Institute for Life Sciences
Discover more about the integration of biomedical and health challenges with engineering and physical science solutions
This exciting course will be of great importance to UK healthcare and medical technology development. The future of healthcare depends on innovative biomedical engineering. The extraordinary young engineers who develop new medical technologies will help form and drive the future of innovative medical device companies.
Typical A Level offer: Biomedical Engineering (Electronics)
A*AA for MEng and AAA for BEng, including mathematics and physics
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Biosensors and diagnostics
This module explains the working mechanism of biosensors which are widely used in modern medicine and are essential for diagnosing disease. You will make a glucose sensor, design a smartphone-reader app and make a simple paper-based protein sensor.
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Health technologies design project
You will work in a team to build a health and wellness monitoring platform. The system will collect data from wearable sensors including accelerometers, temperature sensors and pulse oximeters, making the data available through a decision support system.
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