Biomedical Engineering

Overview

Imaging techniques that can track tumour growth and be used for radiation therapy. Electrocardiography systems that can track heart function and defibrillators that can intervene when the heart fails. All biomedical engineered solutions to common health problems. 

But it doesn't stop there. Medical knowledge changes and technologies need to adapt. With an ever growing amount of people, biomedical technologies need to become even more efficient. Taking into consideration ethical and economical aspects at the same time. How will the hospital of the future look like? Which place will technology take in hte future of health care? How can biomedical engineering help in prevention of illnesses? As a biomedical engineer you step into a world that is rapidly evolving.

The Biomedical Engineering programme is delivered by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) .

Career:

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.

Accreditation

All degree programmes offered by VUB are accredited by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO), ensuring that they meet the highest predefined quality standards. Alongside this official quality control system, VUB has an internal Quality Control Commission in charge of permanently monitoring the quality of education.