Biomedical engineering is an exciting, rapidly growing field that allows graduates to apply their knowledge and skills to solve problems in biology and medicine, playing a central role in advancing healthcare, medicine, and patient care. At IUK in Kuwait, biomedical engineering students and faculty members research new methods to diagnose diseases, improve therapies for the treatment of diseases, and develop cutting-edge medical technologies that are being implemented in hospitals and clinics across the country.
In addition to providing our students with a strong background in engineering, mathematics, and biological science, our Biomedical Engineering Program's mission focuses on educating students to prepare them for opportunities in areas of improved health care delivery and better home health care monitoring. This is achieved through noninvasive home health prognostics to anticipate and track major health pathologies. The curriculum is designed to establish a fundamental understanding of life and engineering sciences. Enabling the synthesis of these sciences through introduction of new courses directed toward bio-sensing and bio-analytics, and thus educating the next generation of engineers/scientists/physicians, helping move health care monitoring to our homes and allowing people to better manage their health.
The goals of the Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program are to educate students with the capabilities to:
Students seeking the Bachelor of Science in engineering degree must complete university's core curriculum requirements, math and science required courses, and additional major requirements. The total hours required for a Bachelor of Science in engineering degree is 144 credit hours divided as follows:
Course No. |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisite |
Corequisite |
BIOE 120 |
Bio for Biomed |
3 |
|
ENGL 100 |
BIOE 200 |
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering |
3 |
PHYS 101 |
|
CHEM 132 |
Chemistry II + Lab |
4 |
CHEM 131 |
|
BIOE 260 |
Biomaterials |
3 |
CHEM 132 |
|
BIOE 335 |
Strength of material |
3 |
PHYS 101 |
|
ELEC 200 |
Circuits Analysis + Lab |
3 |
MATH 131 PHYS 102 & PHYS 102L |
|
BIOE 350 |
Biosensors and Transducers + Lab |
3 |
BIOE345 |
|
BIOE 360 |
Biomechanics |
3 |
BIOE 340, BIOE 330 |
|
BIOE 330 |
Introduction to Mechanics |
3 |
PHYS 101 |
|
BIOE 231 |
Biomedical Signal and Image processing |
3 |
BIOE 200 |
|
BIOE 334 |
Biofluids and Bio-thermodynamics |
3 |
PHYS102, MATH132 |
|
BIOE 340 |
Physiology & Anatomy |
3 |
CHEM 132 |
|
BIOE 345 |
Medical Electronic + Lab |
4 |
ELEC200 |
|
BIOE 415 |
Bioinstrumentation + Lab |
4 |
BIOE 350 |
|
BIOE 450 |
Microcontrollers and Embedded systems |
3 |
MATH 233 BIOE 345 |
|
BIOE 440 |
Medical Imaging systems |
3 |
BIOE 200 |
|
Total: 50 Credit Hour |
Concentration 1: Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
Course No. |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisite |
Corequisite |
BIOE 444 |
Optical Imaging |
3 |
BIOE 345 BIOE 231 |
|
BIOE 448 |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound |
3 |
BIOE 345 BIOE 231 |
|
BIOE 480 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
3 |
BIOE 360 BIOE 440 |
|
BIOE 485 |
Therapeutic Devices |
3 |
BIOE 360 BIOE 415 |
|
Concentration 2: Bioinformatics
Course No. |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisite |
Corequisite |
BIOE 488 |
Medical Informatics and Clinical Engineering |
3 |
COMS 131 MATH 233 |
|
BIOE 450 |
Microcontrollers and Embedded systems |
3 |
MATH 233 BIOE 345 |
|
CMPE 341 |
Digital Logic |
3 |
Math 231 |
|
CMPS 380 |
Software Engineering and security |
3 |
|
|
All Engineering students must complete the following courses
Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours | PRE-requisite | CO-requisite |
---|---|---|---|---|
ENGG 490 | Engineering Capstone | 4 | Senior Standing | Dept. Approval |
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