Biomedical Engineering

The MIRA graduate programme for Biomedical Engineering covers the full breadth of research and education activities in biomedical sciences and engineering at the University of Twente. This area of research is the focus of the MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, one of the spearhead research institutes of the University of Twente. The Institute’s mission is to provide “top technology for patients”. We believe that science and technology are the catalysts for innovation in healthcare, and strive to translate fundamental and applied research to clinical practice.

MIRA research is organized in three strategic research themes, actively stimulating cooperation in the constituent disciplines of physics, chemistry, biomedical technology, biology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, medicine, health sciences and mathematics. The three themes are Imaging and Diagnostics, Tissue Regeneration, and Neural and Motor Systems. Currently, 20 research groups participate in the Institute. The research within the strategic themes focuses on the following areas:

Imaging and Diagnostics:

Tissue Regeneration:

Neural and Motor Systems:

The strategic research themes are composed of full research chairs that are grounded in their respective science or engineering disciplines. All themes also have clinical chairs, which facilitate the cooperation with medical specialists, aiming to develop technologies that can be translated to the clinic and to the patient. The clinicians also translate clinical practice to research questions. MIRA also pays considerable attention to health technology assessment, ethics, and the societal embedding of healthcare technologies; groups from the Social Sciences and Management and Governance faculties at the University are integral members of the institute. Finally, in keeping with the tradition of the University of Twente as an entrepreneurial university, MIRA actively pursues a vibrant start-up policy, and facilitates the creation of, and collaboration with, small- and medium enterprises and large industry.

MIRA strongly values teaching and training. For undergraduate students, we have a vibrant, new Dutch BSc and English MSc program Biomedical Engineering, integrated in the research institute. Approximately 125 of MIRA employees are PhD candidates or post-doctoral fellows.

The TGS MIRA graduate programme for Biomedical Engineering will form the scaffold for our graduate education activities at the Masters and PhD levels.

The Virtuous Cycle: Top Technology for Patients.