Healthcare Science (Medical Engineering), BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Medical Engineering) gives you the clinical, technical and problem ‑ solving skills needed for a rewarding career as a medical engineer. You will take on a hands ‑ on role working with medical devices used across healthcare settings (e.g. for radiotherapy treatment), ensuring that vital equipment is safe, effective and reliable for patient care. Throughout the degree, you will learn about the full medical equipment lifecycle, from acceptance testing and introducing new devices into service to advising clinicians on correct use, addressing patient safety issues and managing the safe disposal of older equipment.
You will combine in-depth academic study with practical clinical and technological experience in specialist healthcare environments. Medical engineering is an exciting and varied role where you will apply knowledge from electronic and mechanical engineering to assess, maintain, modify and, in some cases, help design medical devices used in patient treatment and diagnosis. It is an exciting, continually developing field that requires a high level of responsibility and technical skill.
This programme combines theoretical learning with practice ‑ based experience at FHEQ Levels 4, 5 and 6. It has been commissioned and funded by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), with clinical placements delivered across health boards (HBs) in Wales.
Key highlights
- Clinical placements delivered across health boards in Wales
- Commissioned and funded by Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Covers the full medical equipment lifecycle, from acceptance testing to disposal
- Hands-on work with medical devices, including radiotherapy equipment
- Applies electronic and mechanical engineering to assess, maintain and design devices
- Combines academic study with practice-based experience in specialist healthcare settings
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBB — BBB.
- BTEC: DDD — Typical BTEC Offer DDD Typical Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Offer Pass at B and either BB at A level (including Maths or Physics) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 All applicants will need a satisfactory…
- Welsh Baccalaureate — Offer Pass at B and either BB
- A-level: BB — to include including Maths or Physics
- BTEC: DD — …Pass at B and either BB at A level (including Maths or Physics) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 All applicants will need a satisfactory educational reference.
- Irish Leaving Certificate — 345 All applicants will need a satisfactory educational reference
- Additional condition: interview — Applicants who meet the entry requirements and selection criteria will be invited to interview, which may take place in person or via telephone/video call.
- Additional condition: dbs_check — …interview, any offer of a place will be conditional upon a satisfactory DBS/police check or equivalent from your home country as well as an occupational health declaration and assessment prior to starting y…
- Additional condition: occupational_health — All applicants will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check and occupational health check.
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Medical engineer
- Clinical engineer
- Healthcare science practitioner
- Medical device technologist
- Radiotherapy engineering technologist
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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