College of Engineering - Biomedical Engineering

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Introduction

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) is established in 1972 and is the first BME Program in Taiwan. Currently, BME/CYCU offers BS, MS, and Ph.D. program. Biomedical engineering combines engineering expertise with medical needs for the enhancement of health care. It is a branch of engineering in which knowledge and skills are developed and applied to define and solve problems in Biology and medicine. Biomedical engineers may be called upon to design instruments and devices, to bring together knowledge from multidiscipline to develop new procedures, or to carry out research to acquire knowledge needed to solve new problems. Currently, BME/CYCU offers BS, MS, and P.D. programs. Areas of graduate study and research include medical instrumentation, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bio-signal and medical image processing, Biophotonics, cellular and tissue engineering.

Departmental History

  • The first Department of Biomedical Engineering is founded at Chung Yuan in 1972.
  • The Graduate Program of Master is established in 1983
  • The PhD degree of Biomedical Engineering program was first offered at Institute of Applied Physics in 1992.
  • The doctoral program of Biomedical Engineering is formally established in 1997.
  • The first ABET accredited engineering department in 2004.

Mission

The mission of the Biomedical Engineering Department is to pursue excellence in Biomedical engineering education, research, and innovation; creating and imparting knowledge for improving society, human health, and health care.

Objectives

The Objectives of the Biomedical Engineering Department is to

  • Educate undergraduate students for productive careers and life-long learning, especially in the health-related areas of industry, the professions, and government service;
  • Educate Biomedical engineering graduate students for employment in industry, health professions, government, or academe;
  • Emphasize preparation for leadership roles for all levels of students;
  • Engage in research to support the advanced education of graduate students, maintain the intellectual vitality of the faculty, and expand the frontiers of knowledge in areas of importance to the state and nation;
  • Publish and present the results of our intellectual activities, resulting from both research and teaching advances;
  • Serve our profession through membership and leadership in national and international societies, and serve our wider constituencies by offering our expertise to other health-related professionals, industries, and state and local communities.

Future Prospects

A Biomedical engineering education prepares you for a range of career prospects. Entry-level Biomedical engineering positions include:Staff engineer for a company in the medical device, Biomedical imaging, or pharmaceutical industry. Software engineer; clinical engineer.Technical sales engineer, marketing trainee, or management trainee in a Bioengineering company. Consultant in a healthcare company or investment group.Researcher/engineer in a research lab of a hospital, university, government agency, or military. You might perform research around a certain disease / organ system, help bring a new product to market, or assist in the development of a new technology or research device.

The future of Biomedical engineering at CYCU is bright. Our plan is to continue our expanding research horizons to include teams of researchers in several major areas that include the medical electronics, medical informatics, Biomaterial, Bionano technologies, and tissue engineering. These areas are excellent match with the forthcoming Biomedical device industry lead by the national science counsel and ministry of economical affairs. We sincerely invite you to explore the opportunities in Biomedical engineering with us.

Undergraduate

B.S. of Engineering
Required Credits for Graduation
To receive the B.S. degree, the student must complete 140 credit units at least. Among these, 110 units are from required courses and 30 units from elective courses.

Minimum Credits for Graduation    140
Course Type Credit Number
1. General Core Courses 20
2. Professional Core Courses 76
3. Professional Elective Courses at least 30
4. Elective Courses for General Education 14

International Student Application

2013/5/1-2013/11/30 Spring term (class start from Feb, 2014)
2013/12/1-2013/4/30 Fall term (class start from Sep, 2013)

All the applicants are required to go through the on-line application system, upload all the required documents to this on-line application system and submit the hardcopy of application materials to:
Office of International and Cross-Strait Education
Chung Yuan Christian University
200 Chung Pei Rd., Chungli 32023 Taiwan, R.O.C.
On-line Application Website: http://ias.cycu.edu.tw/index.php/

Facilities The course laboratories provide the undergraduate students hand-on experiments. They are primarily for the purpose of facilitating course teaching. These include one animal laboratory and the laboratories for:

  1. Electronics and Instrumentations
  2. Computer Programming
  3. Physiology
  4. Bio-mechanics
  5. Biotechnology Reagent

Scholarships for Undergraduate

  1. Memorial Scholarships for Hsun-Ho Lee/li>
  2. Memorial Scholarships for Bing-Nan Hung
  3. Biosystems Inc. Scholarships
  4. Clinico Scholarships

Graduate

The Institute offers both Master (M.S.) and Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree programs. Approximately 140 masters, 20 doctoral, and a few foreign students are admitted in recent year. The students are from engineering, science, Biology and medicine backgrounds. The academic year begins in September and ends in June of the following year.
Doctor of Philosophy
To receive the Ph.D. degree, the students must fulfill course requirement, pass comprehensive examinations, and complete a dissertation oral examination. The course requirement includes 38 credit units other than two dissertation courses. Among the 38 units, four units are required and attributed from four seminar courses. The comprehensive examinations consist of two parts: a written examination of four subjects and an oral examination of dissertation proposal. The completion of the comprehensive examinations within four years is a must. The students must pass the dissertation oral defense examination and file the dissertation before the end of the seventh year in order to receive the Ph.D. degree.
Master of Science
To receive the M.S. degree, the students must fulfill course requirement and complete thesis oral examination. The course requirement includes 24 credit units other than two thesis courses. Among the 24 units, two units are required and attributed from two seminar courses. Before the students take the thesis oral defense examination, an oral thesis proposal must be completed one semester before hand.
International Student Application

2013/5/1-2013/11/30 Spring term (class start from Feb, 2014)
2013/12/1-2013/4/30 Fall term (class start from Sep, 2013)

All the applicants are required to go through the on-line application system, upload all the required documents to this on-line application system and submit the hardcopy of application materials to:
Office of International and Cross-Strait Education
Chung Yuan Christian University
200 Chung Pei Rd., Chungli 32023 Taiwan, R.O.C.
On-line Application Website: http://ias.cycu.edu.tw/index.php/

Laboratory
There are 16 research laboratories which are in charge by each individual faculty members. The main function of these facilities is for the undergraduate and graduate students to perform independent research. These include:

  1. Artificial Organs / Medical Biotech Laboratory
  2. Bio-Imaging Processing Laboratory
  3. Biomedical Informatics Laboratory
  4. Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory
  5. Biomedical Optics and Transducer Laboratory
  6. Bio-Microelectronics Laboratory
  7. Cardiovascular Signal Processing Laboratory
  8. Cellular Engineering Laboratory
  9. Frontier Materials Laboratory
  10. Nano Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
  11. Neurophysiology and Tissue Engineering Laboratory
  12. Traditional Chinese Medicine System Laboratory
  13. Bio-signal processing Laboratory
  14. Surface Modification and Mechanics of Biomaterials Laboratory
  15. Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Core Laboratory
  16. Microscale Nanomedicine Research Laboratory

Scholarships for graduate

  1. Alcon Scholarships
  2. Peimei Shinemound Enterprise Inc.Scholarships

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TEL:886-3-265-4501
Fax:886-3-265-4599
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