Master of Innovative Health Technology
Leuven, Belgium
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,493 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
About: KU Leuven advanced Master’s programme focuses on designing, developing and implementing technological solutions for healthcare. It emphasizes integration of wearable sensors, bioelectronics, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and healthcare apps, training students to create pragmatic, testable systems for clinicians and patients. It lets students specialize in health tech, medical technology and biomedical engineering through research-driven coursework and practical projects.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as medical device engineers, biomedical engineers, health technology developers, clinical data scientists, AI in healthcare specialists, healthcare robotics engineers, digital health product managers, clinical informaticians, R&D engineers, startup founders in hospitals, industry, research labs, startups worldwide.
Today, there is a growing, global industry developing novel technologies to further advance modern health care. This advanced master’s programme enables students to specialise in this domain, as they learn to design, develop and implement technological solutions for the healthcare sector.
About the programme
The development of novel technologies has long been a key driver in the advancement of modern health care. Technologies that better enable medical doctors, therapists and other care providers to identify symptoms, perform diagnoses, carry out surgery, cure diseases, programme therapy and follow up on patients’ progress.
Today, there is a global industry developing novel technologies to further advance contemporary health care. The Advanced Master of Innovative Health Technology aims to contribute to this evolution by offering students the opportunity to specialise in this versatile and diverse domain, where they will learn to design, develop and implement practical and pragmatic technological solutions for the healthcare sector.
This programme has a specific focus on the integration of different technologies and methodologies into usable systems. Recent trends in wearable sensors, bioelectronics, artificial intelligence, robotics and healthcare apps are combined to inspire students to conceive and implement novel integrated solutions that can be tested and used by patients and healthcare professionals.
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