Master in
Master in Medical Engineering University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Introduction
Engineers for qualified Medical Device Development and Placement
Technical Innovations for Medicine
The master’s degree program is an extension and a deepening of the bachelor’s degree program “Medical Device Technology”. It is, however, suitable for graduates of other technical-scientific courses of studies. It enables students to acquire profound knowledge of medical engineering that is primarily focused on medical device and rehabilitation technology and oriented towards the practical needs of professional and qualified persons.
Information
- Degree: Dipl.-Ing. (The academic degree "Dipl.-Ing." corresponds to the international degree “Master of Science in Engineering”.)
- Duration: 4 semesters (120 ECTS)
- Annual intake: 23
- Mode of studies: Full-time
- Tuition Language: English
Admissions
Curriculum
The curriculum is structured as follows and qualifies students to work as responsible medical engineers within international markets:
- Deepening Scientific Fundamentals in Mathematics, Statistics and Selected Topics in Medicine [11,25 ECTS]
- Medical Engineering Methods in Electronics, Biomechanics, Medical Device Software and Materials Technology (3 out of 4 elective modules) [30 ECTS]
- Medical Technology Areas: Advanced Medical Imaging and Diagnosis Systems, Clinical Treatment Systems, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Technology [17,5 ECTS]
- Medical Systems Engineering and Project Work: Scientific fundamentals are applied in practise within a professional or scientific project work in close cooperation with a comany, research insitute or hospital in consideration of Regulatory Affairs [31,25 ECTS]
- Master's Thesis: sutdents show their ability to work independently on a scientific based medical engineering topic and present their conclusions and own rationale [30 ECTS]
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Career Opportunities
Graduates are prepared for national and international leadership functions in medical product development and placing them into markets as well as for a furhter scientific career, for example for doctoral studies. Therefor, medical engineers are working - for example - in development and applied research, engineering production, in the fields of regulatory affairs, quality and product management. They also serve as qualified advisors and as experts for technical sales and marketing. The health care system needs medical engineers for the acquisition, care and maintenance of medical products. Further empoyers are the certification authorities and research facilities.
Companies
- Applied Research and Medical Technology Development
- Simulation and Optimization of Products and Components
- Production Engineering and Quality Management
- National and International Product Management
- Application Specialists
- Medical Device Consultants
- Regulatory Affairs Manager
Health Delivery Organizations
- Integration and Installation and Maintenance of Medical Devices and Systems
- Acquisition and Procurement of Medical Products
- Leadership functions in Project Management
Planning and Consultancy Offices, Certification Authorities
- Specialists for technical safety and quality
- Planning equipment and facilities
- Application engineers
- Consultants
- Auditors
Research and Development
- Engineers in developing prototypes and products
- Project Engineers in the fields of Medical Engineering
- Simulation
- Health Technology Assessment