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Course Catalog 2010-2011
Biomedical Engineering - Master of Science (Technology) |
Contact
Head of the Degree Programme: | Jari Hyttinen |
Faculty Secretary: | Riitta Myyryläinen |
Study Coordinator: | Juha Nousiainen, Touko Apajalahti |
Learning outcomes
- | Students are able to identify and formulate challenges in the biomedical and health science domains that can be taken on by biomedical engineers. |
- | 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. |
- | Students are able to communicate effectively in both oral and written form, to participate in social debates pertaining to technology, to carry out independent and multidisciplinary team work, to perform project management duties, and to understand the societal impact of engineering solutions. |
- | After achieving the learning outcomes, students will possess the requirements for pursuing a postgraduate degree and the desire to pursue lifelong learning. |
Structure
Common programme and subject-related studies, 20 cr
Learning outcomes
- | 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. |
Compulsory courses
The courses mentioned above are mandatory only if the student has not taken an equivalent course in his/her BSc degree studies.
Supplemental courses
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 |
MAT-31096 Matrix Algebra 1 | 5 cr |
MAT-33317 Statistics 1 | 4 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-1157 Signal Processing Basics | 3-5 cr |
SGN-6058 Introduction to Biology of the Cell | 3 cr |
Additional information
For every student in the programme, the common programme study module will be tailored at the beginning of the course based on their previous studies and degree.
Major studies
Study block | Credit points |
Biomaterials | 35 cr |
Medical Informatics | 35 cr |
Medical Instrumentation | 35 cr |
Medical Physics | 35 cr |
Minor studies
Study block | Credit points |
Biomaterials | 25 cr |
Biomeasurements | 25 cr |
Biomedical Engineering | 25 cr |
Biotechnology | 25 cr |
Computational Systems Biology | 25 cr |
Computer Engineering | 25 cr |
Industrial Management | 25 cr |
Materials Research | 25 cr |
Mathematics | 25 cr |
Microsystems | 25 cr |
Nanotechnology | 25 cr |
Physics | 25 cr |
Plastics and Elastomers | 25 cr |
Signal Processing | 25 cr |
Optional studies, 10 cr
The student can freely choose the courses he/she wants to study.
Master's Thesis (30 cr)
Learning outcomes
- | 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. |
Additional information
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.