The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
As a Biomedical Engineer, you’ll help create new technologies that improve disease diagnosis, find new and better ways of patient monitoring, revolutionise medical treatment and improve the quality of life for people with life-threatening or debilitating diseases and conditions.
You’ll gain the expertise to enact change in influential areas of human health, applying engineering principles to develop technologies and solutions in a range of healthcare-related fields that improve human lives, including:
Medical devices
Implantable bionics
Drug-delivery system
Medical imaging and radiotherapy
Orthopaedic devices
Robotic surgery
Cell and tissue engineering
Physical rehabilitation
This unique field brings together many engineering disciplines, including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering and chemical engineering.
Designed for students with a medical, biological science, physical science or engineering background this degree consolidates and specialises your knowledge in biomedical engineering.
Sydney, Australia
19 Months
AU$ 49,185
IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90
Your degree will blend study in areas of engineering including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering and chemical engineering. Combining these disciplines you’ll study a range of topics related to the applications of Biomedical Engineering
Biomechanics
Medical imaging
Biomaterials
Biosensors and transducers
Technology modelling, design and analysis
Full program structure
The Master of Biomedical Engineering is a 1.7 year degree in which you will study a range of courses in the areas of:
Biomechanics
Medical imaging
Biomaterials
Biosensors and transducers
Technology modelling, design and analysis
Cellular and Tissue Engineering
The full list can be found on the UNSW Handbook.
At the end of your degree you may be eligible to take part in a Masters Project. This will allow you to experience research training either within the School or with collaborating institutions such as hospitals and CSIRO. Projects are selected by you in consultation with a supervisor conducting research in an area of interest to you.
Admission to this program requires one of the following:
4-year Bachelor of Engineering degree with a minimum 65% average; or
4-year Bachelor degree in a biomedical health-related discipline* with honours (either embedded or as a single honours year) with a minimum 65% average and 2 courses of first-year university level mathematics or equivalent; or
Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Engineering (such as 5449 UNSW Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Engineering) with a minimum 65% average; or
Completion of 36 UOC of the 5449 UNSW Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Engineering with a minimum 65% average with no fails.
*Health-related disciplines including medicine, allied health sciences, biomedical sciences, veterinary sciences.
Admission pathways
5449 Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)
You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at UNSW depending on your educational background and citizenship. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why UNSW requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.
If English is not your first language, you’ll need to provide proof of your English proficiency before you can be given an offer to study at UNSW. You can do this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
English language tests and university English courses
Prior study in the medium of English
Other qualifications
UNSW Global offers courses and programs designed to help you reach the English language level required for entry into your chosen degree. Different options are available depending on your current English language level.
IELTS 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
TOEFL 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)
2022 Indicative First Year Fee
$49,185*
2022 Indicative Fee to Complete Degree
$74,270*
Biomedical engineers study across engineering, medicine and biology. This broad experience enables biomedical engineers to find employment in hospitals, government bodies, industry or academic areas. Specific industry sectors where you can grow your career include:
Healthcare
Social assistance
Professional, scientific and technical services
Wholesale trade
Manufacturing
Roles completed by Biomedical Engineers include the design of medical instrumentation and prostheses; involvement in the development, manufacture and testing of medical products; and the management of technology in the hospital system. Our graduates have gone on to work for leading companies, including:
ResMed
Cochlear
Philips
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
CSIRO