Biomedical Engineering

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

Favorable report second modification

Favorable report third 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

Minimum number of ECTS credits by type of enrollment and course

Full-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1º Course	48 ECTS	78 ECTS
Other courses	48 ECTS	78 ECTS

Part-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1º Course	24 ECTS	47 ECTS
Other courses	24 ECTS	47 ECTS

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
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
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
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
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

Material resources

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:

Degree Training Project

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.

ERASMUS (intranet)

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.

WORLD (intranet)

For more information:

URJC Mobility

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.

SICUE Mobility

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

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*

TRAINING PROCESS

REVIEWS AND REVIEWS

Validation, adaptation of studies, recognition of credits and homologation of foreign qualifications

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

Extinction of university degrees

VISITING STUDENTS AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation of student associations

Quality guarantee

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Composition of the Commission

Results report

Once the follow-up has been carried out, the quantitative information on the results obtained in the follow-up of said Degree is shown, differentiated by academic year.

Report by course:

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:

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.”