Palestine Polytechnic University
Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Eurasia, Palestinian Territories
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English, Arabic
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Palestine Polytechnic University (Hebron) offers a Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering (BME). The program teaches established and emerging science and technology, trains engineers in theory and medical equipment maintenance, builds quality-focused technical human resources, supports graduate studies and research, links with industry, and fosters national pride, professional ethics and extracurricular life.
Career Outcomes: Career opportunities include biomedical engineer, clinical engineer, medical equipment maintenance technician, biomedical technician, medical device industry roles, research assistant, quality assurance and regulatory support, hospital technical services, and postgraduate study. Graduates use skills in medical devices, instrumentation, healthcare technology, diagnostics, maintenance, quality control, industry collaboration and hospitals.
Biomedical Engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g. diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is advancing rapidly and producing important innovations that improve our quality of life. The BME Program at PPU was founded in 1997 to maintain pace with global developments in the fields of technology pertaining to healthcare and biomedical equipment. The first of its kind in Palestine, the BME Program leads to a B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering. The curriculum has been prepared to fit the needs of the local medical community; therefore, it focuses on medical instruments and their uses in addition to development and maintenance.
BME Program Objectives
- Offering specialized higher education in established and emerging disciplines of science and technology.
- Providing the Palestinian health sector with biomedical engineers that have scientific theory skills and the ability to provide maintenance services for medical equipment.
- Preparing properly trained human resources in areas of science and technology, with particular emphasis on quality programs.
- Expanding graduate studies and supporting scientific research and professional studies in the pursuit of promoting community service and bilateral links with industry.
- Developing student personality traits of national pride and professional ethics via a balanced program that is rich with extracurricular activities envisaged to form an integral part of student life on campus.
