The department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics has enjoyed years of excellence in offering education and research. This has placed our department among the top departments in the nation. This department offers graduate programs in three majors including Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Medical Nanotechnology.

The master’s degree program provides advanced preparation for professional practice. This program is offered exclusively as a full-time program and is available for the Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics. Completion of the program requires 26 units of coursework and 6 units of thesis. It takes 2 years on average for students to complete the full-time program.

The PhD degree is designed to prepare students for careers in research and teaching at the university level. It is offered exclusively as a full-time program, consisting of 135 units. The candidacy for the PhD program is 4 years. This program is offered for the Biomedical Engineering and Medical Nanotechnology. 

Research area

Computer modeling and simulation of biological and physiological systems

Health Diagnostics and Predictive analytics

Bioinstrumentation Signal Processing

Quality assurance and control of hospital instruments

Radiation protection

Radiotherapy Physics

MonteCarlo Simulation

Clinical biomechanics and assistive devices

Application of Nanosciences in Neurology

Hyperthermia

 Neural Engineering

Nanobiosensors

Medical information technology