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Biomedical Engineering - International Master's Student-Biomedical Engineering |
| Head of the Degree Programme: | Jari Hyttinen |
| Faculty Secretary: | Riitta Myyryläinen |
| Study Coordinator: | Juha Nousiainen, Suvi-Päivikki Ikonen,Touko Apajalahti |
- Students learn to recognize, manage, and use the scientific and professional concepts of the major as well as manage the basics of the minor(s).
- Students attain the ability to apply scientific methods to carry out measurement, analysis, modelling, and research and development projects and production sketches in the field of human biology and physiology.
- Students attain the competency for scientific postgraduate education.
- Students attain the competency to work as experts, especially in multidisciplinary teams and in cooperation with experts in medicine and biosciences.
- Students attain the competency for participating in societal debate and activities within their fields of study.
- Students learn communication and cooperation skills required in working life and to participate in scientific activities and societal debate.
- Students attain a level of proficiency in the English language required in working life and a positive attitude towards international cooperation.
- To make sure that the students possess adequate basic knowledge on biomedical engineering for major subject studies
- To make sure that students possess adequate basic knowledge on engineering mathematics, electrical engineering, material science, and computer science for further studies.
| Course | Credit points |
| BME-1156 Biomedical Engineering A | 2 cr |
| BME-1166 Biomedical Engineering B | 2 cr |
| BME-1176 Biomedical Engineering C | 3 cr |
| LTT-1016 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6 cr |
| LTT-1806 Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Course | 4 cr |
| Total | 17 cr |
Please select courses from the list to complete the study block`s requirement (20)
| Course | Credit points |
| KIE-1056 Finnish for Beginners 1 | 3 cr |
| LTT-1126 Measurements of Physiological Systems | 4 cr |
| MAT-31096 Matrix Algebra 1 | 5 cr |
| MAT-31106 Numerical Analysis 1 | 3 cr |
| MAT-33316 Statistics | 3-6 cr |
| MAT-33506 Differential equations | 5 cr |
| MAT-41156 Algebra 1 | 5 cr |
| MIT-1016 Measurement Technology | 5 cr |
| OHJ-1106 Programming I | 4 cr |
| OHJ-1156 Programming II | 5 cr |
| SGN-1107 Introductory Signal Processing | 4 cr |
| SGN-6056 Introduction to Computational Systems Biology | 3 cr |
| TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking | 5 cr |
| TLT-8017 Basic Communication Circuits - 1 | 6-7 cr |
| Total | 60 cr |
| Study block | Credit points |
| Biomaterials | 35 cr |
| Medical Informatics | 35 cr |
| Medical Instrumentation | 35 cr |
| Medical Physics | 35 cr |
| Study block | Credit points |
| Biomaterials | 25 cr |
| Biomeasurements | 25 cr |
| Biomedical Engineering | 25 cr |
| Biotechnology | 25 cr |
| Computational Systems Biology | 30 cr |
| Fibre Materials Science | 25 cr |
| Industrial Management | 25 cr |
| Materials Research | 25 cr |
| Mathematics | 25 cr |
| Nanotechnology | 25 cr |
| Physics | 25 cr |
| Signal Processing | 25 cr |
| Software Systems | 30 cr |
The student can freely choose the courses he/she wants to study.
Master's Thesis (30 cr)
- The master's thesis is an extensive treatise, which trains the student for independent study and research, mastery of scientific methods, the convention of references, and the scientific mode of presentation in a good literary form. The average time to complete the thesis is 6 months.
In connection with the thesis, student has to write a maturity test, which is an essay written on a topic related to the thesis. The test demonstrates the student's command of the thesis topic.