Year 1

In your first year you will take courses in mathematics and study engineering fundamentals including applied mechanics, biomedical engineering, dynamics, engineering materials and electronics. These courses will form a solid foundation for development later in the degree programme and are supported by individual and group project and laboratory work.

Year 2

In your second year you will study further engineering and biomedical subjects including applied mathematics, applied mechanics, biomaterials, biomedical engineering skills, electronic engineering, human form and function, human physiology and principles of biological processes.

Year 3

In your third year you will study more advanced engineering and biomedical subjects including biomedical engineering, design and manufacture, electronic design, biological fluid mechanics, medical electronics, medical imaging, immunology and neuroscience.

Years 4 and 5

The main route to becoming a fully chartered engineer is through the MEng degree, which usually takes five years. The BEng degree remains popular and can normally be completed in four years. To become a fully chartered engineer with a BEng degree requires further study after graduation, which can be done part-time from work.

Your selection for BEng or MEng depends on your progress record in your first three years.

In the BEng programme, in addition to your final-year project, which takes up one third of the year, you will continue to take courses in engineering, biomedical and life sciences and medicine such as rehabilitation engineering, biosensors, bioethics, and cell and tissue engineering.

If you are an MEng student the course options chosen in your fourth year will be similar to those taken by the fourth-year BEng students. You will, however, wait until fifth year before taking your project which will allow you to choose more course options in fourth year, so increasing the breadth of your knowledge in biomedical engineering.

In your fifth year you will spend six months working on a detailed research-based project undertaken within the University or elsewhere, in industry or another university in the UK or overseas. On your return to Glasgow the remainder of the year will be spent allowing you to increase the depth of your knowledge and understanding of biomedical engineering, such as applications of biomedical engineering, bioinformatics and systems biology.

In first year, you will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities, including visiting local hospitals.

This degree programme has very close links with industry, with industrialists contributing to projects, lectures and case studies, as well as vacation and year-out employment opportunities for students. In addition, due to the multidisciplinarity of this degree, there are links with the local hospitals and clinical research institutes.

You will be able to apply to spend one year of your academic studies abroad at an accredited partner university. This would typically be in third year for BEng, or fourth year for MEng, students. MEng students will also have the opportunity to undertake their six-month project in industry or academia abroad.

Biomedical engineering is one of the most rapidly expanding industries, with the development of technologies to meet the demands of healthcare today. This includes the diagnosis of new infectious diseases and caring for an ageing population.

Engineering lies at the very heart of many of these challenges, in developing advanced instrumentation, developing prostheses and implant materials, and in new diagnostic sensors and new imaging techniques, to diagnose and treat chronic diseases.

Some of our graduates will see this as an excellent preliminary degree for graduate entry into medicine. The degree also provides graduates with strong transferable skills, enabling them to pursue other careers in finance, law and medicine, as well as other engineering disciplines, should they wish.

At Glasgow our graduates are always in demand. They are well represented in manufacturing companies and a wide range of industries in this country and abroad.