Biomedical Engineering

There are currently 250 medical technology companies in Ireland, exporting €12.6 billion worth of product annually and employing 38,000 people – the highest number of people working in the industry in any country in Europe, per head of population. Biomedical Engineering involves the application of engineering principles to healthcare and medicine. It is an interdisciplinary field, requiring knowledge of both living systems and engineering.  When studying on this programme, you will work with staff and researchers at UCD who have extensive experience in ground-breaking biomedical engineering research. You will also develop a knowledge of how the medical device industry is regulated and how new products are introduced to the market, drawing from experience within UCD which includes pioneering companies. For more information visit www.ucd.ie/biomedicalengineering/

• Ability to work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multidisciplinary settings, together with the capacity to undertake lifelong learning
• Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the clinical and engineering communities and with society at large
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the mathematics, sciences, engineering sciences and technologies underpinning Biomedical Engineering
• Design and conduct experiments and to apply a range of standard and specialised research (or equivalent) tools and techniques of enquiry
• Identify, formulate, analyse and solve complex engineering problems, specifically problems related to physiological and medical/healthcare systems
• Perform detailed design of a novel system, component or process using analysis and interpretation of relevant data, including data from living systems
• Understanding the need for high ethical standards in the practice of Biomedical Engineering, including the responsibilities of the engineering profession towards people

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