MScBiomedical Engineering
| Study location | Belgium, Brussels |
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| Type | Master courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 2 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | MSc |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Students with an academic Bachelor (or Master) degree in engineering (university level) can enter the programme without any prerequisites, except for students with a Bachelor or Master degree in Architectural Engineering.This is also the case for students with a Master degree in bio-engineering. Students with a Master degree in Industrial Sciences may enter the master programme via a dedicated bridging programme of 120 ECTS credits. All other students must follow an admission programme, accounting for approximately 15/18 to maximally 90 ECTS credits depending on their diploma. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. If your documents are not in English, French or Dutch they have to be officially tranlsated (by a sworn translator) into one of these 3 languages You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS Academic: minimum 6.5 or equivalent More information on www.vub.be/en/language-requirements |
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| Other requirements | At least 2 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. NB! Please note that you must pay a 50 EURO application fee if you have a non Flemish diploma. University will process your application as soon as the fee has been deposited into their account. If you are accepted and enrol, the application you paid for that specific programme will be deducted from your tuition fees. For example: if you submit four applications, you should pay a total of four individual application fees: 200 EURO. Once you are enrolled in that programme, only 50 EURO will be deducted from your tuition fees. |
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Overview
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Career opportunities
With a Master of Biomedical Engineering, the student has ample possibilities of finding a job in Flanders, Belgium, Europe or around the world inindustry, hospitals, health care, universities and research institutes, in government positions and many more.
The biomedical engineer is versatile, multi-disciplinary, and thus employable in a variety of positions:
- PhD-student at a university or at a large industry R&D-department.
- Product manager or project leader in an (R&D-) industry.
- Medical physics engineer in a hospital.
- Government/public health.
- Consultancy in a wide range of functions, from product design to safety regulations.
- Notified bodies, Regulatory Affairs Managers, screening new products for a CE-mark, patent offices…
- Health Insurance, improving health care and controlling costs.
- Any job requiring the traditional analytical and organizational skills of the academically trained engineer (general consultancy jobs, top functions in administration, banking sector..