Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering
Limerick, Ireland
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Modern medicine has given rise to the development of a wide range of novel engineering solutions to clinical problems. Examples of these developments vary from orthopaedic implants such as total hip replacements to cardiovascular implants such as coronary stents (small wire scaffolds inserted into the blood vessels around the heart). As a result of the increased collaboration between engineers and doctors, the new discipline of biomedical Engineering developed. Biomedical Engineering is the fastest growing area of Engineering.
Students who follow this programme can look forward to exciting and rewarding careers in the biomedical engineering industry, an industry that is undergoing major expansion internationally and in Ireland. The biomedical engineering industry in Ireland has factories from all the major multinational companies resulting in the need for highly skilled biomedical engineers.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
Semester 1
- Engineering Maths 1
- Engineering&Mechanics 1
- Chemistry for Engineers
- Engineering Computing
- Electrical Eng. 1
- Introduction to Engineering
Semester 2
- Engineering Maths 2
- Engineering Mechanics 2
- Fluid Mechanics 1
- Materials 1
Year 2
Semester 3
- Engineering Mathematics 3
- Mechanics of Solids 1
- Thermodymanics 1
- Engineering Mechanics 2
- Introductory Anatomy and Physiology
Semester 4
- Industrial Organisation
- Engineering Mathematics 4
- Physiological Fluid Mechanics 1
- Engineering Design and Communications
- Cell and Tissue Behaviour for Engineers
Summer
- Cooperative Education
Year 3
Semester 5
- Cooperative Education 2
Semester 6
- Engineering Mathematics 5
- Biocompatability
- Mechanics of Solids 2
- Tissue Engineering
- Physiological Fluid Mechanics 2
Year 4
Semester 7
- Project 1
- Medical Device Design and Placement
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Enterprise Management and Growth
- Biomaterials 1
Semester 8
- Microfluidics
- Project 2
- Project 3
- Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Biomaterials 2
Program Outcome
NFQ Level 8 major Award Honours Bachelor Degree
- Solving problems using logic, creative and innovative approaches
- Planning, prioritising, working to deadlines and under pressure
- Communicating effectively (verbally and written)
- Working in multidisciplinary teams
- Numeracy and IT skills, with excellent use of statistics
- Project management
- Awareness of cost/value
- Awareness of social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider
- professional responsibilities
- Attention to detail
- Good judgement and acceptance of responsibility
- GradDip in Chemical Engineering
- MSc in Software Engineering
- Structured PhD
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates progressing directly into employment take up a wide variety of roles. The following provides a sample of initial roles listed on the Graduate Outcomes Survey by graduates approximately one year after graduation:
- Associate Regulatory Affairs Specialist
- Design Engineer
- Graduate Manufacturing Engineer
- Graduate Process Engineer
- Graduate Programme
- Graduate Trainee
- Lab. Assistant
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Operations Graduate
- Procurement & Commercial Analyst
- Quality Engineer
- R&D Engineer
- Research Assistant
- Risk Analyst
- Technical Biomedical Engineer
- Validation Engineer
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.