The Master's in Translational Biomedical Engineering consists of nine courses (27 credits), including four required core courses, five complementary courses, and a semester-long industry internship (18 credits).
Master's in Translational Biomedical Engineering
Core Courses (12 credits)
Four required courses in translational biomedical engineering:
BMDE 653. Patents in Biomedical Engineering.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
This is a practical course on patents with emphasis on biomedical engineering applications. The course offers an overview of intellectual property, patents, and the patenting process. The course also provides insights into the strategies relating to commercialization and exploiting of patents, as well as enforcing patents. This
course is designed to help biomedical engineers who will encounter patents in their work and needs to understand the nature and the scope of the patent system, how patents are obtained, and how to commercially exploit a patent.
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BMDE 654. Biomedical Regulatory Affairs - Medical Devices.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Regulatory strategies and quality management systems are critical for medical device development. This course provides an overview of regulatory requirements, and familiarize students with the important ISO and IEC standards pertaining to medical device development. This course will provide biomedical engineers with an understanding of the regulatory and quality requirements to translate a medical device idea into a commercial product, and will draw upon the expertise of invited speakers currently working in the medical devices industry.
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BMDE 655. Biomedical Clinical Trials - Medical Devices.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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This course will train biomedical engineers to understand the clinical and business aspects of transferring a medical device idea into a commercial product. This course provides an overview of the pre‐clinical and clinical testing of medical devices, clinical trials, reimbursement systems, market analysis, sales models, and business models, as pertaining to medical devices. This course will also cover the design of randomized trials, including statistical principles, hypothesis postulating, bias minimization, and randomization methods.
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BMDE 656. Medical Device
Development Process.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Development of medical devices from concept to usage in humans. Overview of technical and regulatory processes to ensure safety and efficacy from the perspective of patients and users. Discussion of an existing medical device,
reviewing all steps of the design process and the required documentation for regulatory submission.
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Complementary Courses (15 Credits)
Additional complementary courses from specialized areas in biomedical engineering must be taken to make up the required credits:
List of Complementary BME Departmental Courses
List of Approved Complementary Courses in Other Departments
Industry Internship (18 Credits)
Experiential learning in the medical technology industry
BMDE 657. Biomedical Engineering Industry Internship.
Credits: 18
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
This course covers various aspects of translational biomedical engineering at an organization in the biomedical engineering industry (including private, public and non-governmental organizations), which includes applying engineering principles to design, develop, implement, or test biomedical engineering solutions as well as assume active roles in translational projects of biomedical engineering solutions at host organizations.
- Restrictions: This course is restricted to graduate students registered in the M.Sc.(A.) in Translational Biomedical Engineering; Non-Thesis.
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