Biomedical engineering is an exciting, diverse discipline that uses technology and engineering to solve medical and biological problems, inventing new equipment, materials, methods and processes to safely and accurately diagnose patients, improve medical treatment and its outcomes.

Responsible for innovations ranging from prosthetic limbs and heart valves, to tissue and stem cell research and biomedical signal processing, latest advances include brain-controlled prosthesis, 3D printing of human organs, remote surgery and disease fighting nanoparticles.

Bringing together medicine, biological science and engineering, our MSc is both clinically and industry-focused, building on our internationally-leading reputation for regenerative medicine, medical engineering and longstanding expertise in medical devices. It covers a broad range of topics – nanotechnology in medicine, smart materials, biomaterials, prosthetics and rehabilitation, through to management of medical equipment in hospitals.

Based in the Guy Hilton Research Centre, you will have access to cutting-edge multi-disciplinary research into specialist and novel areas of regenerative medicine with the opportunity to conduct an in-depth research project alongside our world-class researchers.

Our proximity to the University Hospital means you will be able to see physiological monitors and diagnostic instrumentation being used and serviced. This could include anything from electroencephalograms (EEG), electrocardiograms (ECG) or electromyography (EMG) to anaesthetic machines or kidney dialysis.

You will be taught by staff with real world experience of developing and commercialising medical products, in particular, technological innovations that have improved the treatment of fractures and spinal injuries for thousands of patients.

You will also have the opportunity to conduct an in-depth research project into specialist and novel areas of biomedical and clinical engineering, working alongside our leading researchers who are actively investigating ways in which tissue engineering and associated technologies can aid the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and the potential to use nanotechnology to control cell behaviour in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s.

As part of the Versus Arthritis Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapies Centre, researchers here at Keele are also pioneering cell therapy treatments to regenerate damaged bones, joints and muscles in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Your career

Biomedical engineering focuses on the advances in equipment and technology that can improve human health and health care at all levels, bench to bedside – from the development of novel devices, materials and technologies, right through to their testing, manufacture, implementation and maintenance.

With an ageing population and rise in the number of people suffering chronic health conditions, biomedical and clincal engineers are in high demand.

The modular structure of the course, with flexibility to choose from a wide range of optional modules, allows you to tailor the course to suit your career aspirations, building on your existing strengths and interests, while developing understanding in key topics. This can open up further career opportunities in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, for example, in bioengineering research.

Positions may include:

Academic

Bioengineer

Biomedical engineer

Clinical engineer

Design support officer

Development engineer

Manufacturing specialist

Mechanical engineer

Medical design engineer

Product developer

Product design engineer

Research scientist

Sales representative (medical technology)

Scientist

Senior Scientist (R&D)

Technician