Biomedical Engineering
Education objectives
Biomedical Engineering is a multi-purpose area that applies the principles, methods and tools of science, technology and engineering to analyze and solve problems in medicine and biology, to develop innovative approaches to instrumentation in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease thus providing a general improvement in health care and the actual knowledge of the human body.
This engineering is innovative and high growth, being named one of the most important areas of science this century.
The major areas of Biomedical Engineering are: Biocompatibility, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biosensors, Biotechnology (Engineering Cell, Tissue and Gene), prosthetic devices and artificial organs, Biological effects of electromagnetic fields, Electrophysiology, Clinical Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering, Transport Phenomena transportation, medical image (inc. Nuclear Medicine and PET), Medical Informatics, Biomedical Instrumentation (inc. Lasers in Medicine), physiological modeling, simulation and control, Nanotechnology, Processing and Analysis of medical and biological signals, Ionizing Radiation, and Radiation Protectionradiological.
Applications Engineers to the profile of Biomedical Engineering, with expertise in biology and medicine, are growing rapidly. Examples of career opportunities are pointed out:
- Equipment companies and medical instrumentation.
- Companies pharmaceutical material.
- Hospitals in the areas of hospital physics, clinical engineering and maintenance of equipment.
- Research and development laboratories of large companies.
- And pharmaceutical industry analysis.
- Laboratories of medical schools, universities and government bodies.
- Companies biomaterials.
- Companies related to healthcare.
General characterization
DGES code
966
Cicle
Integrated Master (1st Cycle + 2nd Cycle)
Degree
Após a obtenção de 180 ECTS é concedido o grau de Licenciado. Com a conclusão do curso é atribuido o grau de Mestre.
Access to other programs
Access to a 3rd cycle
Coordinator
Carla Maria Quintão Pereira
Opening date
September
Vacancies
57
Fees
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 5 years
Credits: 300 ECTS
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Biology | B | 6 | |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 6 | |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | CHS | 6 | |
| Biomedical Engineering | EBm | 81 | |
| Biomedical Engineering / Physics Engineering / Material Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Mathematics | EBm / EF / EMt / EEC / EI / M | 12 | |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | EEC | 24 | |
| Physics Engineering | EF | 15 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | EMc | 3 | |
| Material Engineering | EMt | 6 | |
| Physics | F | 42 | |
| Informatics | I | 12 | |
| Mathematics | M | 36 | |
| Medicine | MED | 21 | |
| Chemistry | Q | 18 | |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | 12 (a) | |
| Total | 276 | 24 | |
(a) 12 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT/UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT/UNL
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11505 | Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry | 6.0 |
| 11504 | Mathematical Analysis I | 6.0 |
| 10515 | Biophysics | 6.0 |
| 3622 | Introduction to Programming | 6.0 |
| 10407 | Chemistry B | 6.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10476 | Mathematical Analysis II B | 6.0 |
| 10352 | Soft Skills for Science and Technology | 3.0 |
| 11828 | Technical Drawing | 3.0 |
| 10539 | Mechanics | 6.0 |
| 11194 | General Organic Chemistry A | 6.0 |
| 10517 | Logical Systems | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 5005 | Mathematical Analysis III B | 6.0 |
| 10520 | Cell Biology B | 3.0 |
| 10521 | Molecular Biology C | 3.0 |
| 10358 | Science, Technology and Society | 3.0 |
| 10519 | Electromagnetism | 6.0 |
| 10423 | Business Management | 3.0 |
| 11821 | Thermodynamics B | 6.0 |
| 4.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 5006 | Mathematical Analysis IV B | 6.0 |
| 10419 | General Biochemistry B | 6.0 |
| 10523 | Introduction to Biomaterials | 6.0 |
| 11141 | Object-Oriented Programming B | 6.0 |
| 10522 | Vibrations and Waves | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 7588 | Anatomy | 6.0 |
| 10524 | Electronics | 6.0 |
| 10525 | Quantum Mechanics | 6.0 |
| 11514 | Optics | 3.0 |
| 10354 | Probability and Statistics D | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10607 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program | 3.0 |
| 10606 | Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11826 | Biomechanics | 3.0 |
| 10527 | Atomic and Molecular Physics | 6.0 |
| 1525 | Nuclear Physics | 6.0 |
| 3086 | Physiology | 6.0 |
| 11827 | Hemodynamics | 3.0 |
| 6.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 7.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10380 | Entrepreneurship | 3.0 |
| 11519 | Analog Instrumentation | 6.0 |
| 5284 | Medical Imaging Methods | 6.0 |
| 7661 | Medical Information Systems | 6.0 |
| 10528 | Topics in Biomedical Engineering | 3.0 |
| 7.º Semester - Opção I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 5340 | Biomaterials | 6.0 |
| 10530 | Cryogenics | 3.0 |
| 10529 | Cell and Tissue Engineering | 6.0 |
| 10420 | Quality Management | 6.0 |
| 11824 | Gestão Hospitalar | 3.0 |
| 8575 | Introduction to Operations Research | 6.0 |
| 11517 | Nanophysics | 3.0 |
| 7477 | Sensorial Systems | 6.0 |
| 11518 | Spectroscopic Techniques | 3.0 |
| 11523 | Experimental Techniques on Molecular Physics | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 8.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 5289 | Signal Analysis | 6.0 |
| 10534 | Electrophysiology | 6.0 |
| 10532 | Pathophysiology | 6.0 |
| 11520 | Digital Instrumentation | 6.0 |
| 10536 | Radiation and Radiotherapy | 6.0 |
| 9.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11825 | Advanced Applications of Biomedical Instrumentation | 6.0 |
| 10535 | Imagiology | 6.0 |
| 10537 | Master Thesis Preparation | 6.0 |
| 9.º Semester - Opção II | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 5340 | Biomaterials | 6.0 |
| 10530 | Cryogenics | 3.0 |
| 10529 | Cell and Tissue Engineering | 6.0 |
| 10420 | Quality Management | 6.0 |
| 11824 | Gestão Hospitalar | 3.0 |
| 8575 | Introduction to Operations Research | 6.0 |
| 11517 | Nanophysics | 3.0 |
| 7477 | Sensorial Systems | 6.0 |
| 11518 | Spectroscopic Techniques | 3.0 |
| 11523 | Experimental Techniques on Molecular Physics | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 9.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre B | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 10.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 8911 | Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering | 30.0 |