Biomedical Engineering

Most sub-fields and roles in this area of science involve close engagement and dialogue with your clients. Biomedical engineers work in businesses, governmental organisations and public authorities, and hospitals, cooperating with doctors, technicians, business specialists, administrators and, of course, with patients. Their role revolves principally around applications for medical technological devices, their marketing and product management, and new developments for real-life medical challenges.

You’ll typically find biomedical engineers in roles such as:

• Marketing, product management, sales
• Development and after-sales service
• Applications of medical technologies
• Equipment management and maintenance planning
• Safety officer responsibilities
• Advisory roles on medical technology
• Training and quality control
• Hospital design and planning
• Clinical research

This seven-semester degree course commences with a solid grounding in the scientific and technical fundamentals of the subject and in IT. By their second year, students have reached the stage of being able to engage with applications, and also take classes in law, business administration and management. In their third year, they choose one of three focal areas:

• Biomedical measurement technology and medical device engineering
• Biomechanics
• Medical data systems

An integrated six-month practical phase allows students to use the knowledge and skills acquired during the course in a realistic setting. The course concludes with the students' Bachelor thesis.

If you’d like to join this degree course, you’ll need to be a practical type who’s passionate about science and technology and loves the idea of interacting and working with people from a range of specialist disciplines as well as with patients.

You’ll find it easier to succeed once you graduate if you have good English and intercultural skills and are willing to travel – you’ll spend a lot of time at conferences and trade fairs, visiting hospitals and even being present during the administration of medical treatment. If you believe that lifelong learning isn’t just an empty phrase, you may be the right person for this job.

Interested – but not quite sure yet whether this is the right course for you? Our self-assessment test can help you make up your mind. Take it here: HAW Navigator

Did you complete your secondary education outside Germany?

• If you want to do your bachelor's degree in Germany, you need an academic qualification that corresponds to the German Abitur or Fachhochschulreife. Here you will find all the information for international prospective students.
• Please note that you must provide proof of German language skills at C1 level.

The following applies to all applicants:

• You are not required to have completed pre-course experience for this course.

Did you complete your secondary education in Germany?
You can apply directly for this course if you hold one of the following qualifications:

• Fachhochschulreife
• Allgemeine Hochschulreife
• Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (subject-specific HE entrance qualification)
• A similar qualification

You can find information about the selection process and the numerus clausus (NC) from the previous semester here: Applying for a Bachelor's degree course/Selection criteria