Oulu, Finland
DEGREE TYPE
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* application period: 8-22 January 2025
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Welcome to meet and chat with the University of Oulu students and staff to hear about our English-taught degree programmes, doctoral training and the study experience we offer for you in Finland under the Northern lights.
Introduction
Biomedical Engineering is a multidisciplinary Master's programme focusing on research and development of new devices and equipment as well as eHealth services for measuring and diagnosis of human health condition.
Top reasons to study Biomedical Engineering
- Study a multidisciplinary degree combining medicine with modern information technology in state-of-the-art facilities, including a brand-new medical imaging laboratory.
- Learn novel health technologies such as biomaterials, biomechanics, medical imaging, digital signal and image analysis, machine learning and big data. Learn also about Internet of Medical Things such as sensors, medical software and wireless networks.
- Flexibility to choose biomedical engineering courses, three modules tailored to provide depth to the degree.
- Enjoy of up-to-date teaching by qualified professionals and participate in research measurements and projects in real research teams.
- Oulu is a tech hub with established companies, world leaders and start-ups in health care technology.
The Biomedical Engineering programme is organised by internationally recognised research groups in close collaboration with the Oulu University Hospital. Strong connections exist with other health care organisations and the health technology industry.
Curriculum
Common Studies
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- Special Course in Information Technology 1 - An introduction to computer vision methods for Biomedical images (only for BME students) (in English)
- Biosignal Processing I (in English)
- Basics in eHealth (in English)
- Anatomy and Physiology for Biomedical Engineering (in English)
- Advanced practical training
- Biomedical Engineering Project
- Biomedical Engineering Research Methods and Seminar (in English)
Language Studies
- Survival Finnish (in English)
Specialization Module: Signal and Image Processing
- Special Course in Information Technology 2 - Function and Analysis of Cardiovascular System (only for BME-SIP students) (in English)
- Machine Learning
- Machine Vision
- Biosignal Processing II (in English)
- Affective Computing
Optional Studies
- Towards Data Mining
- Introduction to Optimization
- Statistical Signal Processing 1 (in English)
- Deep Learning
- Signal Processing Systems
- Multi-Modal Data Fusion
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Artificial Intelligence
- Multiprocessor Programming
- Biomedical Instrumentation
- Introduction to Biomedical Imaging Methods
- Computer Graphics
- Big Data Processing and Applications
- Principles of Machine Learning in Medicine
- Digital Image Processing
- Medical Device Regulation and Quality Management (in English)
- Biochemical and Biomedical innovation (in English)
Master's thesis and maturity test
- Master's Thesis in Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering, The Maturity Test for Master's Degree
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Program Outcome
The programme is highly focused on experimentation, practical work and problem-based learning in its studies and research. In addition to theoretical knowledge, the programme is based on applied research and real-world problems and solutions, which is strengthened by its close links to industry.
Students will get competence on the latest methods, tools and technologies combined with issues such as:
- Anatomy and physiology
- Artificial intelligence in medicine
- Biomechanics and biomaterials
- Biomedical measurements
- Biomedical signal and image processing
- Health technology applications
- Information systems and mobile applications in health care
- Machine learning, deep learning and big data analytics
- Medical device regulation
- Medical electronics
- Medical physics and imaging
- Medical sensor techniques
- Medical software
- Radiation therapy
- Research methods
- Wireless measurements and networks.
The programme is inherently multidisciplinary as it combines the technological and medical expertise of two different faculties, the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine.
The study environment is multinational and multilingual, as roughly half of the teaching staff and a significant number of students come from outside of Finland.
Career Opportunities
Biomedical Engineering degree provides versatile job opportunities in several domains where medical technology and engineering expertise are needed.
A vast majority of graduates are likely to find their career paths within the industry. An academic career is also a great option.
- Research and Development Engineer in health technology and bioengineering companies.
- Researcher in university and researcher institutes.
- Doctoral Student aiming at professional researcher career.
- Lecturer in universities and professional consulting tasks.
- Medical Engineer or Physicist at hospitals.
- Medical Data Scientist.
- Public official tasks related to the quality control, and management, and establishment of safety standards.