CEMACUBE
www.fbmi.cvut.cz
CEMACUBE
Common European Master’s Course in Biomedical Engineering
CEMACUBE
Rijksuniveriteit Groningen (NLD)
České vysoké učení technické v Praze (CZE)
Trinity College Dublin (IRL)
RWTH Aachen (DEU)
Universiteit Gent (BEL)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BEL)
CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
FACULTY OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
During this 3rd semester a proposal is prepared (5 ECTS) for the
Master’s project. First a topic is selected. All participating
universities will offer Master’s project topics, focussed on their
specialisations. Then a literature search is performed to become
familiar with the topic. This phase is finished by an extensive
formulation of the study subject and strategy.
SEMESTER 4 In the fourth and last semester (30 ECTS), an
individual Master’s project is performed. This project could be a
research assignment or a design assignment. During this Master’s
project all knowledge and skills learned in the first three
semesters are applied:
• to solve a problem by designing a device (in case of a design
assig-nment)
• to answer to a scientific question by performing scientific
research (in case of a research assignment).
Each student will have two supervisors, one from the institute
where the study is performed and one from another consortium
university. In the end the assessment will be done by a report
(thesis) and a presentation.
Each consortium university will offer individual Master‘s
projects in their own specialisation. Apart from the consortium
universities, you can also follow the Master‘s project at one of
the associated universities (Aalborg-DK, Calabria-I, Campiègne-F,
Patras-GR, Strathclyde-UK, Warsaw-PL, Zurich-CH).
For detailed information see: www.biomedicaltechnology.eu
CONTACTSphone: +420 312 608 308, +420 224 358 493e-mail:
[email protected]://www.biomedicaltechnology.eu
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CEMACUBE
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CEMACUBE
ABOUT CEMACUBE In September 2010 an Erasmus Mundus Master’s
course called CEMACUBE (Common European MAster’s CoUrse in
Biomedical Engineering) started, when the grant application,
submitted by University of Groningen and University Medical Centre
Groningen, was accepted. The goal of this course is to prepare
students from Europe and outside Europe for professions in
biomedical engineering.
For a single university it is difficult to have enough knowledge
of all sub-specia-lisations in biomedical engineering to teach
their students on an adequate level. Also the required European
scope is difficult to gain when students stick to a single
university. Therefore a consortium of 6 universities has joined
their knowledge and specific expertise into a 2-year European
Master’s in biomedical engineering.
During the first year (semester 1 and 2), a student will follow
lectures on all biomedical engineering subjects at one of the six
universities, the 3rd semester (s)he will move to another
participating university to follow lectures on a specific topic as
medical imaging, tissue engineering or artificial organs. The
fourth and last semester, a Master’s project will be performed on
this specia-lisation at one of the 6 participa-ting universities:
Groningen (the Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Dublin (Ireland),
Ghent and Brus-sels (Belgium) and Prague (Czech Republic). Each
student will receive a double degree. Admission criteria are: a
Bachelor in engineering and good knowledge of English (all teaching
will be given in English), a convincing motivation letter and
letters of reference.
Students that followed this European Master’s course in
biomedical engineering are trained with a European view,
experienced in intercultural and interdisciplinary teamwork. They
will have a broad overview of the entire field of BME.
ABOUT ERASMUS MUNDUS Erasmus Mundus Master Courses are funded by
the European Union (see
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_master_courses_en.php).
Together with 18 other Master programmes, CEMACUBE was selected in
2009 as a new Erasmus Mundus Masters programme that will be funded
for five years (and with possible extension of another 5
years).
The competition was fierce; only about 20% of the proposals for
new Erasmus Mundus Masters have been awarded funding.
Erasmus Mundus aims to enhance the quality of higher education
in Europe, and to promote dialogue and understanding between people
and cultures through cooperation with third-world countries. In
addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and
the international cooperation capacity of higher education
institutions in non-European countries by increasing mobility
between the European Union and these countries.
SEMESTER 1 & 2 During the first two semesters, in total 60
ECTS („credits“), each university gives course elements on basic
BME-topics. The content of those two semesters offered by each
consortium university is comparable and will contain the
following:
Medical course elements
• Anatomy and Histology
• (Patho)physiology
• Ethics
General engineering course elements
• Methodical Design
• Project Management
• Biochemistry
• Biotransport
• Working culture
Engineering course elements, focused on diagnostics
• Imaging Techniques
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Signal Analysis
Engineering course elements, focused on therapy
• Cell Biology
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
These course elements define the basic level of competence of
students. With these courses the student can follow every
specialisation, offered in the third semester.
TRAINEESHIP
A traineeship has to be followed in a hospital or industry. All
universities of the consortium have an extensive network of
contacts in hospitals and industries. You can think about a
traineeship at one of the following companies:
• Philips Medical Systems
• Siemens
• Medtronic
• Otto Bock
• Aesculap
• DePuy
• Linet
• BTL
Moreover we will use the extensive Eucomed network of European
medical tech-nology industries. And we will use the EEN-network of
mainly SME-companies.
Each university organises traineeships for the students that are
running semester 1 and 2. As a student, you should discuss your
traineeship with the local coor-dinator.
SEMESTER 3 In the third semester (30 ECTS), course elements on a
specific topic will be given. Each university offers several unique
specialisations based on keyline research, so that students get
state-of-the-art knowledge, preparing them optimally for future
developments in biomedical engineering.
University Specialisation
Aachen • Artificial and Bioartificial Organs
Dublin• Tissue Biomechanics & Regenerative Medicine
• Neural Engineering
Ghent• Radiation physics & Nuclear imaging processing
• Computational methods for medical applications
Groningen• Function Restoration Engineering
• Imaging Physics
Prague
• Medical Instrumentation
• Modern Physical Methods in BME
• Medical Imaging Instrumentation
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