Biomedical

Overview

Biomedical engineers bridge the gap between technology, medicine and biology. Within this specialisation, students choose to focus on areas including biomechanical engineering, bioengineering, bioinformatics, biocellular engineering, biosignals, neuroengineering and clinical engineering.

Students also benefit from the high standing of services provided by the University and the Melbourne School of Engineering for biomedical innovation.

Last updated: 11 December 2024

Structure

300 credit points

Subject Options

Total 300 points - 200 points core (compulsory) plus 100 points elective subjects from the list below. Students must complete all 300 points of subjects, including all core subjects, or have advanced standing or exemption.

The core and elective subjects are those listed below. The order of subjects below is one way of progressing through the course - students who meet subject requisites may tailor their individual study plan to take into account advanced standing and their study load. Students plan their study online and can seek further advice from Stop 1 on individual study plans.

Suggested first 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the first 100 points:

• 75 points core
• 12.5 points selective from the list below
• 12.5 points Biomedical Science elective

Core (75 points)

Selective (12.5 points)

Choose one - University of Melbourne pathway students are recommended to take ENGR90034.

Suggested second 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the second 100 points:

• 50 points core
• 50 points Bioengineering Electives

Core (50 points)

Suggested third 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the third 100 points:

• 12.5 points core
• 50 points Biomedical Engineering Research and Design Project Electives
• 25 points Approved Electives
• 12.5 points Bioengineering Elective

Core (12.5 points)

Biomedical Engineering Research and Design Project Electives

Students must complete 50.0 points from the following capstone subjects:

Note 2: BMEN90031 Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project Part 1 and BMEN90032 Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project Part 2 must be taken in 2 consecutive semesters. Students commence BMEN90031 in Semester 2 and continue BMEN90032 in the consecutive semester (Semester 1 in the following year). Upon successful completion of this project, students will receive 25 points credit.

Bioengineering Electives

Total 62.5 points

Students are encouraged to take two pairs of subjects in the same study area:

• Tissue Engineering & Stem Cells and Soft Matter Engineering
• Computational Genomics and Algorithms for Functional Genomics
• Human Impact & Forensic Biomechanics and Computational Biomechanics
• Medical Imaging and Neural Information Processing

Biomedical Science Electives

Total 12.5 points

Students with a background in Chemistry must take the BIOL10004 elective. Students with a background in Biology must take the CHEM10003 elective.

Approved Electives

Total 25 points

An approved elective is any postgraduate level subject or third-year undergraduate subject.

Students anticipated to graduate in 2015 can have up to 37.5 points approved electives (BMEN90027 Biosystems Modelling can be replaced with an approved elective).

Student may take the following subjects as approved electives:

Please note:

1. All students must meet any requisite prior to enrolling in a subject;

2. Students may need written permission from other faculties to enrol in some subjects; please check with the course coordinator of the subject.

Links

http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-engineering-biomedical/overview

Last updated: 11 December 2024