MSc Biomedical Engineering at University of Sheffield

Programme overview

This one-year full-time MSc combines biomaterials, medical imaging and in silico medicine to apply engineering principles to medicine and healthcare. Students cover medical device design and regulation, and develop experimental and advanced modelling skills.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering | Department: School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering | Duration: 1 year full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers, Introduction to Medical Device Regulation, Medical Imaging: Principles and Technologies and Applied Modelling Skills and Virtual Reality, with a 60-credit research project. Electives include Biomaterials Science, Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Human Movement Biomechanics, Fundamental Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Approaches to Failure in Living Systems.

Career pathways

Graduates work across medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology and engineering research as clinical image analysts, systems engineers, medical device development engineers, biomedical data scientists and project engineers or managers.

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Entry requirements

Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject (for example biomedical or general engineering, mechanical or electrical engineering, materials science, physics, mathematics, chemistry, statistics) with at least one module from each of two areas: mathematics (calculus, differential equations, linear algebra) and mechanics or physics (biomechanics, engineering mechanics, fluid mechanics, physics, structural mechanics). International applicants: IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component, or University equivalent. No references or referee details are requested. No supporting statement is required.

Domestic applicants: GBP 14,345 a year (2027/28). Fees are for the advertised mode of study (full-time); a fixed fee guarantee applies so the fee does not rise during study. Source

International applicants: GBP 34,550 a year (2027/28). Fees are for the advertised mode of study (full-time); a fixed fee guarantee applies so the fee does not rise during study. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

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