Bachelor´s Degree in Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor´s Degree in Biomedical Engineering

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Degree

Bachelor´s Degree in Biomedical Engineering

School

Institute of Technology

Campus

Institute of Technology, Montepríncipe Campus

ECTS

240 ECTS

Language of instruction

Spanish, English

Places

80

PRESENTATION

A degree that prepares you with a progressive bilingual program so that you can work in biomedicine any where in the world.
¿Why study Biomedical Engineering?

Biomedical Engineering consists of applying the principles and techniques of classical engineering to the world of medicine. This Degree in Biomedical Engineering of the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, in its bilingual modality, prepares you to work in fields such as: 

  • Design of medical equipment and devices
  • Prosthetic construction
  • Clinical research
  • Health systems planning
  • Specialised consultancy
  • R&D&I
What are the advantages of studying a degree in Biomedical Engineering at CEU San Pablo university in Madrid?

The Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the CEU San Pablo University has a modern study plan with the latest advances in the field. This Degree offers you advantages such as: 

  • Learning through solving real cases: From the first year onwards, you will work on real projects in the world of biomedical engineering to reach the job market fully prepared. .
  • Real simulation environments and advanced equipment: You will have access to laboratories for capability assistance, biomedical instrumentation, bioengineering, digital manufacturing, human anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology. 
  • Master's Degree in Virtual Reality with PlayStation or Course in Development of Voice Assistance Applications based on Amazon Alexa: Add these programs to your degree studies and learn with the technologies that are transforming the world. 
  • Expert professors in research and biotechnology: You will be trained by teachers with extensive experience in research,publications in international journals, and medical device patents.
  • Progressive bilingual program Spanish-English: The progressive bilingual study plan will allow you to work in international teams anywhere in the world.
  • Enhance your profile with an international stay: You will be able to spend one or two semesters in one of the foreign universities, with which we have mobility agreements.
  • Entrepreneurs' Classroom: Where you can develop technological start-up projects with the support of CEU Emprende and the Club de Emprendedores. 
  • Internships: You will carry out compulsory internships from the first year in major pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, university hospitals and research centres. 
  • Possibility of obtaining two degrees in five years: In addition, you will be able to do the Double Degree in Biomedical Engineering + Engineering in Telecommunications Systems. We are the only university in Spain that offers this double degree. 
  • CEU-Boston University Programme: Possibility of studying the degree with this international bilingual programme with one of the best private universities in the United States. Through this program, the student receives, in addition to the official degree of the CEU San Pablo University, education at Boston University Metropolitan College. 

 

 

Profile of new students

In order to define the ideal profile of new students who wish to access this degree, we take into account the educational objectives that we aim to achieve in three areas:

  • Students. They must have good prior knowledge in subjects of sciences, skills in observation, analysis, and intellectual, social and scientific interests. Moreover, new students must be willing to work hard, both individually and as part of a team. Therefore, in the selection process we pay special attention to the motivation and capabilities of the candidate in relation to the aforementioned concerns. Other attitudes such as initiative, responsibility and the ability to work and solve problems in a team are also important.
  • Future professionals. Upon completion of this degree, students will be professionals with a solid scientific background and with a good level of English for their mobility and incorporation into international professional forums. To this end, more than half of the teaching is in English. In addition, the necessary foundations are also established so that those who wish to do so can access higher studies and specialise in fields such as scientific research, technological development activities, etc. 

 

  • Education. With the aim of subsequently integrating the student into the professional world, this degree is the result of a complete education plan. Among our main objectives, we emphasize independent learning, for which, we motivate the students to carry out experimental designs based on the scientific method and the interpretation of diverse works in this field. We also promote critical analysis, management and direction skills, in addition to focusing on the spirit of leadership.

Regarding requirements of earlier studies, it is preferable for the student to have completed their studies in one of the technological or sanitary branches in their high school. 

Competences

The Biomedical Engineering Degree affects the development of a series of competences by our students that are crucial to their effective career development. In order to achieve them, we make a notable and recognised effort to achieve them at our University.  

Among the important number of competences, the following stand out: 

  • Learning the principles of scientific methodology and how to apply them to problem solving in the field of Biomedical Engineering. Also, the student must become familiarised with the relationship between acquired biomedical signals and their physiological implications. 
  • Critical maturation of the possible solutions for the development of systems for telemonitoring, tele-care and tele-diagnosis of patients; and discovering, interpreting and evaluating patterns (knowledge) applying data mining techniques. Furthermore, the student must know how to design, analyse and evaluate electronic circuits corresponding to the instrumental stages of data acquisition in biomedicine. 
  • Acquisition of knowledge relating to the principles, techniques and measuring instruments most commonly used in the measurement of biological and medical magnitudes. The students will also become familiarised of the relationship between the acquired biomedical signals and their physiological implications. 
  • Knowledge and understanding of the functioning, content, evolution and origin of the genome, as well as the microscopic structure, development and functions of organ tissues, and the basic processes of combining cells to create artificial tissues. 
  • Learning the techniques of sequence alignment, gene prediction, gene expression prediction, protein structural alignment, protein structure prediction and protein-protein interactions. Similarly, the student will become familiarised with how to model complex biological systems and validate the models with experimental data. 
  • Instrumental command of a modern language, in the context of the discipline and professional performance, in addition to the indispensable capacity for oral and written communication. Furthermore, it is necessary to learn how to use a modern language and the specific terminology of biomedical engineering.

More information about the competences in Spanish. 

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Syllabus

SYLLABI OF THE STUDY PLAN. Degree has been verified and authorised by the CAM in 2013.

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YEAR 1

Course
Ects
Course FUNDAMENTOS MATEMÁTICOS DE LA INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA I
ECTS 6
Course FUNDAMENTOS MATEMÁTICOS DE LA INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA II
ECTS 6
Course PROGRAMACIÓN
ECTS 6
Course ENGLISH
ECTS 6
Course QUÍMICA
ECTS 6
Course ONDAS, ELECTROSTÁTICA Y TERMODINÁMICA
ECTS 6
Course HISTORIA Y SOCIEDAD
ECTS 6
Course ALGORITMOS Y ESTRUCTURA DE DATOS
ECTS 6
Course FUNDAMENTOS MATEMÁTICOS DE LA INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA III
ECTS 6
Course FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY
ECTS 6

YEAR 2

Course
Ects
Course SISTEMAS DINÁMICOS EN INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA
ECTS 6
Course ELECTROMAGNETISMO Y ÓPTICA
ECTS 6
Course HISTOPHYSIOLOGY
ECTS 6
Course BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR
ECTS 6
Course TEORÍA DE CIRCUITOS
ECTS 6
Course SEÑALES Y SISTEMAS
ECTS 6
Course BIOESTADÍSTICA I
ECTS 6
Course DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
ECTS 6
Course ANATOMÍA Y FISIOLOGÍA
ECTS 6
Course DATABASES
ECTS 6

YEAR 3

Course
Ects
Course BIOSTATISTICS II
ECTS 6
Course FISIOPATOLOGÍA Y PATOLOGÍA GENERAL
ECTS 7
Course RANDOM SIGNALS
ECTS 6
Course DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ECTS 6
Course PROYECTOS EN INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA I
ECTS 6
Course NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
ECTS 5
Course TÉCNICAS DE IMAGEN EN BIOMEDICINA
ECTS 3
Course DIGITAL SYSTEMS
ECTS 6
Course DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
ECTS 6
Course ARQUITECTURA DE COMPUTADORES Y SISTEMAS OPERATIVOS
ECTS 6
Course PROYECTOS EN INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA II
ECTS 3

YEAR 4

Course
Ects
Course GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS
ECTS 6
Course TELEMEDICINE
ECTS 3
Course BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
ECTS 3
Course SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
ECTS 3
Course PROJECTS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING III
ECTS 3
Course PRACTICUM
ECTS 6
Course DOCTRINA SOCIAL DE LA IGLESIA
ECTS 6
Course BIOINFORMATICS
ECTS 6
Course BIOMEDICAL SIGNALS
ECTS 3
Course DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
ECTS 4.5
Course DATA MINING IN BIOMEDICINE
ECTS 4.5
Course BSC THESIS
ECTS 12

Admission and Scholarships

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Prices Academic Year 2020/21
Option
bilingual
Enrollment Fee
Enrollment Fee
Enrollment Fee
$1,295.00
Total (Price)
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Total (Price)
$11,700.00
By Month (Price)
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$1,300.00
Price per Credit
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Price per Credit
$195.00
Scholarships And Aids

The CEU San Pablo University offers diverse options of Scholarships and Aids for bachelor’s degree students. Consult the options below:

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Regulations
Regulations (In Spanish)

Internships

External academic internships are an unquestionably effective way to enter the labor market. They are a beneficial instrument for a student, who has the opportunity to acquire skills and competences that only a real work environment can provide. They are also equally useful for the companies and institutions that can introduce into university tranning the knowledge that daily worker requiered, in addition to training candidates according to their internal development needs, given a high percentage of students who carry out internships are recruit by Entities themselves to meet their need personal.

The student of the Degree in Biomedical Engineering will have 6 ECTS of curricular practices that have the objective of enabling the student to integrate him or herself professionally, and in an essentially practical way, in the field of Biomedical Engineering.

Management of the internships

The organisation, regulations and offers of internships can be found on the website of the Careers Department. Students have an office of this department at the Institute, next to the Campus Secretary's Office, where they will be attended to in all matters related to internships.  

Careers Moncloa 

Calle Julián Romea 23, Building B, Office 1.27 

Phone: 91 456 42 18 - 91 514 01 17. 

carreras.moncloa@ceu.es 

List of companies with an agreement to conduct an internship (PDF in Spanish)  

 

International

DISCOVER OUR CEU GLOBAL CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Complement your degree programme with a foreign Academic Certificate (online, in campus, blended). Choose the best one for you:

  • Premium International Bilingual Programs (IBP's) to obtain an Academic Certification from prestigious American universities located in Chicago, Boston, New York or Los Angeles. (Avalaible for the Faculties of: Law, Economics & Business, Communication & Humanities, Pharmacy and the Institute of Technology,)
  • International Online Programs (IOP's), a flexible way to suit your needs and enter a global market. (Avalaible for all Faculties)
  • International Professional Programs (IPP's) to design your own professional future with the best institutions. (Avalaible for the Faculties of Law, Economics & Business, Communication & Humanities)

Further information at CEU Global Campus

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ERASMUS +

Students of this Degree can participate in an international mobility within the Erasmus + Program of the European Commission or through Bilateral Agreements of exchange agreed between the CEU San Pablo University and other foreign Universities.  

The recommended period for this mobility is usually at the end of the Degree, during the last years. Moreover, the number of international students who choose the CEU for their education is increasing, so there is an international environment throughout the University.  

OUTGOING STUDENTS  

The student of this Degree will have international relations coordinators, who will have the task of orienting the students about the existing agreements for their degree program and accompany them throughout the mobility process.  

Likewise, we will advise you on the convenience or non-convenience of travelling to certain destinations, according to the circumstances and context of the place, looking for an alternative of mobility, both virtual and face-to-face.  

INCOMING STUDENTS: BLENDED MOBILITY  

Since the 2020-21 academic year, the equipment in our classrooms, the interactive teaching methodology and the new technologies allow the incoming students to take part in blended mobilities at the CEU San Pablo University, combining a virtual semester with a face-to-face one.  

All information regarding mobility is provided by the Vice-Rectorate of International Relations through its website and the mobility office.

INTERNATIONALIZATION AT HOME: CEU GLOBAL CLASSROOM AND COIL METHODOLOGY    

An international university is also an interconnected university in its broader sense. Therefore, the CEU Educational Group is developing a new educational strategy, based on internationalization at home, through the innovative COIL projects.  

COIL is the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning, a pioneer interactive methodology. It consists of digital classes between professors from two different universities and countries, which allows bringing the experience of global learning to a wider spectrum of students, regardless of their geographical location and without leaving home.    

The COIL modules are born from the collaboration of our Schools with other international centers for the development of common digital projects, integrated into the study plans, ensuring that they are adapted to the CEU methodology and to the academic needs of our students.  

We have international COIL projects in all the Schools, in our two campuses; partners in the United States, Europe, Latin America, etc. Our experience in pedagogical innovation and internationalization is our best guarantee.  

Contact us if you belong to a foreign university and want to be a partner of the USP-CEU in the design and implementation of COIL projects.  

coil@ceu.es 

Facilities

At the CEU San Pablo University, the use and management of the material means and services are carried out under the principles of rationalization and sustainability, which is why several centres and degrees sometimes share them. 

Escuela Politécnica Superior

The Degree in Biomedical Engineering is taught at three different centers: Institute of Technology, School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine. All of the three centers are equipped with modern infrastructure and advanced facilities, which allow the development of the educational objectives.

The students of the Biomedical Engineering Degree also carry out lab practices in the laboratories of the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine in their courses of health sciences. Among the laboratories used in the teaching of this degree are: 

  • Disability Assistance Laboratory (Institute of Technology, L 2.6.1): laboratory equipped with alternative human-computer interface devices such as inertial sensors, gaze tracking devices, motion capture devices, electronics bench, complete equipment set, and computers. .
  • Biomedical instrumentation laboratory (Institute of Technology, L 1.6.5): laboratory equipped with educational magnetic resonance imaging equipment and educational computed tomography equipment used for medical imaging practices. It is also equipped with a stretcher, Bitalino and PLUX units for the monitoring of all kinds of physiological parameters (electrocardiogram, encephalogram, thermal conductivity, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, electromyography, body temperature, body position...) 
  • Bioengineering laboratory (Institute of Technology, L 2.3.2): research laboratory also oriented towards the completion of the final thesis and course projects. It is equipped with oscilloscopes, multi meters, power supplies, an electronics workbench, soldering irons, electronic components, a 3D printer, FPGAs, GPUs and PCs. 
  • Digital Manufacturing Laboratory (Institute of Technology, floor -2): digital manufacturing laboratory belonging to the network of laboratories of the Centre for Bits and Atoms at MIT. It is equipped with 3D printers, milling machines, laser cutting machines, vinyl cutting machines, numerical control machines, general carpentry tools, power supplies, oscilloscopes, multi meters, welders, and electronic components. 
  • Human Anatomy Laboratory (MED Pavilion, 0.27): Laboratory equipped with anatomical models of bones, joints and muscles corresponding to the torso, upper and lower limbs, vascular structures of the head and neck, the central nervous system (brain, cerebellum, trunk-brain...) and the peripheral nervous system (spinal nerves...), different visceral structures, skeletons suspended in supports, and anatomical models that allow the integration of the visceral structures in the thoracic cage and the abdominal-pelvic cavity. 
  • Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Building B of the School of Pharmacy, Laboratory 0.08): Laboratory equipped with thermal cyclers, energy sources, nucleic acid electrophoresis systems and transillumination systems with image capture (ChemiDoc XRS+, Biorad) for the visualisation of results, as well as all the fungible material based on educational kits from Biorad (PV92 PCR Informatics Kit, Forensic DNA Fingerprinting). 

We therefore offer the best facilities to our students:

  • 340 work spots in IT rooms at the Institute of Technology 
  • Libraries of the Institute of Technology and the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine.
  • Access to various bibliographical resources such as Teseo
  • Technological and audiovisual means necessary for the completion of academic objective at all classrooms 
  • 100% WI-FI coverage in all corners of the campus  
  • Office of International Relations 
  • Career Center
  • Cafeteria, Stationery and Reprographics, etc...  

Faculty

Director of the Degree
Dr. Rafael Raya López
Number Of Professors

35

Professors
% Of Professors with a Doctorate

89%

Doctorates

Quality

As a result of the commitment to the Quality of the CEU San Pablo University, the Institute of Technology has developed a series of procedures that ensure the continuous review and improvement of all taught official Degrees and Masters, and has established an Internal Quality Assurance System (Sistema de Garantía Interna de la Calidad - SGIC) of the Center.

The body in charge of the monitoring and guaranteeing the quality of the Official Degrees is the Internal Quality Commission (Comisión Interna de Calidad - CIC), which guarantees the presence of the different interest groups in its composition.