This paper was presented at the 2008 Engineering Conference - Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education.
This paper reviews mechanical engineering based medical engineering degrees which are currently provided in the UK at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At present there are fourteen undergraduate degree programmes in medical engineering and there are eighteen institutions which provide postgraduate degree programmes in this area. Nine institutions namely the Universities of Bath Bradford Hull Imperial College London Leeds Nottingham Oxford Queen Mary University London and Surrey offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in medical engineering. In addition undergraduate courses in medical engineering are offered by the Universities of Birmingham Cardiff Sheffield Southampton and Surrey. At postgraduate level the Universities of Aberdeen Brunel Dundee Keele King’s College London Liverpool Strathclyde Ulster and Warwick also offer courses in medical engineering. While most undergraduate courses are delivered on a fulltime basis more flexible delivery modes appear to be available at MSc level. Over all the courses a very wide range of modules are offered by the various universities.
