Program Overview

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Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is about finding engineering solutions to medical problems. As a rapidly expanding industry, biomedical engineering meets the demands of healthcare through the development of technology.

Programme Structure

You will study the same courses in the first three years whether on the BEng or MEng degree programme. Both embed creativity to develop world-changing engineers.

Year 1

In your first year, you will take courses in biomedical engineering, mathematics, dynamics, electronics, materials, statics, thermodynamics, and engineering skills. These courses are supported by individual and group project work and laboratory work.

Years 2 and 3

In year 2, you will study further engineering and biomedical subjects including engineering mathematics, mechanics, biomaterials, biomedical engineering skills, electronic engineering, engineering design, and engineering in biological systems from the cell to the whole body. Year 3 consists of more advanced engineering and biomedical subjects including biological fluid mechanics, biomechanics, modelling, instrumentation & control, statistics, medical imaging, and human biological sciences.

Years 4 and 5

In year 4 of the BEng programme, you will complete a project which takes up one third of the year. Year 4 MEng students undertake a multidisciplinary design project. All year 4 students continue to take courses in engineering, biomedical & life sciences, and medicine, as well as a range of options including cell and tissue engineering, ultrasound technology, control, materials, and mechanics. Year 5 MEng students will work on a detailed research-based project in industry, at a hospital, or at another university. Thereafter, you will choose courses in subjects such as energy in biological systems, advanced imaging and therapy, scaffolds and tissues, computational modelling, dynamics, and materials.

Course Details

You will study the same courses in the first three years whether you are on the BEng or MEng degree programme. Both embed creativity to develop world-changing engineers.

Year 1

In your first year, you will take a wide-ranging curriculum which includes courses in biomedical engineering, mathematics, dynamics, electronics, materials, statics, thermodynamics, and engineering skills. These courses are supported by project and laboratory work. Core courses:

• Biomolecular Processes in Bioengineering 1
• Analogue Electronics 1
• Engineering Skills 1
• Introduction To Biomedical Engineering 1
• Materials 1
• Dynamics 1
• Engineering Mathematics 1
• Statics 1
• Thermodynamics 1

Year 2

In year 2, you will study further engineering and biomedical subjects including engineering mathematics, mechanics, biomaterials, biomedical engineering skills, electronic engineering, engineering design, and engineering in biological systems from the cell to the whole body. Core courses:

• Engineering in Biology 2
• Mechanical Design 2
• Analogue Electronics 2
• Biomaterials 2
• Biomedical Engineering Skills 2
• Design and Manufacture 2
• Mechanics of Structures 2A
• Dynamics 2
• Fluid Mechanics 2
• Engineering Mathematics 2

Year 3

In year 3, you will study more advanced engineering and biomedical subjects including biological fluid mechanics, biomechanics, modelling, instrumentation and control, statistics, medical imaging, and human biological sciences.

• Human Biological Sciences 2
• Biomedical Engineering Skills 3
• Biological Fluid Mechanics 3
• Control 3
• Instrumentation and Data Systems 3
• Simulation of Engineering Systems 3
• Microscopy and Optics 3
• Biomechanics 3
• Medical Imaging
• Statistics For Biomedical Engineering 3

Year 4

In year 4 of the BEng programme, you will complete a project which takes up one third of the year. Year 4 MEng students undertake a multidisciplinary design project. All year 4 students continue to take courses in engineering, biomedical and life sciences, and medicine, as well as a range of options including cell and tissue engineering, ultrasound technology, control, materials, and mechanics. BEng core courses:

• Biosensors and Diagnostics 4
• Individual Project 4
• Rehabilitation Engineering 4
• Bioethics for Biomedical Engineering 4
• Signal Processing of Biosignatures 4
• Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering MEng core courses:
• Business Planning and Management for Engineers
• Biosensors and Diagnostics 4
• Rehabilitation Engineering 4
• Bioethics for Biomedical Engineering 4
• Signal Processing of Biosignatures 4

Year 5

As an MEng student, in your fifth year, you will work on a detailed research-based project in industry, at a hospital, or at another university. Thereafter, you will choose courses in subjects such as energy in biological systems, advanced imaging and therapy, scaffolds and tissues, computational modelling, dynamics, and materials. Core courses:

• Individual Project 5
• Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering

Entry Requirements

for entry in 2026

Summary of entry requirements for Biomedical Engineering

SQA Higher entry requirements

• BEng: AABB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer
• Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5
• Typically offers will be made at AAAAA by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher
• Additional requirements: Higher Mathematics and Physics or Engineering Science at AA. (AB or BA may be considered).
• MEng: AAAB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer
• Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5
• Typically offers will be made at AAAAAA by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher
• Additional requirements: Higher Mathematics and Physics or Engineering Science at AA.

SQA Higher adjusted entry requirements (by end of S5 or S6)

• BEng: MD20: BBBB (also other target groups)
• BEng: MD40: AABB
• Additional requirements: Higher Mathematics and Physics or Engineering Science. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.

Widening Participation Articulation Programmes The University has bespoke HNC Articulation Programmes running at various colleges, offering direct entry to Year 2 of this degree.

A-level standard entry requirements

• BEng: AAB BBB
• MEng: AAA
• Additional requirements: A-level Mathematics and Physics. (Design & Technology may be accepted in place of Physics, 3D or Product Design options only).

IB standard entry requirements

• BEng: 34 (6,5,5)
• MEng: 38 (6,6,6)
• Additional requirements: HL Mathematics (Analysis & Approaches) and Physics. (SL6 can be accepted for either Mathematics or Physics).

Career Prospects

Our graduates are well represented in manufacturing companies and the NHS and in a wide range of industries in this country and abroad, for example as Clinical Engineers in the NHS, as R&D engineers at Pneumowave, at Terumo Aortic, or as product engineers at Cambridge Consultants. Biomedical Engineering can be an excellent preliminary degree for graduate entry into Medicine.

Degrees and UCAS codes

When applying you will need to know the UCAS code for the subject or subject-combination that you wish to apply to:

BEng

Biomedical Engineering: J750 (4 years)

MEng

Biomedical Engineering: J751 (5 years)

BEng students who perform well may transfer to the MEng programme on completion of years 1, 2, and 3.

Fees and Funding

Tuition fees

How and when you pay tuition fees depends on where youre from: see Tuition fees for details.

Scholarships

The University is committed to supporting students and rewarding academic excellence. That's why we've invested more than ｣1m in additional scholarship funding in recent years.

English Language Requirements

For applicants from non-English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Government, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level.

English language requirements

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training)

• 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0
• IELTS One Skill Retake Accepted
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Common equivalent English language qualifications for entry to this programme

TOEFL (ibt, mybest or athome)

• 90 overall with Reading 20; Listening 19; Speaking 19; Writing 21
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements, this includes TOEFL mybest.

Pearsons PTE Academic

• 59 with minimum 59 in all subtests
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE) and Cambridge Advanced English (CAE)

• 176 overall, no subtest less than 169
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Oxford English Test

• 7 overall with no subtest less than 6
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

LanguageCert Academic SELT

• 70 overall with no subtest less than 60
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Password Skills Plus

• 6.5 overall with no subtest less than 6.0
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Trinity College Tests

• Integrated Skills in English II & III & IV: ISEII Distinction with Distinction in all sub-tests
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

University of Glasgow Pre-sessional courses

• Tests are accepted for 2 years following date of successful completion.

School Qualifications

• IGCSE English First Language, grade C
• IGCSE English Second Language, grade A
• A Level English, grade C
• International Baccalaureate English A SL5 or HL5
• International Baccalaureate English B SL6 or HL5
• SQA National 5 English or ESOL, grade B
• SQA Higher English or ESOL, grade C

International School Qualifications

• Brunei: O-Level English Language 1120 grade B and above
• Denmark: Studentereksamen English at 7
• European Baccalaureate: English as Language 1 pass, if taken as Language 2 grade 7, if taken as Language 3 grade 7.5
• Finland: Ylioppilastutkinto / studentexamen English grade C or 4
• France: International Option Baccalaureate (OIB) / Baccalaur饌t Fran軋is International (BFI) grade 12
• Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone: West African Examination Council (WAEC) / Senior Secondary School Certificate English grade C6
• Germany: German Abitur English Grade 11
• Hong Kong: Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, English Language grade 4
• India: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) / All India School Certificate (ISC) English at 80%
• Kenya: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) English grade B
• Netherlands: Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) grade 7
• Norway: Vitnemal English grade 4 or above
• Singapore: Cambridge International O Level English Language (1128 Singapore only) at Grade C; Singapore Integrated Programme Secondary 4 English Language at grade B
• South Africa: National Senior Certificate (NSC) / Independent Exam Board (IEB) Grade 4 (English as Home Language) OR Grade 4 (English as First Additional Language)
• Sweden: Avgangsbetyg / Fullst舅digt Slutbetyg fran Gymnasieskolan English grade VG
• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at English at Ordinary Level grade C

Alternatives to English Language qualification

• Degree from majority-English speaking country (as defined by the UKVI including Canada if taught in English)
  • students must have studied for a minimum of 2 years at Undergraduate level, or 9 months at Master's level, and must have completed their degree in that majority-English speaking country within the last 6 years.
• Undergraduate 2+2 degrees from majority-English speaking country (as defined by the UKVI including Canada if taught in English)
  • students must have completed their final two years study in that majority-English speaking country within the last 6 years.

Pre-sessional courses

We would strongly encourage you to consider the pre-sessional courses at the University of Glasgow's English for Academic Study (EAS) Unit. Our Pre-sessional courses are the best way to bring your English up to entry level for University study. Our courses give you:

• direct entry to your University programme for successful students (no need to take IELTS)
• essential academic skills to help you study effectively at University
• flexible entry dates so you can join the right course for your level.

Visa requirements and proof of English language level

It is a visa requirement to provide information on your level of English based on an internationally recognised and secure English language test. All test reports must be no more than 2 years old.