Sept 2023 Entry
Programme code: JS31504 years
Accumulation of at least 121 (for Biomedical Engineering stream students) or 131 (for Biomedical Engineering with Prosthetics and Orthotics stream students) credits plus 5 Industrial Centre training credits and 4 (for Biomedical Engineering stream students) or 8 (for Biomedical Engineering with Prosthetics and Orthotics stream students) Work-Integrated Education training credits for the award of BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Hin Chung LAU
Biomedical engineering is recognised around the world as one of the fastest growing areas of innovation. It covers a wide spectrum of applications, such as devices used by health professionals in their diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative practices; implants that are placed in patients for their health maintenance; prostheses, orthoses and assistive devices that are used by people with special needs to facilitate their daily activities; and healthcare products and exercise equipment for general health promotion.
This developing global field requires professionals who understand both the health issues that motivate these technologies and the engineering solutions that they offer. It needs individuals with a solid foundation in both health sciences and engineering technologies.
Our BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering curriculum prepares students for such a challenging career. They have opportunities to take subjects in both life sciences and engineering and to integrate these concepts into interdisciplinary applications to improve human health.
In addition to building foundational knowledge through classes on campus, students engage in practical learning through an industrial internship/clinical attachment (a 280 hour industrial internship for BME stream students and a 560 hour clinical attachment for BME with P&O stream students). These internships/attachments offer good opportunities for students to put what they have learned into practice and accumulate work experience for their future careers. The internships/attachments take place in industry settings and hospitals, and some of our students participate in overseas placements (e.g. in Canada, China, Czech Republic, Japan, Singapore, the UK and the USA).
Exchange opportunities are available with our overseas partner institutes:
Students also have opportunities to join the Faculty-level and University-level exchange programmes.
Information on the subjects offered can be obtained here.
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Scheme in Biomedical Engineering
Only students with a cumulative GPA of 2.70 or above can be considered for the enrollment of one of the below-mentioned Secondary Major:
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Remarks
The Secondary Major-offering Department may set a quota and additional admission requirements apart from the above GPA requirement. Students must apply to and obtain approval from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, not later than the commencement of the second year of study, to be admitted to the Secondary Major.
Professional Recognition
Re-accreditation will be sought from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) for this programme.
Students who complete the prosthetics or orthotics courses offered in the programme are eligible to sit the certification examination of the Hong Kong Society of Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists (HKSCPO). The programme has also been accredited by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) as a Category I professional programme.
Career Prospects
Professional Engineering Practice
Professional Clinical Practice
Basic and Applied Research in Engineering, Biology or Medicine
Please click here to view the entrance requirements for Non-JUPAS applicants.
Other Information
For further information, please contact:
The General Office (tel.: 3400 8577; email: bme.info@polyu.edu.hk).
The Biomedical Engineering (BME) programme offered at PolyU prepares students for numerous career opportunities. The combination of academic studies in multiple disciplines providing knowledge and practical training delivering experience supplies students with the tools necessary to thrive in the future.
There are many opportunities to assist professors in their many projects. Personally, during my first year of study, I had the opportunity to co-author a paper on individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation with Dr. Kobayashi from PolyU, a Ph.D. student, and Dr. Hobara and his team from Japan. PolyU also has funded an initiative called the Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scheme which allowed my friends and me to propose a project to create a novel ankle-foot orthosis. The project was approved and we were provided with adequate funding, as well as a scholarship that could be used for personal monetary needs. We hope to produce a successful product at the end of our funding next year.
Hong Kong is a vibrant city filled with opportunities and fun activities. My classmates are extremely friendly and I have made many friends from many different backgrounds. I hope to meet you too at PolyU! KOH Wen Pin Mark |  202324 200X200.png) |
 | PolyU’s Biomedical Engineering programme is ideal for students who wish to obtain a variety of interdisciplinary knowledge and pursue a flexible career path. By taking courses from various disciplines, students are able to think about innovative ways to apply their knowledge in the fields of medicine and healthcare.
During my studies, I have had a lot of opportunities to test my ideas and challenge myself academically through freshman projects and sophomore year R&D projects. These hands-on projects have given me a better understanding of the technical and nontechnical aspects of implementing an idea. Beyond mandatory projects, BME is always excited to see its students step out of their comfort zones and take part in co-curricular activities. For example, I joined Dr Wen’s laboratory last year as a student assistant and translated my work into a project for a start-up company founded by a graduate of BME (Toby Li). I plan to build on this work in my capstone project in the coming year!
As well as preparing students to excel as professionals, PolyU encourages students to develop healthy habits and become well-rounded individuals. I joined the University’s men’s tennis team three years ago, in my freshman year. I have continued to train and compete ever since I am blessed to have such wonderful teammates and coaches, who are a big part of my university life. SZE Sheung Wang, Selwyn |
Due to my passion for solving clinical problems with biomedical knowledge, I enrolled in the BSc(Hons) in Biomedical Engineering with Prosthetics and Orthotics at PolyU. Since then, I have won a place on the Dean’s Honours List and acquired a plethora of student, research, and entrepreneurship achievements.
The Road to Becoming a Clinical Practitioner and Researcher I have always aspired to become a frontline clinical practitioner to help those in need. Therefore, I decided to take an additional specialist subject, Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O). During clinical attachments, I identified shortcomings in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) disease management in hospitals. To help address these issues, I decided to leverage a self-learned artificial intelligence (AI) tool in my capstone project, entitled “A Time-dependent Machine-learning-based Prediction System for Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis”, under the supervision of Dr Chunyi Wen, BME Assistant Professor. This AI-based system helps predict a person’s likelihood of developing KOA with interpretable results, which could prove to be a valuable tool for devising accurate and personalised KOA therapeutic plans.
Based on the success of this project, I was invited to speak at an international medical congress and authored two scholarly papers. My project, representing the Faculty of Engineering, was also recognised by PolyU under the Outstanding Work by Students scheme. The project write-up was archived by the University Library in 2020 – one of only 16 accepted that year.
I continued my academic journey by pursuing a part-time MPhil in Biomedical Engineering and developed a KOA prognostic model for primary healthcare to aid community-based disease screening. I also became a prosthetist–orthotist to gain clinical exposure and networking opportunities.
My BME Entrepreneurship Adventure Building on my undergraduate capstone project, I co-founded the company Clinical AI Research Limited (CLAIRE) with the vision of using AI to solve clinical problems and thereby ameliorating chronic disease management whilst also safeguarding public health. Endorsed by the Department, I started to enter local and international competitions. Thanks to the hard work of my talented team and academic support from the Department, CLAIRE is now on the way to becoming a successful start-up company. It has received five entrepreneurship awards and four innovation awards so far, and its findings have been covered in two academic presentations, four project showcases, and four items of media coverage. LI Ho Hin, Toby |  |
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