Biomedical Engineering

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

Please note that not all combinations of optional modules may be possible due to timetabling constraints.

Our four-year Biomedical Engineering course provides you with the essential fundamentals of the discipline in the first two years.

In the third and fourth years the emphasis is on your individual study and selecting optional modules in your area of interest.

In the first year you will take all of the following core modules:

• Bioengineering in Action
• Biomolecular Engineering 1
• Electrical Engineering 1
• Electrical Engineering Labs
• Electromagnetics 1
• Electronic Build Project
• Heat and Mass Transport 1
• Logic and Digital Systems
• Mathematics 1
• Mechanics 1
• Medical Science 1
• Molecules, Cells and Processes
• Programming 1
• Vibrations and Waves
• Wet Lab Skills

In the second year you will complete the following core modules:

• Biomolecular Engineering 2
• Control Systems
• Electrical Engineering 2
• Electromagnetics 2
• Engineering Design Project
• Heat and Mass Transport 2
• Mathematics 2
• Mechanics 2 Fluids
• Mechanics 2 Solids
• Mechanics Workshop
• Medical Science 2
• Programming 2
• Signals and Systems
• Wet Lab Skills

You also have the opportunity to take part in a practical engineering design project, based on the Sports Innovation Challenge.

Your third year will comprise of core and optional modules, as well as the opportunity to complete a group project.

There are three distinctive pathways available: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Whichever your pathway, you will select four optional modules in addition to the core modules.

• Biomedical Advanced and Computational Stress Analysis
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Group project
• Modelling in Biology
• Physiological Imaging and Monitoring

• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• Biomimetics
• Hearing and Speech Processing
• Human Centred Design of Assistive and Rehabilitation Devices
• Image Processing
• Introduction to Bioinformatics
• Physiological Fluid Mechanics
• Synthetic Biology
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Transport Systems for Biological Processes

• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Digital Signal Processing
• Group project
• Image Processing
• Modelling in Biology

• Advanced Electronic Devices
• Advanced Signal Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Biomaterials
• Biomedical Advanced and Computational Stress Analysis
• Biomimetics
• Control Engineering
• Design Led Innovation and New Venture Creation
• Hearing and Speech Processing
• Human Centred Design of Assistive and Rehabilitation Devices
• Introduction to Bioinformatics
• Optoelectronics
• Physiological Imaging and Monitoring
• Synthetic Biology
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Transport Systems for Biological Processes

• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Advanced and Computational Stress Analysis
• Group project
• Modelling in Biology
• Physiological Fluid Mechanics

• Biomaterials
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Biomimetics
• Computational Continuum
• Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics
• Hearing and Speech Processing
• Human Centred Design of Assistive and Rehabilitation Devices
• Integrated Design and Manufacture
• Introduction to Bioinformatics
• Machine System Dynamics
• Physiological Imaging and Monitoring
• Synthetic Biology
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Transport Systems for Biological Processes
• Tribology

Whichever pathway you choose, you are able to take the following modules within your four choices of optional modules in the third year.

• Imperial Horizons
• Business for Professional Engineers & Scientists

You will have the opportunity to complete an individual project no matter which pathway you choose.

You will then select six modules, allowing you to specialise in your chosen area of biomedical engineering.

There are over 20 optional modules for each pathway in the fourth year and the below lists give you an idea of the areas you will choose from.

• Advanced Medical Imaging
• Advanced Tissue Engineering
• Cellular Biomechanics
• Computational Neuroscience
• Medical Device Entrepreneurship

• Current-mode Analogue Signal Processing
• Full-Custom Integrated Circuit Design
• High-performance Analogue Electronics
• Radio-frequency Electronics
• Spectral Estimation and Adaptive Signal Processing

• Computational Continuum Mechanics
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• MEMS and Nanotechnology
• Modelling of Multi-Body Mechanical Systems
• Tribology