Bachelor of Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

The department of biomedical engineering was established in June 2016. The department currently has 16 core faculty members. Research areas in the department include MechanoMedicine, wearable devices and wireless health monitoring, de novo regenerative engineering, multiscale and multimodal biomedical imaging, computational medicine for big data and health informatics, biomedical MEMS.

The department of biomedical engineering receives strong support from the department of biomedical engineering at Columbia University and has formed its own undergraduate curricula based on the BME curricula of Columbia University. The major core courses and the capstone course ‘biomedical engineering design’ were introduced and adapted.

The SUSTech Biomedical Engineering programme train students in the field of engineering and applied sciences to address problems in biology, medicine and life sciences. This skill is crucial for the students to better understand the living systems and their behavior for the development of biomedical systems and devices. Through complex and sophisticated analysis, modern engineering adapts data acquisition and variable measurements to resolve questions that are currently unanswered. These analysis includes simulation and systems development within individual cells, organs, complex organisms and populative studies. The emphasis of the BME programme is to endow students with the understanding of basic engineering science and applied engineering (in both the physical and biological fields). The BME programme aspires to provide students with professional training in biomedical engineering, preparing them for employment or post-graduate studies in the relevant discipline.

Objectives and Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the undergraduate program in biomedical engineering are as follows:

Professional employment in areas such as the medical device industry, engineering consulting, and biotechnology;

Graduate studies in biomedical engineering or related fields;

Attendance at medical, dental, or other professional schools.

Learning Outcomes: The undergraduate program in biomedical engineering will prepare graduates who will have:

a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;

b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;

c) An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;

d) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams;

e) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;

f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;

g) An ability to communicate effectively;

h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;

i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;

j) A knowledge of contemporary issue;

k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice;

l) An understanding of biology and physiology;

m) The capability to apply advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statistics), science, and engineering, to solve the problems at the interface of engineering and biology;

n) The ability to make measurements on and interpret data from living systems, addressing the problems associated with the interaction between living and nonliving materials and systems.