About this course

Join a new generation of engineers that understand the underlying principles of medical and healthcare technologies. You’ll gain the skills needed to design, develop and deliver products to patients, carers and clinicians.

With an aging society and ongoing pressures on health and social care services, the demand for healthcare technology is increasing. Our BEng Medical Engineering degree combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare, so you can graduate ready to meet this demand.

This programme has a strong focus on mechanical engineering, user interaction and needs. The technologies you develop will be for patients, carers, clinicians (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists) and other stakeholders.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

explore the design of assistive technologies, as well as systems for diagnosis, treatment and for monitoring.
undertake design-build-test projects in years 1 and 2 and an individual project in year 3
access our outstanding research facilities, including our mechanical, electronics, biomechanics and bioengineering labs as well as patient test and human factors facilities
understand the specific clinical, safety and ethical implications of biomedical engineering work, and routes to commercialization
interact with industry through work placements, external speakers, industrial visits, and industrial design projects
become familiar with specialist modelling software and modern equipment

You’ll be taught by world experts in their field and undertake a wide variety of design tasks, projects and group activities to prepare you for a professional engineering career.

This BEng programme is also available with an industrial placement year.

Course location

This course is based at Highfield.

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

Entry requirements

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Other requirements

UK students

International students

Other ways to qualify

Got a question?

Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000

Course structure

This is a three-year, full-time degree. It includes a carefully chosen mixture of core, compulsory, and optional modules, with the optional choices available in year 3.

You’ll learn by doing, with individual and group projects as well as practical laboratory work taking place throughout this programme.

Year 1 overview

The first year introduces medical engineering as well as engineering science and design.

The induction programme starting in the first week provides the opportunity to get to know fellow students and develop a medical engineering ethos based around hands-on experiences with medical engineering applications.

You’ll gain a firm foundation in a wide range of engineering disciplines that underpin medical engineering.

Year 2 overview

The second year covers medical engineering, engineering design and engineering science at greater depth.

You’ll explore compulsory topics in modules ranging from Electronics, Drives and Control, to Human Biology in Health and Disease.

Year 3 overview

In year 3 you’ll explore topics like Biomaterials, Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Human factors and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to specialize, with optional modules ranging from Robotic Systems to Computational Biology.

You’ll undertake an individual project as a core module.

Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.

Modules

Changes due to COVID-19

Although the COVID-19 situation is improving, any future restrictions could mean we might have to change the way parts of our teaching and learning take place in 2022 to 2023. This means that some of the information on this course page may be subject to change.

Find out more on our COVID advice page.

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Learning and assessment

The learning activities for this course include the following:

lectures
classes and tutorials
coursework
individual and group projects
independent learning (studying on your own)

Academic support

You’ll be supported by a personal academic tutor and have access to a senior tutor.

Careers

Our graduate medical engineers will be prepared for a career in the healthcare sector and also benefit from employment opportunities in both medical engineering and the broader engineering industry.

You’ll graduate with technical skills that are in high demand, with the medical technology sector in the UK employing over 100,000 people and growing every year.

You’ll have access to our specialist careers support from our Careers Hub, which coordinates opportunities to connect with employers. This includes through things like careers fairs, support with job applications, summer internships and more.

Careers services at Southampton

Work in industry

This BEng programme is also available with an industrial placement year.

Fees, costs and funding

Tuition fees

Fees for a year's study:

UK students pay £9,250.
This course is not available to EU and international students.

What your fees pay for

Your tuition fees pay for the full cost of tuition and all examinations.

Find out how to:

Accommodation and living costs, such as travel and food, are not included in your tuition fees. Explore:

Bursaries, scholarships and other funding

If you're a UK or EU student and your household income is under £25,000 a year, you may be able to get a University of Southampton bursary to help with your living costs. Find out about bursaries and other funding we offer at Southampton.

If you're a care leaver or estranged from your parents, you may be able to get a specific bursary.

Get in touch for advice about student money matters.

Scholarships and grants

You may be able to get a scholarship or grant that's linked to your chosen subject area.

We award scholarships and grants for travel, academic excellence, or to students from underrepresented backgrounds.

Support during your course

The Student Services Centre offers support and advice on money to students. You may be able to access our Student Support fund and other sources of financial support during your course.

Funding for EU and international students

Find out about funding you could get as an international student.

How to apply

When you apply use:

UCAS course code: H625
UCAS institution code: S27

Apply for 2022 entry

What happens after you apply?

We will assess your application on the strength of your:

predicted grades
academic achievements
personal statement
academic reference

We'll aim to process your application within two to six weeks, but this will depend on when it is submitted. Applications submitted in January, particularly near to the UCAS equal consideration deadline, might take substantially longer to be processed due to the high volume received at that time.