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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Introduction engineering knowledge and skills to solve problems, design
biomedical experiments, and use, maintain and create
Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering medical devices and equipment. You will design biosystems
principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for or processes taking social, economic, and environmental
diagnostic or therapeutic purposes within the healthcare concerns into account and gain a thorough understanding
industry. of the ethical and professional responsibilities of this field.
You will also have the opportunity to hone your research
A recent study projects the UAE healthcare market to grow skills – the cornerstone of a knowledge-based economy.
12.7% to AED71.56 billion and the number of hospital
beds to increase to 13,881 by 2020. Biomedical Engineers Developed in collaboration with the Bioengineering
are needed to sustain such growth by maintaining Department of the University of Louisville in Kentucky,
and improving the quality of healthcare services in the USA, the program benefits from an international research
country and reducing their cost through the use of smart laboratory dedicated to applying machine learning and
technologies. The program supports five of the nine pillars artificial intelligence to create computer-aided diagnosis
that will form the architecture of Abu Dhabi’s social, political, systems to support medical doctors in fighting diseases,
and economic future in the healthcare sector. improving the quality of life, and shaping the future of
smart healthcare. The program is the first in the UAE to
Through this program, designed to meet international focus on the roles of AI, wearables, mobile applications,
ABET standards, you will study courses in biomedical and the Internet of Things in healthcare.
instrumentation, biosensors and transducers, medical
imaging, medical device design, AI in medicine, physiological
modelling, mobile medical applications, and magnetic
resonance imaging. You will learn how to apply biomedical

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