Biomedical Engineering University of Barcelona

Overview

Brief description

The Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's programme offered at University of Barcelona provides training for a socioeconomic activity which has a remarkable impact on modern medicine. It produces professionals who are able to solve engineering problems in the biomedical field, perform research, development and technological innovation tasks at the interface between engineering and biomedicine, and take on professional roles at companies, hospitals, research centres and government agencies in the field of biomedical technologies. 

It teaches students to lead and manage engineering projects related to the design of monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, as well as information and communication systems applied to healthcare, telemedicine, remote monitoring and equipment quality assurance. Students acquire the necessary skills in techniques for the analysis and interpretation of biomedical images and signals, biomechanics and biomaterials, sensors, care quality enhancement, and equipment and process optimization.

Career opportunities:

Biomedical engineering is one of the fastest growing branches of engineering today and so enables degree holders to enter professional practice a broad range of working environments:

• Medical diagnosis, control and therapy

• Biomedical technology

• IT suppliers of health services

• The pharmaceutical industry

• Biotechnology

• Clinical engineering in health services

• Clinical services in health care

• Universities and research institutes

• Health care technology transfer.