Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering (Leuven)

The postgraduate programme in Biomedical Engineering aims at instructing students with a a basic engineering degree, on state of the art knowledge and techniques in the growing field of Biomedical Engineering. It aims at introducing the students to the basic concepts, methods and tools in both the disciplines of medical information technology and biomechanics/biomaterials. It aims at bringing the students to a level of knowledge, understanding and experience that is needed to actively conduct research and develop medical devices and associated software. To this end, the student will have to learn to interact with medical professionals and take into account the stringent regulatory framework.

As a postgraduate programme it is assumed that the students entering this programme have already acquired the general skills and attitudes typical for engineering curricula. These skills and attitudes will be strengthened in the programme. More in particular, teamworking skills in an interdisciplinary environment and information processing skills in the same environment (medical, engineering, regulatory) will be reinforced.

Learning outcomes for the programme:

Knowledge:

The graduated student has acquired a good understanding of the concepts, methods, tools and applications of:

• biomedical engineering devices
• biomechanical and biomaterial applications (orthopaedics, dentistry, rehabilitation devices, cardiovascular implants,...)
• medical information technology (medical image processing, biosignal analysis, sensor technology, hospital information systems, ...)

The graduated student has obtained an introduction to regulatory affairs.

Skills:

The graduated student has refined his problemsolving skills, is familiar with the day to day practice of biomedical device design and has sharpened his critical research attitude in a research-centred environment.

He/she is able to read the international scientific literature, to write a scientific paper and to give a scientific presentation.

Attitudes:

The key competences that will be addressed in the programme will focus on the active processing of the knowledge by the students and on a training in the state of the art techniques in het field.
Hence, the graduated student will have a multidisciplinary attitude and will be trained to function in a fast changing context.