BEng Biomedical Engineering (Mechanics and Materials) with Industrial Placement Year at University of Southampton

Join a new generation of engineers that understand the underlying principles of medical and healthcare technologies. You'll enhance your employability with an industrial placement year; an additional year-long paid placement in an engineering organisation. This programme combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare.

Faculty: Engineering and Physical Sciences  |  Duration: 4 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (with placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This is a four-year, full-time degree (including the placement year). It includes a carefully chosen mixture of core, compulsory, and optional modules, with the optional choices available in year 3. You’ll learn by doing, with individual and group projects as well as practical laboratory work taking place throughout this programme.

Career pathways

Graduates commonly work in sectors including information and communication, education, scientific and technical, manufacturing. Careers directly related to the course include prosthetic device engineer, biomedical engineer, rehabilitation engineer, biomechanical engineer, biomaterials engineer, physiological modeller, research scientist, medical technology developer.

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