Branch of knowledge: Engineering and architecture
Responsible Center: Fuenlabrada School of Engineering
Teaching modality and Campus: Face-to-face Fuenlabrada
Credits: 240. Credits year: 60. Duration: 4 years. Implantation: progressive, first year 2016-2017
Academic Calendar Schedule Exams Teaching Guides Faculty
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ms. Cristina Soguero Ruíz
Student attention: 91 488 93 93. Student Help Box Suggestions, complaints and congratulations mailbox
Basic Information
What knowledge will I acquire with this Degree?
La Biomedical engineering It consists of solving problems and projects in medicine and biology, often using Information and Communications Technologies to do so. From the advanced analysis of data, signals and medical images, to programming languages and computer architectures, passing through the necessary communications in hospital information systems or Big Data.
Where will I be able to work when I graduate?
In our country there is a growing number of companies in the electromedicine and eHealth sector, who need professionals capable of working in multidisciplinary environments of biomedicine and engineering.
Is this Degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes (final verification report is attached), the implementation of the degree will be done progressively, starting the first year in the academic year 2016-17.
The final verification report turned out FAVORABLE
Favorable report first modification
What subject areas will I address in this grade?
You can on request about the knowledge acquired in the degree.
Recommended Income Profile
As an admission profile, it is recommended that the student have training and/or a good predisposition on the subjects of mathematics and physics, as well as chemistry and biology. In addition, interest and capacity for growth in aspects such as the ability to abstract, interaction with multidisciplinary work teams, information and communication technologies, professional responsibility and the ability to work individually and in groups is desirable.
Objectives
Biomedical Engineering (IB) consists of applying the principles and methods of engineering to the understanding, definition and resolution of problems in biology and medicine. In this context, the objective of the program is to promote advanced and multidisciplinary training of professionals in the analysis and processing of data, signals and medical images for the creation of support systems for diagnosis and decision-making in clinical practice. This program is developed in a markedly multidisciplinary environment, which combines:
- the teaching and research experience and the resources that the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) possesses by virtue of its wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate educational offerings in the framework of health sciences and engineering, in which we highlight the delivery of the Master's Degree in Information and Communication Technologies in Biomedical Engineering since 2010.
- The clinical, professional and research experience in the biomedical field provided by the Fundación de Alcorcón University Hospital and the Fuenlabrada University Hospital.
- The potential of the growing number of companies in the electromedicine and eHealth sector, in our community and in our country, which are currently at a turning point towards competitiveness through the recruitment of multidisciplinary graduates specially prepared for the current environment and planned in the coming years.
The general objectives of the program have been designed in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines of the General Directorate of Universities regarding the regulatory framework of RD 1393/2007.
Competences
GENERAL COMPETENCIES
CG1 |
Analyze and synthesize problems related to biomedical engineering, solve them and communicate them efficiently. |
CG2 |
Use computational and experimental tools for the analysis and quantification of biomedical engineering problems. |
CG3 |
Draft, represent and interpret technical and biomedical legal documentation in the field of bioengineering. |
CG4 |
Know and apply the planning procedures and techniques of biomedical engineering projects, as well as analyze the risks implicit in the execution of said projects. |
CG5 |
Know the rules, regulations and current legislation and apply them in biomedical engineering projects. |
CG6 |
Know the concept of company, its institutional and legal framework as well as the fundamentals of the organization and management of companies in biomedical engineering. |
CG7 |
Work in a multidisciplinary group of engineers and biomedical doctors. |
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
CE1 |
Understand or acquire the principles of biophysics, anatomy, physiology or pathophysiology necessary to identify the most appropriate processing technologies for a given problem in biomedical engineering |
CE2 |
Perform statistical analysis for the study, analysis and control of experiments and medical data. |
CE3 |
Use state-of-the-art techniques in univariate and multivariate statistics, and rigorously propose new analyzes in biomedical problems that cannot be addressed using standard data analysis methods. |
CE4 |
Solve mathematical problems that may arise in biomedical engineering by applying knowledge of optimization. |
CE5 |
Understand, use and design support systems for biomedical information management and medical decision making. |
CE6 |
Know, use and design systems for the analysis of large biomedical data sets, from extraction to visualization. |
CE7 |
Know and understand the principles of signals and biomedical systems in discrete time. |
CE8 |
Know and understand the principles of analysis and treatment of biomedical images. |
CE9 |
Use state-of-the-art methods in digital signal processing, especially medical signals, and perform the necessary mathematical and statistical calculations to propose and carry out the required modifications in signal processing. |
CE10 |
Use state-of-the-art methods in digital image processing, especially medical images, and perform the necessary mathematical and statistical calculations to propose and carry out the required modifications in image processing. |
CE11 |
Identify, use and adapt telecommunications technologies that offer rational solutions to biomedical engineering problems. |
CE12 |
Analyze and control continuous and discrete time dynamic biomedical systems, both linear and non-linear. |
CE13 |
Build, exploit and manage telecommunications services and applications in biomedical engineering, understood as systems for capturing, encoding, transporting, representing, processing, storing, reproducing, managing and presenting multimedia information. |
CE14 |
Solve engineering mathematical problems using knowledge of: linear algebra, differential calculus, integral calculus, and differential and partial differential equations. |
CE15 |
Solve physical problems of biomedical engineering using knowledge about: kinematics, dynamics, electromagnetism, waves, fluids, bioelectricity and biomechanics. |
CE16 |
Understand the basic concepts of linear systems and related functions and transforms, electric circuit theory, electronic circuits, the physical principle of semiconductors and logic families, electronic devices, and their application to solve problems of biomedical engineering. |
CE17 |
Design instruments for medical applications. |
CE18 |
Use sensors, conditioners and biomedical signal acquisition systems for the evaluation and design of biomedical devices and systems. |
CE19 |
Use the fundamentals of programming for the development of computer programs in modern programming languages, as well as understand and use different operating systems, databases and hospital information systems. Apply them in telematic networks, systems and services for hospital management. |
CE20 |
Use and design information and communications systems in health and biomedicine. |
CE21 |
Extract biomedical data from your environment, including knowledge of medical consultation systems, and information storage standards in medical equipment. |
CE22 |
Know the concept of company, the institutional and legal framework of the company, the principles of organization and management of companies, and their contextualization in the field of biomedical engineering. |
CE23 |
Know the concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial mathematics and capital markets, in particular those of the biomedical engineering sector. |
CE24 |
Know and apply basic elements of economics and human resource management, project organization and planning, as well as legislation, regulation and standardization in the health sector. |
CE25 |
Understand and implement health projects and optimally use the results to review production processes. |
CE26 |
Apply business knowledge with a view to the creation and management of biotechnology-based companies and the transfer of knowledge in the field of bioengineering. |
CE27 |
Communicate effectively in the professional environment of biomedical engineering. |
CE28 |
Understand electrical and magnetic phenomena at the cellular level, analyze the physical basis of the interaction of radiation on the body and its applications in biomedicine, understand the concepts of continuous mechanics and fluid mechanics and their applications in biomedicine |
CE29 |
Understand the principles of functioning of an organism from the cellular level, through the tissue level to the biological system level. |
CE30 |
Understand the functioning of the molecular bases of genetics and proteins, the concepts of microbiology, pharmacology and proteomics and their applications in biomedicine |
CE31 |
Use computational tools for DNA and RNA sequencing analysis, and microRNA and protein analysis. |
CE32 |
Understand the fundamental concepts of molecular biology that intervene in the structure, organization and transmission of genes in living organisms, and the bases of epigenetics and metagenetics |
CE33 |
Understand the biological response to the use of materials and their application in biomedicine. |
CE34 |
Analyze and understand the operation of electrical installations, heating, fluids, access, security and environmental management of a hospital and its impact on the systems and services in charge of the biomedical engineer. |
CE35 |
Use basic concepts of biotechnology applied to pharmacy and medicine. |
CE36 |
Original exercise to be carried out individually and presented and defended before a university tribunal, consisting of a project in the field of specific technologies of Biomedical Engineering of a professional nature in which the skills acquired in the teachings are synthesized and integrated. |
Minimum stay requirements
- The permanence of the students in the Degree studies will be a maximum of eight years for full-time students. Part-time students may request an extension of up to two more years from the Rector.
- In Bachelor's degrees lasting more than 240 credits (4 years), the maximum of the previous section will be increased by one more year for every 60 ECTS credits that are added to the 240 ECTS.
- Students must pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students studying part-time must pass at least one subject in their first academic year.
- Students who are studying any official Bachelor's degree at the Rey Juan Carlos University may make a maximum of four registrations to pass each of the subjects of the study plan, without counting previous cancellations of the same.
For more information see: Permanence regulations
Access and registration
Log in
Access to the official teachings of Degree will require to be in possession of the bachelor's degree or equivalent and the passing of the test referred to in article 42 of the Organic Law 6/2001, of Universities, modified by Law 4/2007, of April 12, without prejudice to the other access mechanisms provided for by current regulations.
The number of places offered for new admission are:
Fuenlabrada Campus: | 40 places (including transfer admission places) |
Matriculation year
The enrollment process at the Rey Juan Carlos University is done through the Internet. You can carry out the procedures on the computers installed on campus or through any computer with network access. You can check the deadlines at registration , as well as the different requirements and necessary documents.
Training itinerary
ACCESS THE COURSE GUIDES OF THE DEGREE
FBC: Common Basic Training, they are validated with their counterparts of all grades
FBR: Basic Branch Training, they can be validated with their branch counterparts, taking into account the adequacy between the skills and knowledge acquired.
OB: Compulsory
OP: Optional
1st COURSE |
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SEMESTER |
COURSE |
CHARACTER |
CREDITS |
1 |
Calculation |
FBR |
6 |
1 |
Programming Fundamentals |
FBC |
6 |
1 |
Humanities: History of Biomedical Engineering |
FBC |
6 |
1 |
Human Morphology |
OB |
6 |
1 | Algebra | FBR | 6 |
2 | Physics | FBR | 6 |
2 |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Programming in Network Environments |
OB |
6 |
2 | Mathematical methods of Bioengineering | FBR | 6 |
2 | Health economics | FBR | 6 |
TOTAL CREDITS TO TAKE: 60 |
2st COURSE |
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SEMESTER |
COURSE |
CHARACTER |
CREDITS |
1 |
Human physiology |
OB |
6 |
1 |
Probability and statistics |
OB |
6 |
1 |
computer networks |
OB |
6 |
1 |
Linear Systems and Application to Circuits |
OB |
6 |
2 | Bioelectric Foundations | FBR | 6 |
2 | Ethics, Health Legislation and Bioethics | FBC | 6 |
2 |
Analog and Digital Electronics |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Medical and Surgical Pathology I |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Discrete Time Systems |
OB |
6 |
ANNUAL |
modern language |
FBC |
6 |
TOTAL CREDITS TO TAKE: 60 |
3st COURSE |
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SEMESTER |
COURSE |
CHARACTER |
CREDITS |
1 |
Analysis of Biological Dynamic Systems |
OB |
6 |
1 |
Databases |
OB |
3 |
1 |
Biomedical Equipment |
OB |
6 |
1 |
Pharmacology |
OB |
3 |
1 |
Operational |
OB |
3 |
1 |
Medical and Surgical Pathology II |
OB |
3 |
1 |
Biomedical Information Transmission and Encoding Systems |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Biomedical Engineering |
OB |
3 |
2 |
Inference |
OB |
3 |
2 |
Hospital Engineering |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Remote Diagnosis and Treatment Systems Laboratory |
OB |
3 |
2 |
Physiological Signal Processing |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Health Information Systems |
OB |
6 |
2 |
Digital Systems and Microprocessors |
OB |
3 |
TOTAL CREDITS TO TAKE: 60 |
4st COURSE |
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SEMESTER |
COURSE |
CHARACTER |
CREDITS |
1 |
Medical Image Analysis |
OB |
6 |
1 |
Bioinformatics and Biotechnology |
OB |
3 |
1 | Artificial Intelligence and Learning | OB | 3 |
1 | Academic Recognition of Credits | RAC | 6 |
2 |
Biomaterials |
OB |
3 |
2 |
Biomechanics |
OB |
3 |
2 |
Optional 1 |
OP |
3 |
2 |
Massive Data Processing |
OB |
3 |
Annual | External Practices 1 (Clinical Practices) | PE | 9 |
Annual | External Practices 2 (Biomedical Technology Transfer) | PE | 9 |
Annual |
Final Degree Project |
TFG |
12 |
TOTAL CREDITS TO TAKE: 60 |
ELECTIVES 4th Course | |||
Semester | Subject | Character | Credits |
2 | Epidemiology and Health Technology Assessment | OP | 3 |
2 | tissue engineering | OP | 3 |
External Internships
The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the Degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.
Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.
The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:
- Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
- Elaboration of the memory
Documentation:
For more information: External Internship Unit
Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024
Academic Recognition of Credits
Regulations for academic recognition of credits in undergraduate studies
Mobility programs
ERASMUS
The Erasmus program makes it easy for URJC students -both undergraduate and postgraduate- to study one or several semesters at one of the European universities with which the URJC has agreements.
These exchanges traditionally have an economic endowment thanks to the Erasmus Scholarships provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.
WORLD
The Munde program manages mobility with universities from countries not included in the Erasmus Program.
The possibility of obtaining a scholarship or economic endowment and its amount depends, in each case, on the agreements with the universities, countries or entities that sign it.
For more information:
SICK
SICUE is a national mobility program for GRADOS university students that allows them to carry out part of their studies at another Spanish university with guarantees of academic recognition, use and adaptation to their curricular profile.
Student support programs
Orientation to future students. The University offers various orientation programs for future students: we carry out visits to high schools and secondary schools, we organize guided visits to the Campuses, we are present in the Classroom and, at the beginning of each course, we carry out welcome days to guide students new students.
academic tutorials. Each teacher carries out, within their teaching planning, academic tutorials on their subject.
Coordinator of the degree. It works to promote coherence and balance between the subjects and the workloads of the students.
mentoring program. The URJC has this program, peer tutoring, in which the students of the last years act as mentors with the first year students.
Students with disabilities. The Support Office for Persons with Disabilities offers guidance and assistance to students with special needs.
Scholarships . The Rey Juan Carlos University manages the main scholarships and annual grants, both its own and from other official bodies: Ministries, Community of Madrid, International Organizations and other entities. It also publishes and disseminates those scholarships and grants of interest to its students and graduates. Throughout the course, students receive information about them through the different communication channels established.
Job placement program. The Rey Juan Carlos University, through the External Internship Unit and the Graduates Office, organizes conferences, workshops and various actions aimed at supporting and guiding students in their job search, to improve their employability and promote job placement . The University has a Job Exchange -a platform available to companies and graduates- where institutions can carry out their selection processes.
Regulation
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
REGISTRATION
*The rates corresponding to double degrees with different degrees of experimentality will be applied as established in the new Decree 43/2022, of June 29, of the Government Council, which establishes the public prices for university studies leading to official degrees and services of an academic nature in the public universities of the Community of Madrid*
- Enrollment and permanence in URJC degree studies. Academic year 2023/24
- Enrollment and permanence in URJC degree studies. Academic year 2024-25 (effective as of June 1, 2024)
- Regulation of refund of academic fees
- Admission due to change of campus or modality, university and/or partial Spanish university studies of Degree and Double Degree of the URJC
- Public Prices
TRAINING PROCESS
- joint degrees
- academic waiver
- External internships (in force during the 21/22 academic year)
- External internships (applicable from the 22/23 academic year)
- Academic Recognition of Credits (RAC)
- TFG Framework Regulation (Approved Governing Council May 26, 2023)
- Extraordinary End of Degree Award
- Extraordinary procedure for the completion of degree studies (advance call)
REVIEWS AND REVIEWS
- Review and claim of continuous assessment in URJC degree studies
- Request for review and claim of continuous evaluation
- compensation court
Validation, adaptation of studies, recognition of credits and homologation of foreign qualifications
- Validations / Recognition degrees
- Partial validation of foreign studies
- Complementary training requirements prior to the recognition of foreign qualifications
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
VISITING STUDENTS AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
COEXISTENCE REGIME
SCHOOL INSURANCE
ASSOCIATIONS
Quality guarantee
General information collection plan
Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:
- New students
- Teacher evaluation
- Student satisfaction
- Satisfaction of the graduates
- Labor insertion
- Causes of abandonment
- Career path:
- Second year after graduation
- Third year after graduation
- Fourth year after graduation
- Degree of satisfaction:
- Faculty with the campus and university
- Teacher with degree
- of the evaluators
- Incoming student mobility program
- Outgoing Student Mobility Program
- Administration and services staff with the university
- External internships:
- Student satisfaction
- External tutor satisfaction
- Evaluator satisfaction
Survey results:
Survey results:
Improvement actions
The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.
Renewal of accreditation
The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.
In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”