Biomedical Engineering

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Local:$ 3.01 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 6.03 k / Year(s) Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
201–250 place StudyQA ranking:4001 Duration:3 years

The Bachelor of Engineering Science in Biomedical Engineering - BEngSc(BME) is a new three year degree programme which has been designed to give students a thorough understanding of the application of quantitative sciences and engineering methods to problems in medicine and biology. The course develops an appreciation for living systems as complex machines amenable to engineering analysis, as well as facilitating a thorough understanding of diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation.  Most importantly, graduates will receive a thorough training in general science, making them highly adaptable for many careers paths in science and technology. 

This degree has been specially designed to enable students to become doctors, electrical engineers or physicists, with a minimum of additional study. The details of these options can be viewed on the link called follow-on options. (Please note that some of these options are competitive and automatic entry is not guaranteed).   In addition, students who are more research oriented may choose to follow this degree with any of a number of postgraduate degrees in the sciences. In view of these options, prospective students are discouraged from seeing this degree as an end in itself. 

In short, this degree will serve as a key step in producing doctors, engineers, physicists and other scientists who will be equipped to become leaders in their respective fields. 

The BME programme takes a minimum of three years to complete Each academic year of the degree programme is divided into two terms. Courses last for one or two terms.

Biomedical Engineering Programme : The following is a summary of courses in each year of the Biomedical Engineering degree program

Year 1

Subject 

Duration

Course code

Chemistry

full year (1)

CHEM1012 

Electric Circuits

full year (1)

ELEN1000

Physics I

full year (1)

PHYS1014

Mathematics I

full year (1)

MATH1014

Introductory Life Sciences

full year (1)

BIOL1000

Mechanics

full year (1)

PHYS1015

Vacation design

 

 

Year 2

Subject 

Duration

Course code

Electronics 1 

half year (1/2)

ELEN2001

Microprocessors

half year (1/2)

ELEN2002

Software development 1

half year (1/2)

ELEN2004

Electric and Magnetic Systems

half year (1/2)

ELEN2003

Signals and Systems 1

half year (1/2)

ELEN005

Mathematics II

full year (1)

MATH2014

Physics II (Electrical) 

half year (1/2)

PHYS2007

Molecular and Cell Biology 

half year (1/2)

HAEM2001

Biomedical Statistics and Numerical Methods

half year (1/2)

APPM2013

Vacation work 

 

 

Year 3

Subject 

Duration

Course code

Signals & Systems IIA Half year (1/2) ELEN3012
Biomedical Signals, Systems and Control Half year (1/2) ELEN3014

Physiology & Medical Biochemistry 1

full year (1)

PHSL2004

Biomedical transport phenomena

half year (1/2)

CHMT3017

Biomedical Measurement, Instrumentation and Imaging

half year (1/2)

ELEN3008

Anatomy I

full year (1)

ANAT2020

  • Applications to Wits must enclose a non-refundable application fee of R100 (for international applicants, R700).
  • Submit your Grade 11 report which must be signed and stamped by your school principal.
  • If you have already matriculated, attach a copy of your matric certificate.
  • A pass in the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a score of at least 7.0.
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