Biomedical Engineering

In the Biomedical Engineering specialty, you will acquire a current and multidisciplinary vision of technologies applied to medicine and the improvement of people's quality of life. You will be trained in areas such as biomaterials, biomechanics, the analysis and processing of biomedical signals, neuroimaging, virtual reality applied to rehabilitation, neurostimulation and neuromodulation, as well as assistive technologies and human-machine interfaces. This specialty will train you to project, direct, and coordinate activities for the design, development, and application of health technologies, contributing to the advancement of medicine and rehabilitation.

You will receive practical and applied training, and you will prepare to hold positions of responsibility in hospitals, companies in the biomedical sector, and research centers, adding value in a field with high social impact and great potential for innovation.

How you will learn

The specialty combines highly specialized elective subjects with a Medical Device Design Project subject, which constitutes the backbone of practical learning and allows students to work in teams on the design and development of a medical device under the supervision of the faculty. Projects revolve around key themes in biomedical engineering such as robotic prostheses, biomaterials, the biomechanics of human movement, virtual reality and serious games, biomedical signals, or brain-computer interfaces.

Classes combine expository sessions with laboratory practices, case analysis, data work, and experimentation activities that put the student in contact with real challenges in biomedical engineering.

The methodological design of the subjects encourages the development of key transversal competencies: project planning and presentation, searching for information and bibliographic resources, collaborative work, and communication of results.

Career opportunities

The general profile of the degree prepares you to perform the functions of:

• Project Engineer, Technical Consultant, Process Analyst, Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, R&D Engineer, Innovation Coordinator, Technical Auditor, Technical Sales Engineer, Quality Manager.

The fields of work of the specialty include:

• Materials engineering, Sensors and actuators, Medical devices, Biomechanics, Medical imaging, Biomedical 3D printing, Clinical engineering, Medical nanotechnology, Biomedical sensors, Diagnostic systems, Robotic rehabilitation, Industrial data analysis, Neuroengineering, Assistive technologies.

The set of competencies you will acquire in the degree and the specialty will help you become a complete professional, prepared to lead and innovate in the industry of the future.