Bioengineering

Education objectives

• Ability to understand in depth a specific research area and a particular field of knowledge within the Bioengineering Systems;
• Ability to implement, develop and use research methods in close relation with one or more Bioengineering fields of expertise;
• Ability to conceive, project, adapt and perform in R & D projects in Academia or in Industry in Bioengineering;
• Ability to do critical thinking and evaluation of new and complex ideas;
• Ability to communicate with her/his peers and the rest of the academic/scientific community as well as the ability to communicate with the rest of the society, in general;
• Comprehensive understanding of the need to promote in a professional/academic environment, the technological progress closely connected with the cultural and social visions of the world;
• Ability to understand ways of transferring scientific achievements to entrepreneurial environments.

At the end of the PhD program, the student is also expected to have completed a significant amount of original research work which represents an important contribution to extend the knowledge in the Bioengineering field.