Biomedical Engineering – (B.Sc.)

The 21st century is taking shape as the century of biology and medicine, in which the great challenge has been to transform life sciences, up until now highly descriptive, into quantitative and exact sciences. This challenge has led to the creation of a new branch of engineering called Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering. Biomedical Engineering is a relatively new interdisciplinary degree program in which traditional techniques of mechanical, aeronautical, chemical, electronic, IT, telecommunications and materials engineering are applied to analysis and problem solving related to biology and medicine. Due to its interdisciplinary character, Biomedical Engineering requires training not only in applied sciences (applied mathematics, physics, and chemistry) and in engineering techniques, but also in physiology and other biological sciences.

The Biomedical Engineering degree has been created in response to the need to develop a new scientific and technological sector that is of vital importance in Spain´s future economic development. In particular, it aims to prepare students to embark on a career in the medical instrumentation industry, providing them with basic training that will enable them to work in several areas, including developing new technologies in medical instrumentation (pharmaceutical and gene supply systems, biomedical imaging technology, implantable medical devices, surgical instrumentation and techniques, BioMEMS, biosensors, etc.), medical imaging, biomaterial technology, cell tissue engineering, rehabilitation biomechanics and engineering, as well as numerical simulation and mathematical analysis of biological and medical systems.

The Biomedical Engineering degree provides a general education in all these subjects and also permits students to specialize in three disciplines:

* Medical instrumentation
* Medical imaging
* Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Classes are fully taught in English.

The goal of training in Biomedical Engineering is to provide graduates with the knowledge, techniques, abilities and attitudes necessary for this profession and is summarized in the following general objectives:

1. Training which provides the graduate with a solid scientific foundation to fully meet the professional challenges of the biomedical sector.

2. Promoting the capabilities and competences aimed at problem solving, initiative, decision making, creativity, analysis and critical reasoning.

3. Providing the necessary technological knowledge that will allow the graduate to tackle problems in the field of biology.

4. Preparing graduates to carry out a unified scientific approach in matters related to biology, medicine and technology.

5. Training professionals who are able to apply the concepts of engineering to the fields of biology and health.

6. Preparing graduates in a variety of social, interpersonal, emotional and work competences within a multidisciplinary and international environment.

7. Providing graduates with technical skills and the sensitivity that will allow them to promote, organize and carry out innovations in the area of biomedical engineering.

8. Instilling the know-how to use clinical and biomedical instruments to obtain, organize and interpret scientific and health information.

9. Giving the necessary foundation for independent learning, or for further study of a postgraduate degree, enabling students to engage in in-depth academic pursuits and/or specialize in different fields of biomedical engineering.

10. Fomenting personal development in all its facets: scientific, cultural, and human. etc., resulting in a greater critical capacity and deeper understanding of problems, leading to an exercise of freedom, with respect for legal pluralism and a spirit of solidarity, to create spaces of equality, coexistence and friendship.

11. Fostering the social values inherent in a peaceful society, contributing to democratic coexistence, respect for human rights and basic principles such as fairness and equality.