Degree Information

Information on the characteristics of the syllabus

The Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering is a DEGREE that qualifies biomedical engineering professionals to practise their profession. The structure of this degree provides a broad base in the specific technologies of biomedical engineering (clinical engineering, biomedical instrumentation, biomedical data processing, biomechanics and biomaterials, etc.), adapting perfectly to the evolution of the market and the technology present in hospital and healthcare environments.

Being included in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the Degree in Biomedical Engineering:
Guarantees its recognition throughout Europe, thus favouring academic and professional mobility in Europe.
It quantifies the student's overall work to pass a subject in ECTS, which implies a teaching and assessment methodology that involves the student more in their learning.

The Degree in Biomedical Engineering has 240 ECTS credits and is divided into five modules (Basic Training, Compulsory Training, Specific Technologies, Hospital Internships and Final Degree Project) and their associated subjects.

The structure of the degree is summarised as follows:

Justification of the degree

In the degree's verification report in ANECA you can consult the justification of the proposed degree, arguing the academic, scientific or professional interest of the same, the external references to the university that have endorsed the adequacy of the proposal to national or international criteria for degrees of similar academic characteristics and the description of the internal and external consultation procedures used for the development of the curriculum.

 

Objectives and competences

The general and specific competences obtained with this degree can be consulted in the degree's verification report in ANECA.

 

Professional opportunities

Many statistical studies indicate that Biomedical Engineering is one of the most demanded branches of engineering at present, as well as the one that will grow the most in the next decade. This great projection, together with the highly multidisciplinary training received during the degree, means that graduates of the Degree in Biomedical Engineering can be employed by agents as diverse as a wide variety of companies in the Health Technology sector, hospitals and public and private health centres, research institutes and groups, and finally government agencies for the evaluation of medical technology. Furthermore, it should not be forgotten that Biomedical Engineering is a highly innovative discipline and, therefore, capable of generating many opportunities for entrepreneurship and the creation of new companies based on technological development, not only in the field of health but also in other related fields such as sport, social welfare, social and health care, etc.

More specifically, it should be mentioned that:

In health technology companies, graduates will work as professionals capable of projecting, designing, developing and producing new devices, processes, applications and medical or telemedical services, as well as carrying out the distribution, marketing, sales and after-sales follow-up of the same.

In hospitals and health centres, graduates will act as specialists in the management and technical advice on the acquisition of biomedical equipment and systems, in the management of their installation, start-up and maintenance, in the control and management of risks and quality improvement in all processes involving the use of medical technology, and in the continuous training of clinical and care staff to optimise the use of the available health technology.

In research institutes and groups, graduates will carry out supervisory tasks in laboratories and medical equipment, as well as research tasks in close collaboration with professionals specialising in other fields, such as medicine, physiology and nursing.

In governmental evaluation agencies, graduates will contribute to the evaluation and certification of medical technology products, to the definition of regulations on health equipment and facilities, and to the development of policies for the use of biomedical equipment and systems in hospitals and research centres.



Human resources, materials and services

In the following links you can consult the teaching staff assigned to teaching at the centre, as well as the material resources and services available at the centre, updated annually through the calls for renewal and acquisition of teaching equipment coordinated by the Economics and Infrastructures Commission of the Polytechnic School of Cuenca.

• Profesorado
• Recursos

Verification, modification and monitoring reports from ANECA

The degree was favourably verified on 29 March 2023.

• Memoria original de verificación del título
• Informe de verificación y sus recomendaciones
• Resolución de la verificación del título
• Sistema de Garantía de Calidad Interna del Título
• Normativas de aplicación al título