Program Information
The Department of Biomedical Engineering was established in 2011 to educate creative and enterprising biomedical engineers, who can define the human body as a comprehensive system using engineering methods and take part in the development of more effective diagnosis and treatment strategies. As of 2017, 2 professors, 2 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, and 1 research assistant are working full-time in the department.Our undergraduate program is carefully crafted and updated periodically according to international standards to meet the requirements of graduate work environments.We aim to educate students with a spirit of entrepreneurship and theoretical knowledge balanced with practical experience. Thus, under the cooperative (co-op) education system students are required to complete three cooperative education terms successfully working in industry or a research institution, in the third and fourth academic year. Consequently, Biomedical Engineering students acquire approximately one year of work experience when they graduate.
The aim of TOBB ETÜ Biomedical Engineering Department is to graduate Biomedical Engineers who have strong scientific and technical knowledge and are able to work successfully in design, production, application and AR-GE studies both at industry and research institutions. The biomedical engineering curriculum is designed to educate biomedical engineers to be creative, to have systematic problem-solving abilities, to be liable for social, economic and professional ethics, to have responsibility and leadership, to contribute to the scientific knowledge by making scientific research, and to produce solutions to the problems of the national industry.
Students who successfully complete this program are awarded a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering.
The Biomedical Engineering program is a Bachelor's degree program, classified as Level 6 in the Turkish Higher Education Qualifications Framework (TYYÇ).
To graduate from the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program, students have to achieve a minimum of 2.00 out of 4.00 Grade Point Average and has to pass all of the courses in the curriculum with a minimum of DD/G grade (TOBB ETU Undergraduate Education Rules And Regulations, Article 45). A minimum of 280 ECTS credits have to be earned for graduation. In addition, the students have to complete the mandatory cooperative education practices and graduation projects within a specified period, following certain specifications.
Department of Biomedical Engineering accepts/enrolls students based on the results of the Undergraduate Placement Exam held by Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) within the framework of the regulations determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK). Every year department will announce the number of students, to be enrolled, through ÖSYM. The acceptance of students via horizontal / vertical transition is also carried out in accordance with the regulations of the YÖK and the number of students, to be accepted, is announced at the start of each term.
Acceptance of the students, from other departments or universities, to the biomedical engineering program is carried out by taking into consideration the provisions of the relevant legislations of the YÖK and within the framework of the principles and quotas determined by the TOBB ETÜ Senate (TOBB ETU Undergraduate Education - Examination Regulation, Article 37). English Preparatory Program is applied in this program and those who have adequate scores of the English proficiency examination, that the university conduct at the beginning of the academic year, are exempted from the preparation program.
Examinations and evaluations are carried out according to article 22 and article 27 of TOBB ETÜ Undergraduate Education - Examination Regulation. At the beginning of each semester, teaching staff announce the type of exams (e.g. quizes, midterms, final exam), homeworks, practice and other studies in which the students are responsible and their weightings in the semester grades. The dates of the final examinations and the places where the exams are to be held are determined by the Rectorate. At the end students are graded based on the partial grades from those listed above.
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To graduate from the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program, students have to achieve a minimum of 2.00 out of 4.00 Grade Point Average and has to pass all of the courses in the curriculum with a minimum of DD/G grade (TOBB ETU Undergraduate Education Rules And Regulations, Article 45). A minimum of 280 ECTS credits have to be earned for graduation. In addition, the students have to complete the mandatory cooperative education practices (3 times) and graduation projects within a specified period, following certain specifications.
Graduates of the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program can work in the medical sector including design, production, maintenance and repair of medical devices, medical imaging, signal processing, medical informatics, prosthetic, orthosis and implant manufacturing, tissue engineering, genetic engineering and drug development areas.
Graduates of the Biomedical Engineering Program can enroll in postgraduate programs fulfilling the minimum requirements set by the Graduate School of Natural & Applied Sciences (ALES for the MS with/without thesis and proficiency in English language).