Medical Devices Engineering (Taught)

The MSc in Medical Devices Engineering is aimed at students who have undergraduate degrees in various branches of engineering and wish to apply their background knowledge and skills to the development of medical devices. The programme is interdisciplinary bringing in and developing both engineering knowledge and the biomedical applications of this knowledge. The programme will equip graduates for immediate employment within the biomedical engineering sector, both in the UK and internationally. Device regulatory aspects and biomedical ethics will be taught as underpinnings to the engineering and biomedical elements.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• The University of Glasgow has been delivering world-class engineering education and research since 1840.

• Biomedical Engineering is the newest division of the School of Engineering, bringing together our long-standing expertise. Research covers four themes: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Bionanotechnology, Rehabilitation Engineering, Biosensors and Diagnostics.

• Biomedical Engineering has strong clinical links to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and local medical device industry.

• Experts from the NHS Medical Devices Unit are teaching Medical Devices regulations from a practitioner's perspective.

• Human factors and design are taught in collaboration with Design experts at the Glasgow School of Art.

• Students can access the world-leading James Watt Nanofabrication facilities through the optional Nanofabrication course.

• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (which Biomedical Engineering is part of in rankings) at Glasgow is ranked 1st in Scotland (Complete University Guide 2025).

• The School has an Athena Swan Silver Award, demonstrating the school’s commitment to supporting women in scientific studies and careers, and to improving the working environment for all.

• This programme emphasises the engineering design aspects for medical devices. It provides biomedical engineering fundamentals and combines this with business practice and entrepreneurship as well as regulatory aspects. Students can specialise in different directions, including rehabilitation and signal processing, imaging and ultrasound, and computing and data processing.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Modes of delivery of the MSc Medical Devices Engineering include lectures, seminars and tutorials and allow students the opportunity to take part in lab, project and team work.

You will undertake an individual MSc project working on a specific research area with one of the academics.

Core Courses
BIOPHYSICS OF CELLS AND SYSTEMS M
STATISTICS FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 3
SIGNAL PROCESSING OF BIOSIGNATURES M
BIOSENSORS AND DIAGNOSTICS M
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
BIOETHICS FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 4
HUMAN FACTORS (this course is taught at the Glasgow School of Art)
MSC PROJECT

Optional Courses
REHABILITATION ENGINEERING M
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
REAL TIME EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING
CYBER SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS (M)
MOBILE HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (M)
MICROSCOPY AND OPTICS M
NANOFABRICATION
SCAFFOLDS AND TISSUES M
ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
ADVANCED ULTRASONICS
ADVANCED IMAGING AND THERAPY M