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The Master Medical Engineering is a two-year program, in which one year is 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).

The credits are distributed as follows:

First year

- Courses (40%)
- Clinical modules (26%)
- Internship (34%)

Second year

- Master's project (100%)

Courses

A relatively small part (about 30%) of the graduate program is devoted to courses. Most of the program takes place in the following hospitals:

- Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht (at least 50%)
- Máxima Medisch Centrum (Veldhoven, Eindhoven)
- Catherina Ziekenhuis (Eindhoven)
The rest of the course is provided at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e).

A broad range of electives is available to you, because many different disciplines from engineering and medicine are relevant to Medical Engineering. Examples are: radiotherapy, imaging, biomaterials and radiology. You are given the opportunity to develop yourself into a specialist on a certain topic, but you could also use this individual phase to expand your scope and to familiarize yourself with different fields of study that are relevant to your development. Of course it is also possible for you to opt for a combination of the possibilities mentioned above.

Clinical Modules

The clinical modules play an important role in the program. These allow you to become familiar with the medical and technological aspects of the various clinical disciplines (such as radiology, clinical chemistry, surgery and cardiology) and the role that the medical engineer can play in them. A clinical module integrates lectures, practical work, demonstrations and projects through which you come into contact with medical specialists and become familiar with everyday work in the clinic. For example you will be present during visits, operations and current medical research. You will take two of the following three clinical modules: coronary and vascular diseases, oncology or neurology.

Internship opportunities

At the end of the first year you will follow an external internship. This internship allows you to deepen your knowledge of the clinical disciplines with which you have become familiar during the clinical modules in the first year. You will carry out research in this area over a period of 3 months, while working in a research group at a hospital, either in the Netherlands or abroad. This will give you a good impression of the current research projects. The internship will enable you to gain research experience and to develop the professional approach that you will need for your graduation project. The graduation project takes up the whole second year of the Master´s program.

Graduation project

An important aspect of your last year is the final project. The final project comprises your participation in clinical research. Often a short stay in the business community or abroad forms part of the final year. During your final phase you work together a lot with experienced researchers and medical specialists. In addition, attention is devoted to the latest developments in the clinical field. You conclude your project with a written report and an oral presentation.