香港中文大学

WHAT IS BME?

Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary study in which biomedical and engineering sciences are applied innovatively to solve health and medical problems for the benefit of mankind. There is a growing worldwide recognition that biomedical engineering will have an enormous impact on the upcoming improvement of health services and the emergence of new industries of biomedical-related products. Biomedical engineers will play key roles in designing innovative medical instruments and sensors, deploying the emerging infrastructure for health informatics, creating new biomaterials, and developing new medical biotechnologies.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

• Our BEng (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering programme is jointly supported by the CUHK Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine. It is coherently organized under the CUHK Department of Biomedical Engineering to support student learning on campus, in hospital, and with our partners local and overseas.
• Our programme is accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), and prepares our students well for industrial and academic placements. On the industrial side, since 2012, our graduates have been well received by our medical device industries. On the academic side, around 25% of our graduates pursue further studies in various engineering and medical disciplines (some all the way to PhD).
• CUHK BME students will have opportunities to learn on-site how technology can enhance clinical services and patient benefits. Besides having the Prince of Wales Hospital as our teaching hospital, CUHK will also have our own private hospital to be launched in 2019-20.
• Our students enjoy support for overseas exchanges, research and industrial internships, and global competitions.
• Our top students with interest and track record in research are eligible for potential enrollment in the CUHK MBChB program in an accelerated track.

Career prospects

Our graduates pursue various BME related careers in engineering and product support, marketing and technical sale, laboratory and research, etc. They are hired in private industries including local and international companies, as well as public organizations like hospitals, government departments (e.g. EMSD), and other government-funded institutions. Our graduates are also sought by non-BME related companies, likely due to their interdisciplinary preparation and generic competence. A relative large percentage of our graduates pursue further studies both local and overseas. Most of them go deeper in a specific biomedical engineering area or some other related areas in engineering or science. Some go for other complementary study, including business administration, medicine, and law.