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