Master of Engineering (Biomedical)

Biomedical engineers bridge the gap between technology, medicine and biology. Within this specialisation, students choose to focus on areas including biomechanical engineering, bioengineering, bio-informatics, bio-cellular engineering, biosignals, neuro-engineering or clinical engineering.

Students also benefit from the high standing of services provided by, the University and the School of Engineering for biomedical innovation.

The Master of Engineering (Biomedical) consists of 300 points of study - 200 points core plus 100 points elective subjects as listed below.

• a maximum of 150 points for applicants with a 4 year Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent.
• a maximum of 100 points for applicants with a 3 year undergraduate degree. Students entering with a three year bachelor degree must complete at least 200 points of study within the Masters of Engineering. In cases where applicants have completed the equivalent of more than 100 points of core masters subjects, discipline specific electives must be taken to fulfill the 200 minimum masters study requirement.

Note: applicants from the University of Melbourne with:

• An appropriate “Engineering System” major will receive 100 points of advance standing. Applicants who have completed more than 100 points of core subjects in their undergraduate degree will obtain exemption for the cores taken but will need to replace the points in excess of 100 points with elective subjects.
• Engineering breadth sequences (including those in the Bachelor of Commerce) will receive advanced standing to a maximum of 100 points.

Total 300 point - 200 points core (compulsory) plus 100 points elective subjects from the list below. Students must complete all 300 points of subjects, including all core subjects, or have advanced standing or exemption.

The core and elective subjects are those listed below. The order of subjects below is one way of progressing through the course - students who meet subject requisites may tailor their individual study plan to take into account advanced standing and their preferred study load. Students plan their study on-line, however Melbourne School of Engineering course advisors are available to assist students with individual study plans.

Suggested first 100 points:

Suggested study plan for first 100 points:

• 87.5 points Core
• 12.5 points Biomedical Science elective from the list below

Core (87.5 points)

Suggested second 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the second 100 points:

• 37.5 points Core,
• 50 points Bioengineering Electives
• 12.5 points Approved Electives from the lists below

Suggested third 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the third 100 points:

• 75 points Core
• 25 points Approved Electives from the lists below

Biomedical Science Elective

Total 12.5 points

Students with a background is in Chemistry must take the biology elective. Students with a background in Biology must take the Chemistry elective.

Bioengineering Electives

Total 50 points

Students should take two pairs of subjects in the same study area:

• Tissue Engineering and Bionanoengineering
• Computational Genomics and Algorithms for Functional Genomics
• Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics and Computational Biomechanic
• Medical Imaging and Neural Information Processing

Approved Electives

Total 37.5 points

Students must take 37.5 points in total of approved electives.

An approved elective is any graduate, 4th or 3rd year level subject.
Note all students must meet any requisite prior to enrolling in a subject. Students may need written permission to add subjects from other faculties.