Biomedical Engineering
Education objectives
Professionals in this area must have scientific and technological bases to innovate and optimize methodologies and equipment, while taking them with knowledge that facilitate dialogue with doctors.
Fulfilling the objectives of the 3rd cycle to ensure training leading to innovation capabilities conceptual or instrumental, critical analysis and evaluation, promotion of technological progress, skills that result from specialization and systematic understanding of a sub-area scientific-technological and purchasing skills and methods of research, this doctoral program aims at training specialists with strong innovation capabilities and to promote technological progress in the following sub-areas of Biomedical Engineering:
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Imaging (MRI)
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Medical diagnostic techniques using optical characterization
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Biomechanics
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Hemodynamics
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Tissue Engineering (surrogate skin)
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Interaction of radiation with biological material (dosimetry, effects on biological molecules)
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Bionanotechnology
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Atomic and nuclear techniques for elemental characterization of biological samples
Employability
Ensuring the training of specialists with strong innovation capabilities and to promote technological progress in the field of Biomedical Engineering, this doctoral program has the professional opportunities and careers in university teaching / research, the hospital career of physical and technical posts top hospitals and clinics and development companies, particularly in sub-areas listed in the objectives. Among the capabilities with which to equip the candidates listed critical thinking, conceptual autonomy and entrepreneurship, aimed at creating new businesses.
General characterization
DGES code
686
Cicle
PhD (3rd Cycle)
Degree
Doutor
Access to other programs
Available soon
Coordinator
José Paulo Moreira dos Santos
Opening date
October
Vacancies
10
Fees
Portuguese students: 2 750 Euros/ year
Foreign students: 2 750 Euros/ year
Schedule
It depends on the working method of each training course. The working time for the classes will be agreed with each PhD student, or when there are more than 10 students in each year, it will be agreed with all students of the programme.
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 4 years
Credits: 240 ECTS
Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
Mandatory | Optional | ||
Socio-Economic Sciences | CSE | 3 | 0 |
Biomedical Engineering | EBm | 193 | 30 |
Any other area | QAC | 2 | 12 |
TOTAL | 198 | 42 |
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
Available soon
Structure
1.º Year - Projecto | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
9852 | Project | 31.0 |
9796 | Project | 37.0 | O aluno deverá obter 13.0 créditos nesta opção. |
1.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
9539 | Seminar I | 1.0 |
1.º Semester - Opções A | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
9535 | Tissue Engineering | 6.0 |
9536 | Photonics for Biomedical Science | 6.0 |
9537 | Advanced Hemodynamics | 6.0 |
9538 | Advanced Medical Imaging Techniques | 6.0 |
2.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
9534 | Entrepreneurship | 3.0 |
9544 | Seminar II | 1.0 |
2.º Semester - Opções B | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
9540 | Dosimetry | 6.0 |
9541 | Effects of Radiation in Biological Molecules | 6.0 |
9542 | Physics of Macromolecular Functional Systems | 6.0 |
9543 | Nanostructures in Biomedicine | 6.0 |
9545 | Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering | 6.0 |
2.º Year | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
9546 | Thesis in Biomedical Engineering | 180.0 |
Estas opções poderão ser disciplinas de qualquer outro Programa Doutoral da UNL, da UTL e da UL.