Master's degree in Advanced Biomedical Technologies

Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)

The main educational objective of the master's degree in Advanced Biomedical Technologies is to give students the advanced training in biomedical technologies that allows them to gain a professional skillset that can be integrated in companies and institutions in the healthcare field, as well as in research centres in the biomedical sector.
Thus, students are provided with the necessary training to acquire advanced knowledge and application development skills in three main areas: biomaterials and advanced biomechanics, advanced analysis of biomedical signals and images in digital health technologies, and advanced biomedical instrumentation.

General details

Duration and start date

1.5 academic years, 90 ECTS credits. Starting September

Timetable and delivery

Face-to-face

Fees and grants

Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€2,490 (€9,496 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Location

Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Specific requirements: English language level equivalent to B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Places: 30
Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrolment period open.
Expected deadline: 23/06/2025.
How to pre-enrol
Enrolment: How to enrol
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First semester

Biofunctional Materials 6
Bioinformatics 6
Biomechanics Modelling 6
Biomedical Signal Analysis 6
Biosensor Design and Development 6
Computer Vision 6
Numerical Analysis and Modelling 6

Second semester

Advanced Biomaterials 6
Advanced Manufacturing 6
Applications of Digital and Mobile Health 6
Data Analysis and Machine Learning 6
Design of Medical Devices: Usable Health Technologies 6
Digital Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare 6
Technology Innovation 1 6

Third semester

Master's Thesis 30

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Clinical engineering.
Electromedicine.
E-health.
Diagnostic, monitoring and medical treatment equipment.
Cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery and pain treatment.
Implants and prostheses in the fields of surgery, traumatology and dentistry.
Disposable medical products.
Design of sensors and biosensors.
Application of artificial intelligence algorithms and analysis of medical data, signals and images to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
Optics and ophthalmology.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Companies that provide technology-based healthcare services.
Clinical engineering departments of hospitals.
Clinical services of hospitals.
Universities and research institutes (bioelectronics, biomaterials, biomechanics, biosystems, biomedical imaging, nanobioengineering, biomedical signals and medical technology).
Healthcare technology assessment and transfer agencies and companies.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

Assume responsibilities in work teams in production management, as just another member or in a management or leadership role.
Apply management methodologies to projects, teams and biomedical products and technologies that are appropriate to the type of project.
Identify and analyse problems that require making autonomous, informed and reasoned decisions in order to act with social responsibility following ethical values and principles.
Use information resources effectively, manage the acquisition, structure, analysis and visualisation of data and information in the area of specialisation and critically assess the results.
Use scientific and technical information to respond to any demand for modification, innovation or improvement of devices, products and processes linked to biomedical engineering for new scientific or technological applications.
Integrate the values of sustainability and understand the complexity of systems, with the aim of undertaking or promoting actions that restore and maintain the health of ecosystems and improve justice, thereby generating visions of sustainable futures.
Develop the ability to evaluate inequalities based on sex and gender to design solutions that resolve them.