Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering: An innovative technology sector with excellent future prospects! Demographic developments mean that the demand for comprehensive medical care is increasing. At the same time, awareness of health issues and a striving for greater quality of life are growing in society. More attention towards preventive medicine and, as a result of prosperity, an increased demand for state-of-the-art treatment methods are making in particular medical engineering a growth market. Whether complex X-ray apparatus or medical process chains: the development of innovative medical engineering equipment and techniques will in future help to identify, prevent and treat illnesses from an ever earlier stage and ever more precisely. As a result, medical engineering enterprises and clinics require specialists to spur on development in a highly innovative technology sector with exceptionally good future prospects. Qualify for Medical Engineering!
Against this background, the Bachelor Degree Course in Medical Engineering leads to a first academic qualification. Graduates are qualified engineers with a technical focus who have a basic knowledge of the healthcare sector and can work successfully in industrial and service enterprises as well as research institutions.

• Objectives and features 
• Employment opportunities for graduates 
• Structure of the course 
• Prctical focus of the course 
• Partnerships: Medical Engineering Networks 
• Admission conditions 
• Application procedure 
• Advice for students 
• Lecturers 

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Objectives and features

Your success is our objective! The application-oriented and scientifically sound Bachelor course qualifies students for scientific work and method and teaches them theoretical/analytical skills. They are able to get to grips with new medical engineering tasks in an open and creative way and to find solutions which take into consideration both technical as well as economic and social aspects. In preparation of students' later professional careers, key communication and social competencies are taught, as well as the ability to work autonomously. We take good care of you! A comprehensive mentoring and advice programme is an integral part of the course. This comprises an obligatory and individual consultation session prior to the course as well as at several other important points during it (prior to the 5th term), together with specific mentoring, the aim of which is to contribute to your own personal success. This is how we contribute to ensuring our students’ success.

Employment opportunities for graduates

Our graduates encounter a very interesting and complex working environment! The vocational profile of the Medical Engineer is complex and characterised in particular by interdisciplinary fields of medical engineering work, as well as a wide spectrum of tasks and areas of activity. Being at the interface between users, research, development and manufacturing departments, and suppliers, is part of the daily work of Medical Engineers. Their engineering and natural science know-how and skills together with their sound medical knowledge are just as important here as their social competencies and basic knowledge for economic topics and interrelationships in the development and market introduction of products for the healthcare sector. Medical Engineering generates employment! The demand situation in the economy confirms that job offers from medical engineering enterprises have more than doubled and that medical engineering is particularly important for creating employment. Professional opportunities in the area of Medical Engineering are highly diversified. Graduates of the Medical Engineering Bachelor course are primarily employed in the medical engineering industry (product development, product management, product sales and product training) or in organisations in the healthcare sector (hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and care institutions).

Structure of the course

The Medical Engineering Bachelor Degree Course lasts six terms. It is an inter-university course run by Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences in co-operation with APOLLON Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft GmbH Bremen (a university for the healthcare sector) and with external experts. In addition to the technical subjects of Medical Apparatus Engineering, Engineering in Medicine and Medical Informatics, it also encompasses the field of Healthcare and thus takes into account a requirement of the industry itself.
The course is structured in areas of specialisation! The Bachelor qualification entitles graduates to undertake a subsequent Master degree course which is possible either directly after the first degree or else after a certain period of time in a profession. An application-oriented Master degree course in ”Medical Engineering” is offered for Medical Engineering graduates. A Master degree course at another university or other higher education institution at home or abroad is naturally also possible.
The course is structured in seven areas of specialisation:

- Principles of Engineering Sciences
- Medicine
- Medical Informatics
- Engineering in Medicine
- Healthcare
- Key Interdisciplinary Qualifications
- Medical Engineering

Prctical focus of the course

In order to prepare students for their later profession in a targeted manner, extensive practical work and exercises are foreseen in the course which are taught in small groups. In general, the Bachelor course has a very clear practical focus which teaches students know-how and skills, above all in medical subjects, which are established on the foundation of a basic theoretical education. This takes place with state-of-the-art equipment which includes largescale apparatus and complex systems in live operation. This challenge of a practice-oriented education is met by the involvement of specialists from healthcare institutions as well as enterprises from the medical engineering industry, partly with the support of state-of-the-art medical engineering diagnostics and therapy. Through the possibility to obtain additional qualifications in conjunction with certification by external institutions, a further level of practice-oriented training is reached. The scientific practical project and the bachelorthesis gives the course an additional practical orientation where students work independently on a project from the field of medical engineering science. The topic tackled can either stem from technical or medical practice.

Partnerships: Medical Engineering Networks

Study in a network of competence and contacts! Networking and close co-operation with scientific and research-oriented institutions, as well as with the healthcare sector, play an important role in the Bachelor course. The very positive experience gained to date from our co-operation with external experts and institutions, as well as the development of the new Bachelor/ Master programme, are the reasons behind the further development of the existing Medical Engineering Network with its close and binding co-operation – both in terms of content and organisation – with external institutions. Services offered by network partners have been firmly anchored in the teaching curriculum, whereby co-operation with doctors and medical institutions are particularly significant. In conclusion, the following should be emphasised: The Bachelor course is implemented in a scientific network which bundles a wide variety of competencies. Close co-operation is maintained with other public and private universities and research institutions in the Federal State of Bremen, with those doctors or medical institutions affiliated in a working group, as well as with enterprises from the medical engineering sector. The main features are application-oriented scientific research and development, the introduction of various forms of teaching as well as the integration of the course programme in a regional context with the creation of specific regional competence.

Admission conditions

Students wishing to be admitted to the course must generally hold a schoolleaving certificate which permits admission to a university degree course. Information about the possibility of special ad-mission conditions can be obtained from the Admissions Office of Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. European and US American school-leaving certificates are generally recognised. It is recommended that non-German applicants submit their certificates to the ASSIST office for checking. Further information can be found under www.uni-assist.de. In addition, very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of English are expected. No English language certificate is required for admission to the course. A practical internship prior to the course is recommended for those applicants with no previous relevant education. After admission to the course, introduction and orientation seminars are held at the beginning of the first term to facilitate a smooth start and to get to know each other.

Application procedure

To apply for the Medical Engineering course, applicants must complete in full the relevant application form and either submit it in person or send it by post together with all the necessary documents before the closing date to the Admissions Office of the University. Closing dates for applications, forms and other deadlines are published on the University’s homepage or can be obtained from the Student Counselling Centre. 40 course places are available per year.
No admission restrictions are currently foreseen. In addition to their application to the University, interested applicants from abroad should pay attention in good time to immigration regulations. Further information can be obtained from the German Embassy in the respective countries (www.auswaertiges-amt.de).

Advice for students

The Central Student Information answers general enquiries about the course. Contact:

The Admissions and Examination Office is responsible for questions about admission requirements. Contact:

Questions about course content should be addressed to:

Lecturers