Biomedical Engineering is a rapidly emerging discipline that applies engineering tools and methods to medical diagnostics and treatment. Main goals are to provide more and better care with less people and to increase cost effectiveness in healthcare systems. Biomedical engineers are engaging for example in digitization, automatization and miniaturization of medical diagnostic and treatment devices. This includes developing robotic endoscopes, new MRI-technology and visionary image analysis and registration tools.
The Master´s program is part of the Medical Faculty at the University Basel and organized by the Department of Biomedical Engineering. It is designed for students holding a Bachelor’s degree of various backgrounds like engineering, natural sciences, computer sciences, medicine or health sciences. With the Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering in their hands, the graduates can pursue a scientific career, for example by applying for a doctoral program in Biomedical Engineering or for positions in a wide range of professions in the Medtech industry.

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"The University of Basel offers Master students in Biomedical Engineering a structured path for acquiring basic and interdisciplinary knowledge in medicine. It fosters clinician and scientist collaborations through direct interactions at all stages of research."

Prof. Dr. Pablo Sinues

Head of Teaching Committee

"We are currently crossing a tipping point in medicine: By adapting methods like deep learning, image guided therapy is about to revolutionize diagnosis, treatment and drug development. DBE´s master´s program in Image-Guided Therapy paves the path to this exiting new world for students of various backgrounds in engineering, natural sciences, computer sciences, medicine or health science."

Prof. Dr. Philippe Cattin

Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering (DBE)