Biomedical Engineering: Ensuring patient care through safe & cost-effective healthcare equipment maintenance

Students who have a strong interest in engineering and medicine may want to consider biomedical engineering. This interdisciplinary field applies engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. There are many sub-categories of biomedical engineering and these include bioinstrumentations, bioinformatics, biomaterials, biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, tissue engineering and so forth.

In every country, biomedical engineering has varied definitions and interpretations. In Malaysia, biomedical engineering refers mainly to clinical engineering or the maintenance of medical equipment. For a more in-depth explanation of this course and its job prospects, check our our courses section!