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Bachelor of Medical Engineering (Honours)

Bachelor of Medical Engineering (Honours)

Become an engineer capable of solving the world’s greatest challenges As a medical engineer, you’ll strive to make medical treatment more effective, efficient, safer and affordable. You will be uniquely placed to save and improve lives. What is medical engineering Medical engineering is a new and exciting discipline. It spans…

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Biomedical Engineering, Engineering And Technology, Health and Medicine, Medicine
University of Newcastle

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Become an engineer capable of solving the world’s greatest challenges

As a medical engineer, you’ll strive to make medical treatment more effective, efficient, safer and affordable. You will be uniquely placed to save and improve lives.

What is medical engineering Medical engineering is a new and exciting discipline. It spans topics like medicine, biomedical science and engineering. Bachelor of Medical Engineering graduates take technology and create better solutions for health and wellbeing. They seek to improve human health through the development and design of equipment, devices, computer systems and software.

You’ll use your creativity, critical thinking, and complex problem-solving skills. Learn to apply engineering principles and design processes. Find innovative solutions to healthcare problems. As a graduate, you will develop and improve technology and human systems in medical settings.

Course overview

Become job-ready through our professional practice courses. You’ll learn to tackle ‘wicked problems’ and develop essential workplace skills in finance, project management, sustainability, communication and entrepreneurial. Build critical medical and engineering skills by studying through courses in:

analogue and digital electronics design

programming and computing

engineering design

neurobiology

human pathophysiology

pharmacology

Career opportunities

There is a global growth in demand for biomedical engineers due to our ageing population. Emergent technologies and engineering applications are also increasing the demand. We offer the only medical engineering degree in NSW, so our graduates are uniquely placed to improve lives around the world.

Medical engineers can work in hospitals and other medical institutions. They may also work in health-related manufacturing and technology companies, pharmaceutical companies, or research organisations.

Depending on your area of specialisation, you could work with:

biomechanical devices

surgical equipment

nanotechnology drug delivery systems and diagnostic tests

prosthetic limbs

artificial organs

electrical and computing systems relating for radiotherapy, respiration or dialysis

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle, Australia is a world-class university. Excellence in teaching, research, and the student experience are our focus.

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University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle is one of the world’s top 200 universities1, known for making a global impact and top 5 in the world for partnering for a more sustainable future2. 

We embrace technology and best practice to deliver the best possible student experience. Our mission is to help students become life-ready graduates. We do this through practical learning, innovative styles of teaching, internationally recognised study programs and world-class research. 

We are number one in Australia for industry collaboration3, our partnerships help our more than 39,000 students4 to be more employable and start on higher salaries than the Australian average5. 

1 QS World University Rankings 2023
2 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022  
3 Innovation Connections IC Report 2014 - 2020 
4 The University of Newcastle Data Warehouse 2021 
5 QILT Graduates Outcomes Survey 2018 - 2020 
 

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