals of mechanical and electronic engineering, so you’re confident in the basics. You’ll learn the necessities but from a healthcare perspective, learning about mechatronics and robotics.
Then in your second year we’ll introduce you to anatomy, specifically gait analysis, which is the study of joint biomechanics and the movement of the legs and feet during walking and running. You’ll look at material properties, learning how materials are selected to operate in the challenging environment of the human body. You’ll also learn how medical imaging technologies work, with hands on experience of X-Ray machines, CT scans and Ultrasonic technologies, which brings together both electronic and mechanical engineering.
Human disease and injury will be covered in the final year, we’ll get you thinking about the consequences and potential diagnosis options. You’ll also look at the range of individualised medical devices, and their mechanical design techniques, which includes 3D printing solutions.
Example modules
• Human Pathology and Impairment • Biomechanical Engineering and Biomechanics • Medical Imaging and Anatomy • Personalised Medical Devices
Your future
During your studies you have the chance to take a placement after your second year. You could work in the industry and put what you’ve learnt into practice. We’ll also give you the opportunity to join our student teams who take part in national events like the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Formula Student, Railway Challenge, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge competitions (or comparable design and build competitions). You’ll work alongside fellow students from different engineering disciplines, which reflects how you’ll work in industry. Careers you could consider after completing your degree could be a medical device specialist, medicines and healthcare regulatory official, manufacturing engineer, or a bioengineer, to name a few.
Course info
Course length:
3 years full-time 4 years inc. placement year
Entry requirements:
Offers will be made in the region of BBB-BBC inc. Maths A Level and one other Science or Technology subject*/DDM-DMM in Engineering** or Science or Technology plus Maths A Level/120-112***
Course length:
4 years full-time 5 years inc. placement year
Entry requirements:
AAB*/DDD in Engineering** or Science or Technology plus Maths A Level/136***
*Science and Technology subjects accepted: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further and Additional Mathematics, Computer Science, Design and Technology: Product Design or Statistics.
**Engineering subjects accepted: See course webpage for more details.
***UCAS points must be made of up A Level Maths (or equivalent) plus Science/ Technology subjects as listed above.
