Overview

The Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year programme offered by University of Southampton combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare. The year-long placement is a great opportunity to bolster your employability by ensuring that you graduate with experience of contemporary industry operations and connections.

Key Facts

The medical engineering offerings have a strong focus on mechanical engineering, user interaction and needs. The technologies you develop will help support patients, carers and clinicians in enabling longer, healthier and happier lives.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

design assistive technologies, as well as systems for diagnosis, treatment and for monitoring patients

undertake design-build-test projects in years 1 and 2, an individual project in year 3, and a group design project in year 4

use our outstanding research facilities, including our mechanical, electronics, biomechanics, bioengineering labs and human factors facilities

understand the specific clinical, safety and ethical implications of medical engineering work, and routes to commercialization

interact with industry through work placements, external speakers, industrial visits, and industrial design projects

become familiar with specialist modelling software and modern measurement and test equipment

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Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Engineering Design

Data Science and Computing for Engineers

Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment

Mechanical Systems Analysis

Mechanics, Structures and Materials

Medicine

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

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120

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TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

600 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Southampton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Biomedical Science View 270 other Bachelors in Biomedical Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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120

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TOEFL^® IBT

92

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67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A-levels: A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A).

A-levels additional information: Excluded subjects are General Studies and Critical Thinking.

International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass, with 38 points overall, with 19 points required at Higher Level including 6 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches) or 7 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Applications and Interpretation)

BTEC: D in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus grades A*A from two A-levels including mathematics (minimum grade A) or D* in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus grades AA from two A-levels including mathematics.

D*D in the BTEC National Diploma plus grade A in A-level mathematics or DD in the BTEC National Diploma plus grade A* in A-level mathematics.

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Tuition Fees

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31000 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Southampton

United Kingdom

697 - 1093 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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