Biomedical Engineering, 50 cr

Type of the study module

Advanced Studies

Contact

Hannu Eskola, Jukka Lekkala, Pasi Kallio, Jari Viik, Jari Hyttinen

Learning Outcomes

- Students are able to work as members of multidisciplinary teams and to apply advanced methodologies at the interface between engineering and health sciences.
Students are able to apply engineering expertise to the design of devices, systems, algorithms, software, models, materials, methods or processes in order to meet the desired functional and regulatory requirements for the commercialization of medical products.
Students are able to design and carry out a research plan to test hypotheses, to analyze and interpret the results in the context of the research, and to report the results according to scientific principles.

Prerequisites

Study block Credit points Mandatory/Advisable
Minor in Biomedical Engineering 25 cr Mandatory

Content

Compulsory courses

If the student does his/her Master's thesis in Biomedical Engineering the course TST-01907 Master's Seminar with the Biomedical Engineering implementation round is compulsory.

Course Credit points Additional information Class
ELT-61236 Biomedical Engineering: Research and Productization 3 cr 1 IV  
ELT-62100 Viranomaisvaatimukset lääkinnällisten laitteiden suunnittelulle ja valmistukselle 3 cr 2 IV  
ELT-63306 Modelling of Physiological Systems 5 cr IV  
Total 11 cr    

1. ELT-61236 is compulsory only for international students if it is not included in the Minor in Biomedical Engineering module.
2. ELT-62100 is compulsory only for Finnish students.

Optional Compulsory Courses

Must be selected at least 18 credits of courses

Course Credit points Alternativity Class
ASE-3036 Microsensors 5 cr   IV  
ASE-7116 Project Study in Automation Science and Engineering 2-8 cr 1   V  
ASE-7816 Biosensors 5 cr   IV  
ELT-62306 Research Project in Biomedical Engineering 5 cr 1   V  
ELT-63106 Measurements of Physiological Systems 5 cr   IV  
ELT-64206 Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Imaging 4 cr   IV  
ELT-64256 Medical Ionizing Imaging Methods 4 cr   IV  

1. Select 1 courses. Only either one can be included into the module.

Complementary Courses

Students can include in this module also courses provided in the Master's Degree Programme in Health Sciences of University of Tampere. In this case, consult the academic coordinator of the faculty.

Should be completed to the minimum study module extent of 50 ETCS

Course Credit points
ASE-3016 Microactuators and Active Actuator Materials 5 cr
ASE-3036 Microsensors 5 cr
ASE-3076 Microfluidics 5 cr
ASE-7816 Biosensors 5 cr
ASE-7836 Optical Methods in Bioanalytics 4 cr
ELT-61306 Basics of Medical Electronics 3 cr
ELT-61406 Radiation Physics 3 cr
ELT-62356 Product Development of Biomedical Devices 5 cr
ELT-62406 Small Samples Data Analysis 3 cr
ELT-63106 Measurements of Physiological Systems 5 cr
ELT-63206 Bioelectronics 4 cr
ELT-63256 Bio-Optoelectronic Instrumentation 5 cr
ELT-64150 Säteilysuojelu 4 cr
ELT-64206 Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Imaging 4 cr
ELT-64256 Medical Ionizing Imaging Methods 4 cr
ELT-64406 Methods of Radiotherapy 4 cr
ELT-72106 Cellular Interactions 5 cr
ELT-74106 Tissue Engineering 3 cr
FYS-5206 Optical Spectroscopy 5 cr
FYS-5416 Laser Physics I 4 cr
FYS-7106 Introduction to Soft Matter Physics 3-5 cr
FYS-7206 Biological Physics 3-5 cr
SGN-52606 Processing of Biosignals 5 cr
SGN-53206 Cell Culturing, Microscopy and Cell Image Analysis 3 cr
SGN-55006 Introduction to Medical Image Processing 5 cr

Updated by: Ketola Susanna, 20.03.2017