Program Overview

Why choose this course?

Our BEng and MEng courses are taught by leading academics, drawing on more than 50 years’ experience of training biomedical engineers.

You’ll have access to our fantastic facilities, which include:

• Clinical-grade human movement lab
• Latest design software and computer-numerical-control (CNC) machine tooling equipment within our Design Centre.
• State of the art material characterisation and testing facilities.

Take the opportunity to get industry-ready with our award-winning Professional Training placements. This gives students work experience opportunities with leading organisations such as GE Healthcare, DePuy Synthes, 3M, Abbott, Renishaw Neuro Solutions.

Our BEng and MEng are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

What you will study

With a strong focus on clinical applications, our biomedical engineering courses explore a broad curriculum. This includes human movement, biosensors, prosthesis design, biomedical signal processing and implant technology, among other topics.

You can apply to study for either a BEng or Meng. The MEng builds on the BEng with a masters year and is a direct route to a masters qualification, known as an integrated masters.

Biomedical engineering placements

As well as giving you a real taste of the biomedical engineering industry, our award-winning Professional Training placements will enhance your study outcomes and future career prospects.

While on placement, you’re paid by your employer but you’ll remain a member of the University. Our students tell us the time they spend in a real engineering context transforms them into the professional engineers they want to be.

Placement will boost your understanding of your studies in the later stages of your course, too; and it allows you to try out a specialised engineering sector, improve your CV and build up a network of contacts.

The experience gained on placement is the underlying reason our graduates are so employable. As one company put it: “University of Surrey engineers come with batteries included.”

Surrey has long-established links with major biomedical-engineering-related companies. Our students have completed placements both in the UK and abroad at organisations such as:

• 3M
• Abbott Diabetes Care
• DePuy Synthes
• Elekta
• Eli Lilly
• GE Healthcare
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Fitzpatrick Referrals
• Renishaw
• Siemens
• Smith & Nephew
• Transport Research Laboratory
• Verb Surgical Inc.