Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

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Master's Programme

2 year 120 credits

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

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First year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

The interuniversity program Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering is jointly organized with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
The references next to the courses indicate where the courses are organized:

Courses marked with ‘j’ are jointly organized by UGent and VUB;
Courses marked with ‘p’ are organized in parallel, both at UGent and at VUB;
Courses marked with ‘u’ are organised by UGent;
Courses marked with ‘v’ are organized by VUB.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Hospital Technology	j	1	sem 1	nl	Sunny Eloot	7

Leadership in Health Care	j	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Stiens	3

Medical Imaging	j	1	sem 1	nl	Stefaan Vandenberghe	6

Hospital Project	p	1	sem 2	nl	Renaat Peleman	3

Neuro-Engineering Science	u	1	sem 2	nl	Pieter van Mierlo	3

Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Medical Device Design and Fabrication	j	1	sem 2	nl	Maaike Op de Beeck	5

Data Analytics in Healthcare and Connected Care	p	1	sem 2	nl	Sofie Van Hoecke	6

Biomedical Product Development	p	1	year	nl	Ewout Vansteenkiste	6

1.1

Subscribe to 10 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	j	sem 1	en	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomedical Robotics and Assistive Technologies	v	sem 1	en	Joost Geeroms	5

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	nl	Sarah Verhulst	6

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 29 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 6 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

3.1 Elective Courses Biomedical Engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture	u	year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

Modeling in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering: Case Studies	u	sem 1	nl	Patrick Segers	3

Bioelectromagnetism	u	sem 2	en	Wout Joseph	4

Manufacturing Planning and Control	u	sem 1	nl	Birger Raa	6

Ethics, Engineering and Society	u	sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

Wave Physics in Living Matter	u	sem 2	nl	Wout Joseph	6

3.2 Elective Courses Neuro-engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology	u	sem 2	en	Pim Pullens	3

Neuro-physiological Signal Processing and Network Analysis	v	sem 2	en	Guy Nagels	4

Translational Neuroscience	u	sem 2	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Neural Interfaces, Neuromodulation and Minimally Invasive Neurotechnology	u	sem 2	en	Vincent Keereman	3

Auditory Computation, Modelling and Devices	u	sem 2	en	Sarah Verhulst	3

Contrast Agents and Biomarkers for Imaging and Therapy	u	sem 1	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	en	Sarah Verhulst	6

3.3 Elective Courses Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures	u	sem 2	en	Zeger Hens	6

Tissue Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	6

Plasma Technology for Biomedical Applications	u	sem 1	en	Nathalie De Geyter	6

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

3.4 Elective Courses Sensors and Medical

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Microphotonics	u	sem 1	en	Dries Van Thourhout	6

Biophotonics	u	sem 1	en	Nicolas Le Thomas	4

Sensors, Actuators and Electronic Microsystems	u	sem 2	en	Herbert De Smet	6

Photonics	u	sem 2	nl	Günther Roelkens	6

Micro and Nanobiotechnology	v	sem 2	en		3

Biomedical Devices: Sensors, Stimulators and Drug Delivery	v	sem 2	en	Johan Stiens	4

Control of Drug-Delivery Systems	u	sem 2	en	Clara Ionescu	4

3.5 Elective Courses Radiation Physics

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Measurement Techniques in Nuclear Science	v	sem 2	en	Nico Buls	3

Nuclear Physics	v	sem 2	en	Michel Sonck	3

Nuclear Reactors and Cyclotrons	v			Michel Sonck	3

Technology of Radiotherapy	u	sem 1	en	Werner De Gersem	3

Medical Dosimetry	v	sem 1	en	Nico Buls	3

Radiologic Techniques	u	sem 1	en	Klaus Bacher	3

Radioprotection and Regulations	v	sem 2	nl	Michel Sonck	3

Radiochemistry	u	sem 2	nl	Filip De Vos	3

Radiobiology and Radiopathology	u	sem 2	en	Marc Van Eijkeren	3

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3.6 Elective Courses Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Techniques of Artificial Intelligence	v	sem 2	en		6

Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Virtual Reality	v	sem 1	en		5

Deep Learning	v	sem 1	en		6

Reinforcement Learning	v	year	en		6

Statistical Foundations of Machine Learning	v	sem 2	en		6

Machine Learning	u	sem 1	en	Joni Dambre	6

Introduction to Bioinformatics	u	sem 2	en	Kathleen Marchal	3

Advanced Methods in Bioinformatics	v	sem 2	en		6

3.7 Elective Courses Ghent University or VUB

Subscribe to no more than 29 credit units from Elective Courses Ghent University or VUB. Subject to approval by the faculty.

See www.ugent.be/ea/bme/en

4 Elective Courses

In the second master's year, the student chooses 3 to 6 credits from the programmes of Ghent University or VUB. Only courses that can be linked to the Sustainable Devolopment Goals (17 SDGs), as defined by the United Nations.

4.1 Elective Course Sustainable Development Goals

The student chooses 3 to 6 credits from the programmes of Ghent University or VUB. Only courses that can be linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (17 SDGs), as defined by the United Nations.

4.2 Elective Courses Sustainable Development Goals: Integrated Portfolio

Subscribe to no less than 3 and no more than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

Second year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

Courses marked with ‘j’ are jointly organized by UGent and VUB;
Courses marked with ‘p’ are organized in parallel, both at UGent and at VUB;
Courses marked with ‘u’ are organised by UGent;
Courses marked with ‘v’ are organized by VUB.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Clinical Study Design and Biostatistics	u	2	sem 1	nl	Barbara Vanderstraeten	3

Health Information and Decision Support Systems	v	2	sem 2	nl	Jef Vandemeulebroucke	3

Introduction to Medical Device Legislation	u	2			Patrick Segers	3

1.1

Subscribe to 10 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	j	sem 1	en	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomedical Robotics and Assistive Technologies	v	sem 1	en	Joost Geeroms	5

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	nl	Sarah Verhulst	6

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 29 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 6 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

3.1 Elective Courses Biomedical Engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture	u	year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

Modeling in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering: Case Studies	u	sem 1	nl	Patrick Segers	3

Bioelectromagnetism	u	sem 2	en	Wout Joseph	4

Manufacturing Planning and Control	u	sem 1	nl	Birger Raa	6

Ethics, Engineering and Society	u	sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

Wave Physics in Living Matter	u	sem 2	nl	Wout Joseph	6

3.2 Elective Courses Neuro-engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology	u	sem 2	en	Pim Pullens	3

Neuro-physiological Signal Processing and Network Analysis	v	sem 2	en	Guy Nagels	4

Translational Neuroscience	u	sem 2	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Neural Interfaces, Neuromodulation and Minimally Invasive Neurotechnology	u	sem 2	en	Vincent Keereman	3

Auditory Computation, Modelling and Devices	u	sem 2	en	Sarah Verhulst	3

Contrast Agents and Biomarkers for Imaging and Therapy	u	sem 1	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	en	Sarah Verhulst	6

3.3 Elective Courses Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures	u	sem 2	en	Zeger Hens	6

Tissue Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	6

Plasma Technology for Biomedical Applications	u	sem 1	en	Nathalie De Geyter	6

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

3.4 Elective Courses Sensors and Medical

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Microphotonics	u	sem 1	en	Dries Van Thourhout	6

Biophotonics	u	sem 1	en	Nicolas Le Thomas	4

Sensors, Actuators and Electronic Microsystems	u	sem 2	en	Herbert De Smet	6

Photonics	u	sem 2	nl	Günther Roelkens	6

Micro and Nanobiotechnology	v	sem 2	en		3

Biomedical Devices: Sensors, Stimulators and Drug Delivery	v	sem 2	en	Johan Stiens	4

Control of Drug-Delivery Systems	u	sem 2	en	Clara Ionescu	4

3.5 Elective Courses Radiation Physics

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Measurement Techniques in Nuclear Science	v	sem 2	en	Nico Buls	3

Nuclear Physics	v	sem 2	en	Michel Sonck	3

Nuclear Reactors and Cyclotrons	v			Michel Sonck	3

Technology of Radiotherapy	u	sem 1	en	Werner De Gersem	3

Medical Dosimetry	v	sem 1	en	Nico Buls	3

Radiologic Techniques	u	sem 1	en	Klaus Bacher	3

Radioprotection and Regulations	v	sem 2	nl	Michel Sonck	3

Radiochemistry	u	sem 2	nl	Filip De Vos	3

Radiobiology and Radiopathology	u	sem 2	en	Marc Van Eijkeren	3

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3.6 Elective Courses Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Techniques of Artificial Intelligence	v	sem 2	en		6

Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Virtual Reality	v	sem 1	en		5

Deep Learning	v	sem 1	en		6

Reinforcement Learning	v	year	en		6

Statistical Foundations of Machine Learning	v	sem 2	en		6

Machine Learning	u	sem 1	en	Joni Dambre	6

Introduction to Bioinformatics	u	sem 2	en	Kathleen Marchal	3

Advanced Methods in Bioinformatics	v	sem 2	en		6

3.7 Elective Courses Ghent University or VUB

Subscribe to no more than 29 credit units from Elective Courses Ghent University or VUB. Subject to approval by the faculty.

See www.ugent.be/ea/bme/en

4 Elective Courses

4.1 Elective Course Sustainable Development Goals

The student chooses 3 to 6 credits from the programmes of Ghent University or VUB. Only courses that can be linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (17 SDGs), as defined by the United Nations.

4.2 Elective Courses Sustainable Development Goals: Integrated Portfolio

Subscribe to no less than 3 and no more than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

5 Master's Dissertation

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		2	year	nl		24

Full programme

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1 General Courses 58

Courses marked with ‘j’ are jointly organized by UGent and VUB;
Courses marked with ‘p’ are organized in parallel, both at UGent and at VUB;
Courses marked with ‘u’ are organised by UGent;
Courses marked with ‘v’ are organized by VUB.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Hospital Technology	j	1	sem 1	nl	Sunny Eloot	7

Leadership in Health Care	j	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Stiens	3

Medical Imaging	j	1	sem 1	nl	Stefaan Vandenberghe	6

Hospital Project	p	1	sem 2	nl	Renaat Peleman	3

Neuro-Engineering Science	u	1	sem 2	nl	Pieter van Mierlo	3

Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Medical Device Design and Fabrication	j	1	sem 2	nl	Maaike Op de Beeck	5

Data Analytics in Healthcare and Connected Care	p	1	sem 2	nl	Sofie Van Hoecke	6

Biomedical Product Development	p	1	year	nl	Ewout Vansteenkiste	6

Clinical Study Design and Biostatistics	u	2	sem 1	nl	Barbara Vanderstraeten	3

Health Information and Decision Support Systems	v	2	sem 2	nl	Jef Vandemeulebroucke	3

Introduction to Medical Device Legislation	u	2			Patrick Segers	3

1.1

10

Subscribe to 10 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	j	sem 1	en	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomedical Robotics and Assistive Technologies	v	sem 1	en	Joost Geeroms	5

2 Elective Courses 6

Subscribe to 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	nl	Sarah Verhulst	6

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3 Elective Courses 29

Subscribe to 29 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 6 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

3.1 Elective Courses Biomedical Engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture	u	year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	u	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

Modeling in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering: Case Studies	u	sem 1	nl	Patrick Segers	3

Bioelectromagnetism	u	sem 2	en	Wout Joseph	4

Manufacturing Planning and Control	u	sem 1	nl	Birger Raa	6

Ethics, Engineering and Society	u	sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

Wave Physics in Living Matter	u	sem 2	nl	Wout Joseph	6

3.2 Elective Courses Neuro-engineering

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology	u	sem 2	en	Pim Pullens	3

Neuro-physiological Signal Processing and Network Analysis	v	sem 2	en	Guy Nagels	4

Translational Neuroscience	u	sem 2	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Neural Interfaces, Neuromodulation and Minimally Invasive Neurotechnology	u	sem 2	en	Vincent Keereman	3

Auditory Computation, Modelling and Devices	u	sem 2	en	Sarah Verhulst	3

Contrast Agents and Biomarkers for Imaging and Therapy	u	sem 1	en	Christian Vanhove	3

Computational Neurophysiology	j	sem 1	en	Sarah Verhulst	6

3.3 Elective Courses Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Computational Tissue and Structure Mechanics	u	sem 1	nl	Nele Famaey	6

Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures	u	sem 2	en	Zeger Hens	6

Tissue Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	6

Plasma Technology for Biomedical Applications	u	sem 1	en	Nathalie De Geyter	6

Molecular Scale Modelling in Bio(medical) Engineering	u	sem 1	en	Ahmadreza Mehdipour	6

3.4 Elective Courses Sensors and Medical

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Microphotonics	u	sem 1	en	Dries Van Thourhout	6

Biophotonics	u	sem 1	en	Nicolas Le Thomas	4

Sensors, Actuators and Electronic Microsystems	u	sem 2	en	Herbert De Smet	6

Photonics	u	sem 2	nl	Günther Roelkens	6

Micro and Nanobiotechnology	v	sem 2	en		3

Biomedical Devices: Sensors, Stimulators and Drug Delivery	v	sem 2	en	Johan Stiens	4

Control of Drug-Delivery Systems	u	sem 2	en	Clara Ionescu	4

3.5 Elective Courses Radiation Physics

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Measurement Techniques in Nuclear Science	v	sem 2	en	Nico Buls	3

Nuclear Physics	v	sem 2	en	Michel Sonck	3

Nuclear Reactors and Cyclotrons	v			Michel Sonck	3

Technology of Radiotherapy	u	sem 1	en	Werner De Gersem	3

Medical Dosimetry	v	sem 1	en	Nico Buls	3

Radiologic Techniques	u	sem 1	en	Klaus Bacher	3

Radioprotection and Regulations	v	sem 2	nl	Michel Sonck	3

Radiochemistry	u	sem 2	nl	Filip De Vos	3

Radiobiology and Radiopathology	u	sem 2	en	Marc Van Eijkeren	3

Computational Methods in Radiation Physics	u	sem 1	nl	Brent van der Heyden	6

3.6 Elective Courses Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Techniques of Artificial Intelligence	v	sem 2	en		6

Advanced Image and Signal Processing	u	sem 1	en	Stefaan Vandenberghe	3

Virtual Reality	v	sem 1	en		5

Deep Learning	v	sem 1	en		6

Reinforcement Learning	v	year	en		6

Statistical Foundations of Machine Learning	v	sem 2	en		6

Machine Learning	u	sem 1	en	Joni Dambre	6

Introduction to Bioinformatics	u	sem 2	en	Kathleen Marchal	3

Advanced Methods in Bioinformatics	v	sem 2	en		6

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio	year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

5 Master's Dissertation 24

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		2	year	nl		24

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Final Competences of the Study Programme