Bmen- MSc

Biomedical Engineering

Master of Science (MSc)

Thesis-based program

Program overview

The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program MSc degree offers a focus on cutting-edge research that prepares graduates for work in industry, academia or government. Areas of application range from prevention and healthy aging to improved diagnostics, as well as technologies for better therapeutics. The degree is part of an interdisciplinary program aimed at students with backgrounds in areas such as engineering, kinesiology, physical sciences, medicine, or life sciences. Students gain hands-on experience at various active university and hospital-based research centres. Areas of study include biomechanics, medical imaging, cell and tissue engineering, as well as biomedical instrumentation.

Completing this program

  • BME Foundations Course: Students will study core concepts in biomedical engineering, selecting between a biology or engineering focus.
  • Additional Courses: May be chosen from across a wide range of faculties, in areas related to the student’s research topic, which may include medical imaging, biomechanics, cellular and molecular engineering, statistics, bioelectrical engineering, among others.
  • Thesis: Students are required to complete a research project and to submit a written thesis.
  • BME Core I and II Courses: May include biomedical engineering research, ethics, careers paths, research skills, methodology or other areas.
  • Medical Imaging Specialization: Requires three courses in Medical Imaging in addition to core program requirements.

Specializations

Outcomes

Research and development positions in industries such as medical devices and pharmaceuticals; patent law; governmental regulatory and healthcare agencies.

A master’s degree in biomedical engineering will give you the pre-requisite for a PhD.

Thesis-based program

Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend in an open oral defense.

Classroom delivery

Time commitment

Two years full-time; four years maximum

Supervisor

A supervisor is required, and must agree to oversee the student's research and fund the student before the student will be granted admission

Fees and funding

See the Graduate Calendar for information on fees and fee regulations, and for information on awards and financial assistance.

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Supervisors

Learn about faculty available to supervise this degree.
Please note: additional supervisors may be available. Contact the program for more information.


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    Maryam Badv

    Accepting Inquiries
    Bioengineering Solutions for Health
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    Philip Barber

    Seeking Students
    Stroke, Dementia, Cognition, MRI, CT, biomarkers
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    John EA Bertram

    Accepting Inquiries
    Dynamics of locomotion
  4. Steven Boyd

    Steven Boyd

    Accepting Inquiries
    Biomedical engineering – bone and joint injuries
  5. Signe Bray

    Signe Bray

    Accepting Inquiries
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    Jackson Cone

    Accepting Inquiries
    Visual Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Behavioural Neuroscience
  7. Colin Dalton

    Colin Dalton

    Unavailable
    Electrokinetic Microsystems, Microneedles, Brain-machine interfaces
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    Jeroen De Buck

    Accepting Inquiries
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    Hector De la Hoz Siegler

    Accepting Inquiries
  10. Elena Di Martino

    Elena Di Martino

    Accepting Inquiries
    Biomechanics of aneurysms, Image-based analysis of soft tissues, Computational simulation of cardiovascular mechanics, Novel grafts for skin repair, Mechanical tests and constitutive models of soft biological tissues
  11. Antoine Dufour

    Antoine Dufour

    Unavailable
    Proteomics, proteases, systems biology, inflammation, immunity
  12. Jeff F Dunn

    Jeff F. Dunn

    Accepting Inquiries
    Disease processes, Medical imaging
  13. W Brent Edwards

    W. Brent Edwards

    Accepting Inquiries
    Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
  14. Elise Fear

    Elise Fear

    Accepting Inquiries
    New approaches to imaging and sensing, Prototype systems, Imaging and sensing algorithms, Applications
  15. Salvatore Federico

    Salvatore Federico

    Accepting Inquiries
    Continuum Mechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics
  16. Nils Daniel Forkert

    Nils Daniel Forkert

    Seeking Students
    Medical Image Processing
  17. Richard Frayne

    Richard Frayne

    Accepting Inquiries
    Brain and Cerebrovascular Imaging
  18. Julio Garcia Flores

    Julio Garcia Flores

    Seeking Students
    Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  19. Bradley Goodyear

    Bradley Goodyear

    Accepting Inquiries
    Functional MRI
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    Ashley Harris

    Accepting Inquiries
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
  21. Walter Herzog

    Walter Herzog

    Accepting Inquiries
    Neuro-Biomechanics, Biomechanics
  22. Prof Yaoping Hu

    Prof. Yaoping Hu

    Seeking Students
    Human-Computer Interaction within Virtual Environments
  23. Michael Kallos

    Michael Kallos

    Accepting Inquiries
    Stem Cell Bioprocess Engineering, Suspension Bioreactor Shear Hydrodynamics, Biomaterials Development, Biomedical Engineering
  24. Dr. Keekyoung Kim

    Keekyoung Kim

    Accepting Inquiries
    3D bioprinting, Biofabrication, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, BioMEMS, Biosensors
  25. Catherine Lebel

    Catherine Lebel

    Accepting Inquiries
    Medical Imaging, Pediatric Brain Development
  26. Joon Lee

    Joon Lee

    Unavailable
    Health Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health
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    Henry Leung

    Accepting Inquiries
    Signal and Image Processing, Autonomous Systems, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Wireless Communications
  28. LePing Li

    LePing Li

    Unavailable
    Biomechanics of joints - Knee joint
  29. Justin MacCallum

    Justin MacCallum

    Accepting Inquiries
    Biophysical Chemistry, Integrative Structural Biology, Biomolecular Recognition and Design
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    Ethan MacDonald

    Accepting Inquiries
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Big Data and Machine Learning, Next Generation Artificial Intelligence
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    Ranita Manocha

    Accepting Inquiries
    Assisted Gait Biomechanics / La biomécanique de la marche avec les aides à la marche, Joint Hypermobility / Conditions d'hypermobilité
  32. Sarah Manske

    Sarah Manske

    Seeking Students
    Musculoskeletal Imaging
  33. martin mintchev

    Martin Mintchev

    Accepting Inquiries
  34. Alim Mitha

    Alim Mitha

    Accepting Inquiries
  35. Kartikeya Murari

    Kartikeya Murari

    Accepting Inquiries
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  36. Giovanniantonio Natale

    Giovanniantonio Natale

    Accepting Inquiries
    Rheology and microrheology of complex fluids, Engineering of micro/nano particles, Anisotropic particles suspensions, Active colloids
  37. Dr. Richa Pandey

    Richa Pandey

    Accepting Inquiries
    Point of care molecular diagnostics, Wearable biosensors, Tissue engineering, Environmental sensing
  38. Bruce Pike

    Bruce Pike

    Accepting Inquiries
    Medical Imaging
  39. Dr. Marc Poulin

    Dr. Marc J. Poulin

    Accepting Inquiries
    human physiology, healthy brain aging and dementia, sleep, intermittent hypoxia & high altitude, industrial physiology
  40. Derrick Rancourt

    Derrick Rancourt

    Accepting Inquiries
    Stem Cell Biology
  41. Kristina Rinker

    Kristina Rinker

    Accepting Inquiries
    cell based models of health and disease, cancer detection and treatment, cardiovascular, cell adhesion, transcriptomics, cell signaling
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    Koren Roach

    Accepting Inquiries
    Joint Biomechanics, osteoarthritis, advanced medical imaging
  43. Dr. Rogers-Bradley

    Emily Rogers-Bradley

    Seeking Students
    Biomechanics, Medical Device Design, Prosthetics & Exoskeletons
  44. Janet Ronsky

    Janet Ronsky

    Accepting Inquiries
    Musculoskeletal biomechanics
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    Arindom Sen

    Accepting Inquiries
    Biochemical Engineering
  46. Mike Smith

    Mike Smith

    Seeking Students
  47. Roberto Sotero Diaz

    Roberto Sotero Diaz

    Accepting Inquiries
    Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Complex brain networks
  48. Professor Roberto Souza

    Roberto Souza

    Unavailable
    Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Inverse Problems, Data Fusion
  49. Mark Ungrin

    Mark Ungrin

    Accepting Inquiries
    Microscale tissue engineering, Technology development
  50. Yingxu Wang

    Yingxu Wang

    Seeking Students
    Basic Studies in Emerging Sciences and Denotational Mathematics, Cognitive Robotics (CRs), Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computers, Deep Machine Learning and Cognitive Knowledge Learning, Denotational Mathematics for AI, Abstract Intelligence (aI), Computational Intelligence (CI), and Brain Informatics (BI), Big Data Algebra (BDA) for Data Science and Engineering Data Analytics, Brain Science: Formal Theories and Brain-Inspired Systems, Intelligence Science: Formal Theories and Cognitive Systems, Software Science: Theoretical Foundations of Software Engineering
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    Danielle Whittier

    Seeking Students
    Musculoskeletal Imaging - Bone Growth and Development
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    Matthias Wilms

    Seeking Students
    Medical Image Analysis and Machine Learning
  53. Svetlana Yanushkevich

    Svetlana Yanushkevich

    Accepting Inquiries
    biometric technologies, data analysis and pattern recognition, biometric system design, computational intelligence, image processing
  54. Yunyan Zhang

    Yunyan Zhang

    Seeking Students
    Improving Disease Outcome Measures, Advancing Image Analysis Technologies, Enhancing MRI-Pathology Correlation

Admission Requirements


GPA

A minimum of 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.

Minimum education

A four-year baccalaureate degree in engineering, science, kinesiology or equivalent, from a recognized institution.

Work samples

None

Documents

  • None

Reference letters

Two

Test scores

None

Supervision and Funding

Students can only be accepted upon identification of one or more approved Biomedical Graduate Engineering Program supervisors who are willing to supervise and fund the applicant. 


English language proficiency (ELP)

An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:

Deadlines

For admission on September 1:

  • Canadian and permanent resident (students with Canadian or U.S. transcripts)- apply by June 1 
  • International (students with international transcripts)- apply by March 1 

For admission on January 1:

  • Canadian and permanent resident (students with Canadian or U.S. transcripts)- apply by Oct. 1 
  • International (students with international transcripts)- apply by July 1

For admission on May 1:

  • Canadian and permanent resident (students with Canadian or U.S. transcripts)- apply by Feb. 1 
  • International (students with international transcripts)- apply by Nov. 1

If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about international requirements

Learn more about this program

Biomedical Engineering

Schulich School of Engineering, ENB 202
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, ABT2N 1N4
403.220.3835

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Schulich School of Engineering

University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4

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