BSc Biomedical Engineering
March 5, 2025 2025-03-11 12:31BSc Biomedical Engineering
Innovating Healthcare with Biomedical Engineering
Advancing Healthcare with Technology
Given the current global health crisis, it has become more incumbent to marry health science and engineering to expedite the solution-finding process of health-related issues.
The world is now experiencing the innovation of cutting-edge technologies to tackle the challenges faced in the health sector from the wheelchair that aids movement to the pain relievers that rests on our tables. The world is redefining quality human health with the birth of biomedical engineers who harness their creative skills and knowledge to reshape the areas of biology and medicine.
BSc Biomedical Engineering at ACity
Aimed at revolutionizing medical care in Africa, students of ACity’s top-end BSc Biomedical Engineering program will be dedicated to the design, analysis and modeling, programming, integration of AI, Biomedical data and informatics to develop medical systems, devices and equipment to manage, and improve healthcare delivery.
The creatively carved 70% practical program blends elements of Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical and Robotics to open new career avenues for students in medical devices development, medical data informatics, tissue engineering, rehabilitation medicine and the design of advanced prosthetics, especially for emerging markets.
Top Careers In Biomedical Engineering
There are many career options to be considered in the field of biomedical engineering! You can save lives too by being any of these after 4 years as a Biomed Engineering student in ACity.
- Biosignal and Medical Image Processing Specialist
- Product Development Engineer
- Biomechanics Specialist
- Medical Technologist Biosafety Manager
- Tissue and Organ Engineer
- Biomedical Researcher
Entry Requirements
Minimum C6 in 6 subjects including 3 core subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated/General Science) and 3 elective subjects. (Physics, Elective Mathematics + Chemistry OR any other elective relevant to the chosen Program)
Minimum D or a pass in 6 subjects including 3 core subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated/General Science) and 3 elective subjects. (Physics, Elective Mathematics + Chemistry OR any other elective relevant to the chosen Program)
Minimum of 5 credit passes in the IGCSE/O-Levels (Mathematics and English mandatory) and 3 passes in the A-Levels. (Elective/Add/Further Mathematics and Physics mandatory).
Minimum of 5 credit passes in the IGCSE/O-Levels (Mathematics and English mandatory) and a minimum score of 4 points in 3 Higher Level (HL) subjects. (Elective/Add/Further Mathematics and Physics mandatory)
Minimum of 50% overall average pass. (subject to approval NAB) Mathematics, English and Physics mandatory
Minimum GPA of 3.0 (Mathematics, English and Physics mandatory)
Electives
Course Outline
- Communication Skills
- French Language
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) Seminar I
- Introduction to Programming with Python
- Technology and Society
- Physics I: Mechanics
- Pre-Calculus (with MATLAB)
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) Seminar II
- Logic and Critical Thinking
- Text and Meaning
- Introduction to Multidisciplinary Design
- Programming in C
- Physics II: Electromagnetic Field Theory
- Principles of Chemistry I
- Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (with MATLAB)
- Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) I
- Leadership Seminar I
- Physics III: Optics Principles of Chemistry II
- Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (with MATLAB)
- Circuit Theory
- Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD and CAM)
- Engineering Thermodynamics
- African Studies
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) II
- Applied Linear Algebra (with MATLAB)
- Probability, Statistics and Reliability (with MATLAB)
- Analogue and Digital Electronics Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- Leadership Seminar II
- System Dynamics
- Differential Equations (with MATLAB)
- Numerical Methods (with MATLAB)
- Biochemistry
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Sensor and Bioinstrumentation I
- Signals and Systems
- Project Management, Engineering Economics and Risk Analysis
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
- Digital Signal Processing Industry Internship
- Research Methodology
- Sensor and Bioinstrumentation II
- Biomechanics
- Biomedical Data Analysis with AI
- Medical Devices and Technologies
- Project Phase I
- Quantitative Physiology
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Professional Ethics and Values
- Advances in Imaging Technologies: Neuroimaging
- Medical Image Processing
- Project Phase II
- Real-Time Digital Signal Processing
Why ACity
- Home to students from over 23 countries across africa
- Houses a digital makerspace and a technology & Entrepreneurial center for creative freedom & innovation
- A fully digitized campus with the fattest internet speed in a ghanaian university
- Experienced Faculty with industry experience. Student-to-faculty ratio 5:1
- 70% practical lessons
- Every ACitizen has the opportunity to do a work placement every vacation
