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MSc - Master of Science
Bolton Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
The University of Bolton's MSc in Biomedical Engineering focuses on helping you gain the advanced knowledge, scientific and technical expertise, and research skills needed for a professional career in this diverse and rapidly developing field. Our dedicated staff will support you in developing the specialist engineering knowledge and skills required to address medical and biological problems in healthcare, rehabilitation and advanced materials.; We’ll support you as you extend your knowledge and understanding of the engineering and scientific principles that underpin biomedical engineering and explore emerging technological advancements in the field. We’ll focus on helping you gain the postgraduate-level research and critical thinking skills you’ll need to successfully apply your knowledge and understanding to contemporary problems in the industry. By enhancing your transferable skills, such as critical analysis, problem-solving, project management, decision-making, leadership and communication, we aim to help you maximise your employability ready for a successful career as a professional biomedical engineer.; Additionally, the course is designed to address all the competencies set out by the Engineering Council and UK-SPEC and support you in achieving Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. So, if you’re an ambitious engineering or physical science graduate, this master’s degree should prove an excellent investment in your future.
This module aims to build on the knowledge acquired in students? engineering degree to further develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between design, development and characterisation of Advanced Engineering Modelling and Analysis. This module develops the understanding of the fundamental role of simulation and modelling in engineering design and research, and the theory and practice of numerical methods, modelling techniques and the typical steps involved in model generation using software such as Matlab, ANSYS and SolidWorks. This module teaches and assesses (SM7M, SM1fl), (EA6M, EA1fl), (D9M, D1fl), (EL11M, ET4fl), (P12M, EP1fl) requirements for CEng.
In this module you will develop your knowledge and understanding of medical devices and Implants. You will investigate how elements such as biological, mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer and control, are applied in the context of biomedical systems. You will also explore aspects such as material compatibility, production, manufacturing, and potential recycling. The module will additionally develop your knowledge and skills required for designing new medical devices and processes, and prepare you for potential careers in the medical device supply chain, in research laboratories, in government agencies and in higher education.
This module begins with an overview of relevant molecular and cellular biology topics, before focusing on key aspects of biotechnology such as genetic engineering and recombination technology. Students then go on to study how these biotechnological processes can be applied to the field of regenerative medicine.
This module enables you to bring together the knowledge and skills acquired from the taught MSc modules to investigate a selected topic through a critical literature review and analysis in a relevant engineering subject. The project is designed to enable you to demonstrate your capabilities to perform independent but guided research to solve practical problems with theoretical and analytical knowledge. The overall purpose of the module is to develop your understanding of the steps involved in planning and conducting a research project and in communicating the findings both orally and in writing.
The purpose of this module is to enable you to display your knowledge and understanding of engineering design systems and processes by applying the principles of what you have learned during the previous year of study to a design project brief. You will work on concepts, initial ideas, or product modifications and develop them through to at least the prototype stage. Supervision and guidance will be provided by the course lecturers, however there may be active contributions from actual employers/end users who can join meetings and attend presentations. Feedback will enable you to understand real world engineering challenges such as cost of production, human interface, materials choice, preparing for manufacture, time constraints, and so on. This module will assist you to develop your social, public, and ethical responsibilities. You will enhance your team working, communication and planning skills as you will be working with your peers in groups.
This module focuses on the principles of academic research and methods relating to qualitative and quantitative approaches applied in various engineering disciplines. It aims to introduce you to knowledge, methods and skills necessary to design, carry out, and assess a research project to meet exceptions both in academic and professional practice; to help you to learn how to incorporate ideas into assessments using synthesis, critical evaluation and effective referencing techniques and handling ethical issues; to enable you to develop and implement of research plans, and to use available statistical tools for analysing and assessing the experimental, practical and researched data; to support you to acquire the transferable skills in project management, time management, communication and team work, formal and informal presentations.
In this module, you will develop your knowledge and understanding of smart engineering systems and their application for Industry 4.0. You will explore the current developments in the area of smart sensing and control networks as well as standard protocols set out by the stakeholders. You will be taught the key concepts behind Internet of Things relating to smart engineering systems, focusing on networking, communication strategies, security and privacy. This module teaches and assesses SM2fl, EA2fl, D1fl, ET5fl, EP1fl and develops SM1fl, EA1fl, D2fl, ET1fl, EP2fl and G1, G2 ,G3m of the AHEP3 for CEng.
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