Biomedical Engineering, Master's Programme

Education facts

Code: 6MBME

This programme combines fundamental concepts and knowledge in engineering, biology, and medicine to develop innovative technologies, materials, processes, and systems, with the aim of improving healthcare. You will learn how to develop sustainable and innovative technologies, materials, and systems that improve healthcare. The first year is a broad compulsory segment, with courses in anatomy and physiology, medical information systems, biomedical signal processing, and signal theory. The second year offers in-depth specialisation along three tracks: Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation, Medical Imaging, and Medical Informatics and eHealth. Biomedical engineers are employed across the industry in hospitals, government agencies, and research facilities, designing various materials, devices, algorithms, processes, or systems.

Entry requirements

A bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen with a major in one of the following or equivalent subject areas: - biomedical engineering - electrical engineering - applied physics - engineering biology - computer science - computer engineering - electronics - physics 30 ECTS credits in mathematics/applied mathematics and/or application of mathematics relevant for the programme, including linear algebra and mathematical statistics 10 ECTS credits in physics A course in basic programming English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6 or Engelska nivå 2) Exemption from Swedish.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Biomedical Engineering, Master's Programme

  Linköping University

  Linköping

  Start date: 25 August 2027

  End date: 3 June 2029

  Pace of study: 100 %