CEMACUBE

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CEMACUBE

Common European Master’s Course in Biomedical Engineering

CEMACUBE

Rijksuniveriteit Groningen (NLD)

České vysoké učení technické v Praze (CZE)

Trinity College Dublin (IRL)

RWTH Aachen (DEU)

Universiteit Gent (BEL)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BEL)

CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE

FACULTY OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

During this 3rd semester a proposal is prepared (5 ECTS) for the Master’s project. First a topic is selected. All participating universities will offer Master’s project topics, focussed on their specialisations. Then a literature search is performed to become familiar with the topic. This phase is finished by an extensive formulation of the study subject and strategy.

SEMESTER 4 In the fourth and last semester (30 ECTS), an individual Master’s project is performed. This project could be a research assignment or a design assignment. During this Master’s project all knowledge and skills learned in the first three semesters are applied:

• to solve a problem by designing a device (in case of a design assig-nment)

• to answer to a scientific question by performing scientific research (in case of a research assignment).

Each student will have two supervisors, one from the institute where the study is performed and one from another consortium university. In the end the assessment will be done by a report (thesis) and a presentation.

Each consortium university will offer individual Master‘s projects in their own specialisation. Apart from the consortium universities, you can also follow the Master‘s project at one of the associated universities (Aalborg-DK, Calabria-I, Campiègne-F, Patras-GR, Strathclyde-UK, Warsaw-PL, Zurich-CH).

For detailed information see: www.biomedicaltechnology.eu

CONTACTSphone: +420 312 608 308, +420 224 358 493e-mail: kulhankova@fbmi.cvut.czhttp://www.biomedicaltechnology.eu

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CEMACUBE

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CEMACUBE

ABOUT CEMACUBE In September 2010 an Erasmus Mundus Master’s course called CEMACUBE (Common European MAster’s CoUrse in Biomedical Engineering) started, when the grant application, submitted by University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, was accepted. The goal of this course is to prepare students from Europe and outside Europe for professions in biomedical engineering.

For a single university it is difficult to have enough knowledge of all sub-specia-lisations in biomedical engineering to teach their students on an adequate level. Also the required European scope is difficult to gain when students stick to a single university. Therefore a consortium of 6 universities has joined their knowledge and specific expertise into a 2-year European Master’s in biomedical engineering.

During the first year (semester 1 and 2), a student will follow lectures on all biomedical engineering subjects at one of the six universities, the 3rd semester (s)he will move to another participating university to follow lectures on a specific topic as medical imaging, tissue engineering or artificial organs. The fourth and last semester, a Master’s project will be performed on this specia-lisation at one of the 6 participa-ting universities: Groningen (the Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Ghent and Brus-sels (Belgium) and Prague (Czech Republic). Each student will receive a double degree. Admission criteria are: a Bachelor in engineering and good knowledge of English (all teaching will be given in English), a convincing motivation letter and letters of reference.

Students that followed this European Master’s course in biomedical engineering are trained with a European view, experienced in intercultural and interdisciplinary teamwork. They will have a broad overview of the entire field of BME.

ABOUT ERASMUS MUNDUS Erasmus Mundus Master Courses are funded by the European Union (see http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_master_courses_en.php). Together with 18 other Master programmes, CEMACUBE was selected in 2009 as a new Erasmus Mundus Masters programme that will be funded for five years (and with possible extension of another 5 years).

The competition was fierce; only about 20% of the proposals for new Erasmus Mundus Masters have been awarded funding.

Erasmus Mundus aims to enhance the quality of higher education in Europe, and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with third-world countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of higher education institutions in non-European countries by increasing mobility between the European Union and these countries.

SEMESTER 1 & 2 During the first two semesters, in total 60 ECTS („credits“), each university gives course elements on basic BME-topics. The content of those two semesters offered by each consortium university is comparable and will contain the following:

Medical course elements

• Anatomy and Histology

• (Patho)physiology

• Ethics

General engineering course elements

• Methodical Design

• Project Management

• Biochemistry

• Biotransport

• Working culture

Engineering course elements, focused on diagnostics

• Imaging Techniques

• Biomedical Instrumentation

• Signal Analysis

Engineering course elements, focused on therapy

• Cell Biology

• Biomaterials

• Biomechanics

These course elements define the basic level of competence of students. With these courses the student can follow every specialisation, offered in the third semester.

TRAINEESHIP

A traineeship has to be followed in a hospital or industry. All universities of the consortium have an extensive network of contacts in hospitals and industries. You can think about a traineeship at one of the following companies:

• Philips Medical Systems

• Siemens

• Medtronic

• Otto Bock

• Aesculap

• DePuy

• Linet

• BTL

Moreover we will use the extensive Eucomed network of European medical tech-nology industries. And we will use the EEN-network of mainly SME-companies.

Each university organises traineeships for the students that are running semester 1 and 2. As a student, you should discuss your traineeship with the local coor-dinator.

SEMESTER 3 In the third semester (30 ECTS), course elements on a specific topic will be given. Each university offers several unique specialisations based on keyline research, so that students get state-of-the-art knowledge, preparing them optimally for future developments in biomedical engineering.

University Specialisation

Aachen • Artificial and Bioartificial Organs

Dublin• Tissue Biomechanics & Regenerative Medicine

• Neural Engineering

Ghent• Radiation physics & Nuclear imaging processing

• Computational methods for medical applications

Groningen• Function Restoration Engineering

• Imaging Physics

Prague

• Medical Instrumentation

• Modern Physical Methods in BME

• Medical Imaging Instrumentation

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