Melbourne School of Engineering Professional Master of Engineering

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Leading to a Master of Engineering (Biomedical)

Students taking the Bioengineering major in the Bachelor of Biomedicine will have the advantage of gaining a solid grounding in anatomy, biomedical chemistry and physics, as well as working with those that will go on to become doctors, surgeons and healthcare professionals in the future.

Engineering Majors

The five-year Bachelor-Masters combination leads to professional accreditation by Engineers Australia.

Sample course plan: Bachelor of Biomedicine (Bioengineering Systems)*

Year 1 Sem 1 Chemistry for Biosciences Calculus 2 Biomedicine Core Globalisation (Breadth)
Sem 2 Engineering Systems Design 1 Linear Algebra Biomedicine Core Drugs that have shaped Society (Breadth)
Year 2 Sem 1 Engineering Computations Biomedicine Core Biomedicine Core Political Science (Breadth)
Sem 2 Biomedicine Core Engineering Maths Biomedicine Core philosophy (Breadth)
Year 3 Sem 1 Biosystems Modelling 1 Biosystems Design Biomedicine Core Philosophy (Breadth)
Sem 2 Biosystems Modelling 2 Instrumentation Laboratory Biomedicine Core Philosophy (Breadth)

Followed by a two-year Masters of Engineering (Biomedical)
* This sample course plan is provided as a guide only. Subjects may vary from year to year and the availability of particular subjects is not guaranteed. Students who have not completed VCE Specialist Mathematics should seek advice from a Course Adviser as to which mathematics to undertake.

 

2011 - 2014 CSP guarantee

The Melbourne School of Engineering offers guaranteed CSP places for professional Master of Engineering for Australian graduates of the University of Melbourne's (New Generation) Bachelor of Biomedicine who meet the academic entry requirements

 

Entry standards – 2009

VCE OR AUSTRALIAN
YEAR 12 EQUIVALENT
 IB DIPLOMA TRINITY COLLEGE
FOUNDATION STUDIES		 GCE CAMBRIDGE A
LEVELS
Minimum ENTER for Australian students /Guaranteed ENTER for
International Students		 Guaranteed entry standard for International Students Guaranteed entry standard for International Students Guaranteed entry standard for International Students
95 36 87 ABB (13)

Entry standards – Prerequisite subjects

VCE OR AUSTRALIAN YEAR 12 EQUIVALENT1 IB DIPLOMA2 TRINITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION STUDIES GCE CAMBRIDGE A LEVELS3
A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in ESL, at least 35 in Chemistry, and at least 25 in one of Mathematical Methods (either), Specialist Mathematics, Biology or Physics. English, Chemistry and one of Mathematics, Biology or Physics. Chemistry must be passed to at least Grade 6 at Standard Level or at least Grade 5 at Higher Level. All other prerequisites must be passed at least Grade 5 at Standard Level at to at least Grade 4 at Higher Level. EAP (a score of at least 50%), English and Chemistry (a score of at least 85%) and one of Mathematics 1A or 1B, Biology, Mathematics 2 or Physics. An A in Chemistry and at least one of Mathematics, Biology or Physics and at least grade C in an accepted AS level English subject.
  1. Students who studied English as a Second Language are required to achieve a study score of at least 30.
  2. Unless otherwise indicated, all prerequisite IB subjects require achievement of at least Grade 5 at Standard Level or Grade 4 at Higher Level. For non-English speaking students, a pass at Grade 5 Standard Level or Grade 4 Higher Level in English B will be accepted as satisfying the English prerequisite.
  3. Accepted GCE AS-Level English subjects are: General Paper, General Studies, English Language and Literature, English Literature, English Language.

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