MSc Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering is the fastest growing engineering discipline with prospects for employment in industry and research. Our Masters course has been running since 1991, and will provide you with technical knowledge, expertise and transferable skills in this exciting area. The courses have been designed with employer needs in mind and we offer opportunities to carry out research projects in industry.

As befits a new area, many of our applicants come from other, traditional engineering backgrounds such as Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

All streams are modular, consisting of a core and options. The core material is largely common between the streams, but the options differ. It is necessary for applicants to choose the most suitable stream at the time of applying. All four streams lead to the award of the MSc in Biomedical Engineering and can be studied on a full-time basis.

The Department offers an accredited MSc with four separate streams:

Each stream of the MSc programme is accredited by multiple Professional Engineering Institutions on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

The combination of an accredited first degree and our MSc programme can fully meet the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

This table below shows the CEng academic accreditation status for each of the four streams of the MSc. Over the years we have increased the number of accrediting Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) which means that the start dates vary for each PEI. Accreditation lasts for five years therefore the end dates also vary. We expect to submit our next submission to the Engineering Council around 2017.

Meet the admissions Tutor

Would you like to meet the admissions tutor to learn more about the MSc Biomedical Engineering and/or the MRes Bioengineering programmes? The admissions tutor reserves Wednesday afternoons for meeting potential applicants and offer holders. If you are able to get to South Kensington then a departmental tour can be included when your visit. If you are not able to get to South Kensington then a Skype/Facetime meeting can be arranged. Please contact be.mscadmissions@imperial.ac.uk to make the arrangements.