University of Technology, Aachen

MSc in Biomedical Engineering at University of Technology, Aachen (RWTH-Aachen)

The key study areas contained in this two year, interdisciplinary degree course reflect the characteristic Aachen profile in research in the area of Biomedical Engineering. The faculties for Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and also the Medical Faculty are involved in the courses specially devised for this Master’s degree course. Overall control rests with the Medical Faculty. The courses are held exclusively in the English language.

The program here is for 24 months with the last 6 months being for the Master Thesis. There is only winter intake which starts from Oct. Remember if you have a bachelor in Biomedical Engineering you have less chances of making into it as they prefer students from other areas to get specialized in Biomedical.

The course here is conducted in the university hospital which has an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that you get live experience of dealing medical equipments and the medical communication to the docs is at the highest level. The disadvantage is that that docs are going to take up the medical courses and they can never satisfy an engineer hahahhahha. The other advantage of being admitted to this uni is the proximity to the Helmholtz Institute. The Helmholtz Institute is the one of the biggest research labs in Germany. The Institute hosts Philips Institute of Medical Information (opening the door for you into Philips), Institute of Biomaterials and Institute for Cardiovascular technologies. The Cardiovascular research lab is one among the 6 such institutes across the globe. So the added advantages of being in this university is great and that has to be utilized.

You can visit the official page of the program at www.masterprogramme.ukaachen.de
Or contact Dr. Karin Renner
Dekanat der Medizinischen Fakultaet
Pauwelsstraße 30
52074 Aachen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 241 80 85 541
E-mail: bme@ukaachen.de