Biomedical Engineering with Foundation Year Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

Biomedical engineers are responsible for developing robots used in surgery, advanced prosthetics, machines for treating patients such as kidney dialysis, diagnostic equipment such as hospital NMR machines and artificial organs to name a few. They may utilise smart technologies and apply them to transmit data from patient treatment results directly to the clinics and hospitals to minimise the need for patients to travel for their health reviews. Emergency situations can also be caught early and prevent a decline in patient health.

What you'll study

The Biomedical Engineering with Foundation Year option at Canterbury Christ Church University will provide you with the relevant theoretical and practical knowledge you need to be prepared for an engineering degree. You will develop your core knowledge and understanding of:

• human biology
• physics
• engineering concepts
• material science
• maths and statistics
• and you'll develop your Higher Education (HE) study skills.

On successful completion of the foundation year you will progress to the BEng (Hons) Biomedical Engineering degree. During the course you will be supported to develop your employability skills and job application skills to apply for placement opportunities. Placement opportunities in engineering often lead to opening doors to great potential engineering graduate employment opportunities with companies such as NHS, Burton Medical, Braun, Fielder Filter Systems, TwistDX, Futurenova, BMM Weston and many more.

This course equips you to be a practising professional graduate biomedical engineer. Biomedical engineering is a key area for growth in south-east England which presents exciting opportunities for graduates. You will be able to apply and develop technology to provide biomedical engineering solutions for the healthcare industry.

At the end of the foundation year, you will continue with the BEng (Hons) Biomedical Engineering degree and will be supported to develop your employability and job application skills. You will have the opportunity to apply for an optional placement to gain work experience and to help you stand out in the job market.

Your future career

Biomedical Engineering is one of the fastest growing industries with some of the highest starting salaries. There are many opportunities to practice as a biomedical engineer, for example:

• Designing, implementing and maintaining bio-instruments and bio-equipment to aid diagnose and treat diseases.
• Designing and developing materials for implantation in the human body, which therefore need to be chemically inert, safe, and reliable
• Working with innovators, medics and computing professionals to engineer smart technology gadgets that interface with smart phones to provide alternative medical interventions to support or relieve medical symptoms of a patient
• Designing and developing hygienic surgery aids that enable high precision and timely surgery.

Biomedical Engineers are also sought after by a wide variety of other industries:

• Designing and developing automated mechanical devices for food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry, and those that require a focus on designing for hygiene, cleaning and sterility
• Manufacturing: because biomedical engineers have strengths in systems integration and knowledge and understanding of multiple fields of engineering
• Legal sector: because biomedical devices are such a high growth area of research and development there is demand for technical reviewing, advising and approval of patents.