Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Learn how to design technologies to enhance health care and medicine. Expand your knowledge of engineering and human biology. Gain a better understanding of medicine and clinical practice. Analyze and solve problems in medicine and biology.
Quick facts
- Program options:
- Bachelor degree
- Study options:
- Full-time study
- Program delivery:
- On-campus
- Dynamic learning:
- Co-op required
Areas of focus
- Biomechanics
- Biomedical imaging
- Biomedical instrumentation
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Medical implants
- Tissue engineering
Careers
- Biomedical product designer
- Cell culture and assay tool developer
- Medical imaging engineer
Sample courses
- Molecular and Cellular Physiology for Engineers - BME 200
- Quantitative Human Physiology - BME 201
- Engineering Materials with BME applications - BME 320
- Biosensors and Instrumentation - BME 335
- Biomedical Engineering Design - BME 350
- Bioprinting: 3D Printing Body Parts - BME401B
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering - BME 481
Admission
Apply to the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science as a high school student or a transfer student from another post-secondary institution.
If you're a high school student, you will declare Biomedical Engineering as your program after one year of full-time study.
If you're a transfer student, select Biomedical Engineering as your preferred program when you submit your application to UVic.
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You must demonstrate English language proficiency to attend UVic. Your transcripts are enough to prove proficiency if you've studied full-time in an academic program at the high school or post-secondary level within Canada for at least four years, and all of your instruction was in English.
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