Biomedical engineering is an exciting, rapidly growing field that allows graduates to apply their knowledge and skills to solve problems in biology and medicine, playing a central role in advancing healthcare, medicine, and patient care. At IUK in Kuwait, biomedical engineering students and faculty members research new methods to diagnose diseases, improve therapies for the treatment of diseases, and develop cutting-edge medical technologies that are being implemented in hospitals and clinics across the country.
In addition to providing our students with a strong background in engineering, mathematics, and biological science, our Biomedical Engineering Program's mission focuses on educating students to prepare them for opportunities in areas of improved health care delivery and better home health care monitoring. This is achieved through noninvasive home health prognostics to anticipate and track major health pathologies. The curriculum is designed to establish a fundamental understanding of life and engineering sciences. Enabling the synthesis of these sciences through introduction of new courses directed toward bio-sensing and bio-analytics, and thus educating the next generation of engineers/scientists/physicians, helping move health care monitoring to our homes and allowing people to better manage their health.
The goals of the Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program are to educate students with the capabilities to:
Students seeking the Bachelor of Science in engineering degree must complete university's core curriculum requirements, math and science required courses, and additional major requirements. The total hours required for a Bachelor of Science in engineering degree is 144 credit hours divided as follows:
Course NO | Credits | Course Name |
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BIOE 200 | 3 | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering |
CHEM 132 | 3 | General Chemistry 2 |
CHEM 132L | 1 | General Chemistry 2 Lab |
ELEC 200 | 3 | Circuits Analysis |
ELEC 200L | 1 | Circuits Analysis Lab |
CHEM 231 | 4 | Organic Chemistry |
BIOE 350 | 3 | Biosensors and Transducers 1 |
BIOE 350L | 1 | Biosensors and Transducers 1 Lab |
BIOE 360 | 3 | Biomechanics |
BIOE 231 | 3 | Biomedical Processes |
BIOE 334 | 3 | Bio thermodynamics and Biofluids |
BIOE 340 | 3 | Physiology |
BIOE 340L | 1 | Physiology Lab |
BIOE 345 | 3 | Medical Electronic |
BIOE 345 | 1 | Medical Electronic Lab |
BIOE 366 | 3 | Digital Signal processing |
BIOE 415 | 3 | Bioinstrumentation |
BIOE 415L | 1 | Bioinstrumentation Lab |
BIOE 450 | 3 | Microcontrollers and Embedded systems |
BIOE 450 | 1 | Microcontrollers and Embedded sys. - Lab |
BIOE 440 | 3 | Medical Imaging systems |
Total 50 |
Course NO | Credits | Course Name |
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BIOE 445 | 3 | Prosthetics and Orthotics |
BIOE 450 | 3 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound |
BIOE 455 | 3 | Artificial Organs |
BIOE 460 | 3 | Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology |
BIOE 465 | 3 | Tissue Engineering |
BIOE 470 | 3 | Protein and Cell Engineering |
BIOE 475 | 3 | Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals |
BIOE 480 | 3 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
BIOE 485 | 3 | Therapeutic Devices |
BIOE 488 | 3 | Medical Informatics and Clinical Engineering |
BIOE 490 | 3 | Special Topics in Biomedical Eng. |
All Engineering students must complete the following courses
Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours | PRE-requisite | CO-requisite |
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ENGG 490 | Engineering Capstone | 4 | Senior Standing | Dept. Approval |