Biomedical Engineering

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our Biomedical Engineering MEng programme has been designed to train the next generation of biomedical engineers working in healthcare research and development. Upon completion, you will go on to specialise in medical engineering, medical physics or apply for further study in Medicine.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
King's is recognised as one of the international leaders in Medical Engineering and Physics education.
Our Biomedical Engineering Department is based in one of the UK’s centres of excellence for medical imaging in a clinical setting at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Designed to prepare students to enter jobs in the evolving field of biomedical engineering, healthcare research or further study in medicine.
Taught by a combination of academic and clinical researchers at the forefront of their field.
The programme is CEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

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Location

Start date

London
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Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7EH

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Subjects

  • Medical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Image
  • Imaging
  • Project
  • Healthcare
  • Engineering
  • Medical
  • Medical imaging
  • Medical training
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical
  • Computational
  • GCSE Physics

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules
  • Computer Programming (15 credits)
  • Physics for Biomedical Engineering (15 credits)
  • Joint Honours Lab (15 credits)
  • Computational Statistics (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology (15 credits)
  • Electrical Engineering I (15 credits)
  • Mathematics for Biomedical Engineering (15 credits)
  • Mechanics for Biomedical Engineering (15 credits)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 1.


Year 2

Year 2 Required Modules

  • Electromagnetism (15 credits)
  • Signals & Systems (15 credits)
  • Signal & Image Processing (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering (15 credits)
  • Computational Methods (30 credits)
  • Computational Applied Biomathematics (15 credits)
  • Object-Oriented Programming (15 credits)
  • Biomedical Engineering Professional Issues (0 credits)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 2.


Year 3

Year 3

Required Modules
  • BEng Research Project (30 Credits)
  • Introduction to Medical Imaging (15 credits)
  • Modelling Flow & Transport (15 credits)
  • Advanced Mechanics (15 credits)
  • Mechatronics (15 credits)
Optional Modules

Choose two of the following modules:

  • Synthetic Anatomy (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Materials and Biomaterials (15 credits)
  • Applied Finite Elements (15 credits)
  • Biomechanics & Molecular Biology for Biomedical Engineers (15 credits)
  • Bioelectricity(15 credits)
  • Statistics for Research (15 credits)
  • Machine Learning (15 credits)


Year 4

Year 4 Required Modules

  • MEng Group Research Project (30 credits)
  • MEng Individual Research Project (30 credits)

Optional Modules

Students choose four (15 credit) modules from a range of options that may include:

  • Principles of Management (15 credits)
  • Artificial Intelligence (15 credits)
  • Robotics Systems (15 credits)
  • Medical Image Reconstruction (15 credits)
  • Medical Image Acquisition (15 credits)
  • Computational Modelling (15 credits)
  • Biologically Inspired Methods (15 credits)
  • Physiological Fluid Mechanics (15 credits)
  • Physics and Maths of Radionuclide Imaging (15 credits)
  • Radiation Safety (15 credits)
  • Management of Medical Equipment (15 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

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