Overview

Equip yourself with the right technical expertise and skills for your field of choice with the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours). With placements, internships, international study tours and tons of hands-on experience, Swinburne Engineering is simply second-to-none for Work Integrated Learning. Come graduation, you’ll be ready to take on your chosen career – and the world.

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Your major

Biomedical

Learn to improve health care and quality of life through the application of electrical, electronics and systems engineering in medicine and biology. You’ll develop and use the newest technologies and round out your knowledge with real-world learning experiences. Featuring an array of industry-linked project opportunities, a Swinburne biomedical major gets you ready for the real world. Graduates are eligible to apply for graduate membership of Engineers Australia.

Your industry experience

Build up your CV with real industry experience through our Work Integrated Learning programs, guaranteed in all bachelor degrees, which include placements, internships, or industry-linked projects. In this degree, you'll apply your learning in eight professionally focused, industry-linked projects, with guaranteed industry-based projects every semester starting from year 1.

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Skills you’ll learn

  • Applying engineering principles to health
  • Fundamental physiology principles
  • Medical and prosthetic device creation
  • Design and manufacturing processes
  • Medical imaging principles
  • AI and machine learning techniques

Your career opportunities

  • Biomedical engineer
  • Clinical engineer
  • Medical device designer
  • Medical electronics engineer

Key codes

CRICOS course code
107337H
VTAC Code (IFP)
3400210743
VTAC Code (CSP)
3400210741
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Professional accreditations

Why Swinburne?

86.1% of graduates found employment within 4 months of completing their course

#45 for Automation and Control

Ranked Top 75 in Civil Engineering

ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022

Top 100 for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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