Biomedical Engineering MSc 2025

The Biomedical Engineering MSc has undergone structural changes for September 2025 entry and beyond. Core and elective modules have been grouped under four distinct 'pathways', to ensure students can gain the key skills needed for common career paths in bioengineering.

Students are required to select one of the following pathways: Clinical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomaterials or Artificial Intelligence and Digital Healthcare.

You can browse module descriptions by pasting the module codes into our module directory.

To be taken by all students:

  • Medical Ethics and Regulatory Affairs (EMS719P)
  • Extended Research Project (EMS715P)

      

Pathway A - Clinical Engineering

Compulsory:

  • Clinical Bioengineering: Applications in Urology (EMS762P)
  • Clinical Sensors & Measurement (EMS706P)
  • Medical Robotics & Surgical Techniques (EMS701P)

Choose one from:

  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Engineering (EMS740P)
  • Interpretation and Analysis in Biomedical Imaging (EMS738P)

Choose one from:

  • Digital Manufacture for Healthcare Innovations (EMS732P)
  • Deep Learning for Data and Image Analysis (EMS741P)
  • Digital Signal Acquisition & Processing (EMS707P)
  • Biocompatibility Evaluation for Clinical Innovation (EMS735P)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (EMS709P)

      

Pathway B - Biomechanics

Compulsory:

  • Clinical Bioengineering: Applications in Urology (EMS762P)
  • Computational Engineering (EMS724P)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (EMS709P)

Choose one from:

  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Engineering (EMS740P)
  • Clinical Sensors & Measurement (EMS740P)

Choose one from:

  • Digital Manufacture for Healthcare Innovations (EMS732P)
  • Medical Robotics & Surgical Techniques (EMS701P)
  • Experimentation and Modelling in Cell and Tissue Biomechanics (EMS737P)

      

Pathway C - Artificial Intelligence and Digital Healthcare

Compulsory:

  • Engineering Design Optimisation & Decision Making (EMS726P)
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Engineering (EMS740P)
  • Deep Learning for Data and Image Analysis (EMS741P)

Choose one from:

  • Interpretation and Analysis in Biomedical Imaging (EMS738P)
  • Modern Robotics: Fundamentals and Applications (EMS714P)

Choose one from:

  • Digital Signal Acquisition & Processing (EMS707P)
  • Medical Robotics & Surgical Techniques (EMS701P)
  • Cognitive Robotics (EMS729P)

      

Pathway D - Biomaterials

Compulsory:

  • Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine (EMS718P)
  • Macromolecular Engineering (EMS712P)
  • Clinical Sensors & Measurement (EMS740P)
  • Digital Manufacture for Healthcare Innovations (EMS732P)

Choose one from:

  • Clinical Applications in Regenerative Medicine (EMS736P)
  • Experimentation and Modelling in Cell and Tissue Biomechanics (EMS737P)
  • Biocompatibility Evaluation for Clinical Innovation (EMS735P)
  • Advanced Nanocomposites (EMS730P)