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Biomedical Engineering at DCU

From realistic and powerful prosthetics to individually engineered implants, and from high-tech scanners to tiny cameras that can explore blood vessels, biomedical engineers work to develop products at the cutting edge of what is possible to heal and help the human body.

When you study Biomedical Engineering, you not only learn how the body works and become injured, but you come to understand how medical devices are developed to treat injuries and disease, and how we can help the body heal itself. You’ll use state-of-the-art labs and tools such as 3D simulations and machine learning as you study.

If you’re creative, analytical, inquisitive, and innovative, and keen to work in a fast-growing field with real human impact, this could be the course for you. You’ll get biological and medical knowledge, and technical engineering expertise, so you can solve problems in biomedicine. You’ll study advanced biology, biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering, medical device design, surgical technology, rehabilitation engineering and much more besides.

In third year, you’ll do a six- to 10-month INTRA work placement and you can also opt to study abroad. Both the healthcare and medical devices industry has strong demand for qualified graduate engineers. Typically, our graduates end up working as biomedical engineers, consultants, research and development engineers or data scientists.

Given the robust condition of the Irish industrial sector and considering DCU’s active synchronization with the medical sector, Biomedical Engineering students can feel confident about their job prospects. The increasing harmonisation of European standards and US regulations also ensures that graduates will be employable worldwide.

View our video on our BEng in Biomedical Engineering at DCU here.  Find out more about Biomedical Engineering at DCU: https://www.dcu.ie/dc197

Electronic and Computer Engineering at DCU

Calling maths lovers! If you’d like to be able to fix a gaming remote or build a smart doorbell from scratch, you need to study Electronic and Computer Engineering. Every machine these days has electronic components, so being able to engage in a hands-on way while also being able to write code proves incredibly useful.

Across the first three years, you’ll study the fundamentals of electronic engineering and programming. As this course covers a broad field, you’ll choose one of four specialisms in fourth year: Systems and Devices (covering sensors, diagnostics and more), High-Speed Networks (such as fibre optics and 5G), Digital Interaction (including 3D interfaces and game design), and the Internet of Things.

In third year, you can complete a paid six-month INTRA work placement, getting to gain relevant experience at a company in Ireland or abroad.

As a graduate of this course, you’ll be able to build devices and processes to solve real-world problems using cutting-edge technology like augmented reality and virtual reality. Furthermore, you’ll be accredited to work anywhere in the world in a rapidly growing field that is crying out for qualified graduates to take up roles in design engineering, production engineering, software engineering and related fields.

View our video on our BEng in Electronic and Computer Engineering here.Find out more: www.dcu.ie/DC190