Biomedical Engineering (BME)

Innovate at the intersection of engineering and healthcare

Become a leader in the pioneering field of biomedical engineering.

Combine your engineering expertise with healthcare through a biomedical engineering graduate degree.

Use engineering to connect with people

Design a high functioning prosthesis for a little girl so that she can run and jump with her playmates. Or enhance a senior’s mobility to extend the quality of their life. Biomedical engineers improve peoples’ lives with engineering problem-solving.

Connect to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) for your research

IBME offers an inclusive and supportive environment for your work with office space, research labs and equipment, and activities to promote a vibrant academic community. At UNB Engineering you will work with leaders in the field always ready to explore and innovate new ways to promote better health through engineering.

Program overview

Two degrees are available in advanced Biomedical Engineering, a research masters (MSE.BME), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PHD.BME).

With these degrees employers will know that you have strong biomedical engineering research skills and experience in the field.

Take the time to develop your skills and knowledge in biomedical engineering under the direction of high-level researchers.

You will know how to work across discipline boundaries to do research and to achieve best outcomes for innovation and product development.

UNB Biomedical Engineering prepares you for work anywhere in the world or right here in New Brunswick in a variety of healthcare initiatives. And you can choose to continue your career as a researcher and professor.

Become a leader in this growing field while addressing the needs of aging seniors and those with disability and mobility issues. You can enhance wellness and prevention allowing people to maximize their capacities.

Program details

MSE.BME

Focus on research with interdisciplinary guidance including medicine, health, and kinesiology. Familiarize yourself with the literature, explore data collection, analyze and interpret results and put it all together in a thesis.

Program duration: 2-3 years full-time, 3-4 years part-time
Required courses: BME 6100, Foundations of Biomedical Engineering
Electives: Minimum of three courses
Thesis: Present and defend a research proposal for your thesis. Once approved you move into research. Then you present and defend your thesis.

PHD.BME

Zero in on something you care about with a deep dive into the literature, research methods, data generation and collection, analysis and interpretation, presented in a dissertation for defense.

Program duration: 3-4 years full-time, 4-5 years part-time
Required courses: BME 6100, Foundations of Biomedical Engineering (if not already taken)
Electives: Minimum of three courses chosen to support your research
Dissertation: present and defend a research proposal for your dissertation. Once approved you move into research. Then you present and defend the dissertation.

Note: Advanced standing may be granted depending on personal circumstances and completion of courses in a graduate research degree.

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