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Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering combines mechanical and electrical engineering with the study of human anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. We develop technologies that are improving human health and healthcare, here and around the world.

Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary program offered by the University of Victoria's departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Learn how to use engineering principles to solve medical problems like making better artificial limbs, improving medical imaging or developing new treatments.

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We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

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