Biomedical Engineering is one of the major study areas within the School of Engineering and has links to a number of other key clinical, industrial and academic specialities throughout the UK and Europe.

Established in the 1960's, we were one of the first in Britain to offer higher education in Biomedical Engineering. Our activities remain focused on teaching and research involving over 30 people, including postgraduate researchers and visiting scientists.

Pushing the boundaries with ground-breaking research

Biomedical Engineering is normally considered to be the application of engineering and technology to the development of equipment and measurement methods for use in healthcare, e.g. design of artificial limbs and the recording/analysis of bioelectric signals. Within the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, our researchers have extended this to include research in other areas such as, design of equipment worn in hazardous situations and fundamental studies of the structure and behaviour of human tissues.

The range of interests offers an exciting base for supporting undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes studies, applied research contracts and clinical scientist training programmes.

Leading-edge facilities for programme development

We are is formally linked to the Clinical Biomedical Engineering Centre (CBEC), within the internationally reknown Roehampton Rehabilitation Unit at Queen Mary's Hospital, London. CBEC supports routine clinical and applied research programmes in a number of areas including osseointegration, orthotics, prosthetics and neuro-rehabilitation.