
Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year (BEng)
University of SouthamptonHighfield, Southampton
Course overview
Join a new generation of engineers that understand the underlying principles of medical and healthcare technologies. You'll enhance your employability with an industrial placement year; an additional year-long paid placement in an engineering organisation. This programme combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare.
The year-long placement is a great opportunity to bolster your employability by ensuring that you graduate with experience of contemporary industry operations and connections. It includes benefits like: support from a placement tutor during placement a reduced tuition fee during the year successful placement being included on your degree certificate progression reviews throughout the year to monitor your progress and development Our medical engineering offerings have a strong focus on mechanical engineering, user interaction and needs. The technologies you develop will help support patients, carers and clinicians in enabling longer, he
Key highlights
- Year-long paid industrial placement in an engineering organisation
- Placement tutor support and progression reviews throughout the placement year
- Successful placement recognised on your degree certificate
- Combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare
- Strong focus on mechanical engineering, user interaction and user needs
- Develop technologies supporting patients, carers and clinicians
Entry requirements
- A-level: AAB — to include including mathematics (Grade A
- A-level: ABB — to include including mathematics (minimum grade A), plus grade A in the EPQ; with EPQ
- A-level: AA — to include including mathematics; combined with BTEC
Scholarships
Biological Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Business School Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Economic, Social and Political Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Education School Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Engineering Global Talent Scholarship
Up to 5 scholarships of £2,000 are available to international students for the first 3 years of study on an undergraduate degree within the School of Engineering.
Up to £2,000Geography and Environmental Science Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Health Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Law School Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Ocean and Earth Science Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Psychology Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
School of Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
Up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees.
Southampton Arts and Humanities Deans Global Talent Scholarship
Successful applicants will get £10,000 towards their tuition fees.
Up to £10,000Southampton Chemistry Deans International Scholarship
If you are awarded this scholarship, you'll get £5,000 towards your tuition fees in your first year of study.
Up to £5,000Southampton Electronics and Computer Science Global Scholarship
There are 12 scholarships for £5000 each.
Up to £5,000Southampton Physics and Astronomy Achievement Scholarship
The scholarships are renewable for subsequent years of study (subject to continuing academic performance) for up to £20,000 total. There are 10 stipend scholarships of £5,000.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Medical engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Medical device design engineer
- Clinical engineer
- Rehabilitation engineer
- Healthcare technology engineer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £31,000 per year
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 University of Southampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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