Bachelor (Honours)
Biomedical Engineering is a multi-disciplinary field that enables engineers to combine engineering principles with biological and medical sciences.
Developments in biomedical engineering provide vital skills and knowledge to enable change to the national health system and improve lives, such as developments in imaging, instrumentation, robotics, scaffolding, materials engineering, computer science and prosthetics.
You will study areas related to mechanical, electrical, artificial intelligence (e.g. evolutionary computation, neural network, fuzzy logic, machine learning) and aspects of modern biomedical systems. Graduates will develop a solid understanding of critical issues involved in developing biomedical systems in a global economy and make significant technological contributions to biomedical systems, both in Australia and abroad.
First year of study allows you to learn more about engineering and its different fields. You then focus on your chosen major study from the second year; options include anatomy and physiology, biomedical instrumentation and design, biomedical physics, sensors and actuators, biomechanical basis for human movement, mechanical design of biomedical devices, biomaterials and tissue engineering, artificial organs and implants, ethics and practices, among others.
Your degree also includes a 12-week hands-on industry experience, either in Australia or overseas, as well as a range of industry projects and other career-ready learning opportunities.
Our faculty's commitment to excellence is internationally recognised, as evidenced by the consistent ranking of our civil, manufacturing, mineral and mining, materials, and mechanical engineering courses among the top 150 universities worldwide.