Course Catalogue

Our unique Biomedical Engineering programme aims to provide the learner with theoretical and practical understanding of Biomedical Engineering up to higher diploma level. Upon successful completion of the programme, the candidate will be able to qualify to enter the final year of the Biomedical Engineering degree of Birmingham City University. The programme will also provide the learner with the skills and expertise needed to work in specialist areas such as assistive technology, rehabilitation, medical imaging and robotics, physiology monitoring, cardiopulmonary engineering, e-health, orthopaedic implants, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Biomedical Engineering is a discipline of engineering that interacts with the human body. The learner will be developing and applying innovative skills in the design, manufacturing and maintenance of medical equipment and devices covering all spectrums, from the new born to assistive living for the elderly. Industrial-led practical workshops and labs will help enhance technical skills. This will enable the learner to relate ‘real-life’ commercial innovations to the underpinning academic theory learnt in the lectures. Along with these technical skills, as an engineer the learner will also gain a diverse range of transferable skills, including effective communication, leadership, the ability to critically assess gaps in target healthcare markets, and the tools required to provide solutions to bridge those gaps.

Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, computer sessions, participation in projects. Examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, essays, technological reports, oral presentations, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises.

Work-related learning is included within this programme, so students will have the opportunity to engage in real world projects and activities. The programme has active links with industry and involves employers in the industrial projects at each level of the programme. Real world case studies are used wherever possible.