During your Master’s in Biomedical Engineering (BME), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. The specialisation in Bioengineering Technologies consists of six compulsory courses, an internship and your final master’s assignment.
In addition, you can fill up your free space with elective courses that interest you, both in and outside of the Master’s in BME. Choosing a Capita Selecta is also an option. This is a self-study course in which you explore a specific topic of your interest, supported by a researcher of the related research group.
Structure
Year 1 | Number of EC | |
Compulsory courses | 30 EC | |
Pre-selected elective courses | 15 EC | Examples of electives: |
Free elective courses | 15 EC | You can fill up the rest of your elective space with courses that match your interests and ambitions. There is a wide range of pre-approved electives you can choose from, both from the Master’s in BME and other Master’s at UT. |
Year 2 | ||
Internship | 15 EC | In the first quartile of your second year, you will do an internship as preparation for the professional field. |
Master’s thesis | 45 EC | You will finish your Master’s in BME with your master’s thesis. The topic of your master’s thesis is largely up to you. |
Total EC | 120 EC |
Internship
During your Master’s in Biomedical Engineering, you will gain practical experience by doing an internship for approximately three months. Within the specialisation in Bioengineering Technologies, there are many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship.
Examples of internships students previously took on:
- Developing a microfluidic cell culture model to assess portal vein thrombosis at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia in Barcelona
- Assessing the potential of saliva as a diagnostic sample for food allergy in children, using ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) at Deventer Ziekenhuis, in collaboration with VyCAP
- Developing an assay for inflammatory bowel disease at Mimetas, Leiden
- Characterising micro-bioreactors for promoting the growth of muscle tissue for artificial meat applications at Mosa Meat, Maastricht
Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you. You might, for example, focus on the field of regenerative medicine and develop bioactive materials that activate the body’s natural regenerative capacity. These can be used when tissue or organs have been damaged by disease or trauma, for example. Another key area within this specialisation is organ-on-a-chip development. Or you might focus on targeted therapeutics and contribute to innovative medicine development.
You will write your thesis under the supervision of a professor of one of the research groups. Under certain conditions, you could (partially) execute your research project at an external institution or organisation as well.