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Biomedical Engineering

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) is an interdisciplinary program involving the application of Engineering principles and design concepts on Biology and Medicine for healthcare purposes, such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy of diseases. The primary mission of our BME program is to cultivate students with the cross-disciplinary expertise in biology, medicine, and engineering fields. The discipline of biomedical engineering aims to cultivate talented researchers with 1) a positive spirit and a responsible quality of good professional ethics; 2) basic knowledge and basic skills in medical electronics, medical materials, medical devices and medical big data processing, and be able to engage in biomedical engineering, Engineering and technical talents and leaders in the design, manufacture and application of biomaterials and medical devices; 3) Good at understanding and grasping the frontier development of biomedical engineering disciplines, with the ability to innovate in technology, apply biomedical engineering and solve practical problems; 4) Have Strong ability to acquire and apply new knowledge, academic communication ability, ability to cooperate with others and adapt to environmental changes.

 

Curriculum

Required courses

Group A courses

(MPhil students select at least 12 units; PhD students select at least 18 units)

Group B courses

Thesis Research

Advanced Biomedical Engineering

Principles of Entrepreneurship

Thesis Research II

Cell Acellular Therapy in Regenerative Medicine

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

Research Seminars I

Advanced Biomedical Imaging

Biomedical Engineering Ethics, Safety and Practice

Research Seminars II

Advanced Nanotechnology and Nanorobotics

Methods in Biomedical Engineering Research I

Responsible Conduct of Biological Science Research

Synthetic Biology

Methods in Biomedical Engineering Research II

Thesis Writing and Presentation

Advanced Biomaterials

Methods in Biomedical Engineering Research III

Civic Education courses

Applied Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering

 

Introduction to Medical Robotics

Advanced Biochemistry

 

Introduction to Haptics and Its Applications

Immunology

 

Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Diseases

Selected Topics in Bioinformatics Algorithms

 

Advanced Biosensing Technologies

Statistical Methods for Biomedical Sciences

 

Biomarker Development for Clinical Practice

The Biochemical Principles of Infectious Diseases and Their Treatments

 

Duration of Studies

Degree

Mode

Maximum Pre-Candidacy Period 1

Normative Period

Maximum Period

MPhil

Full- Time

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24 months

48 months

PhD (entering with a research master’s degree)

Full- Time

24 months 2

48 months

72 months

PhD (entering without a research master’s degree)

Full- Time

36 months 2,3

60 months

84 months

Notes:

  1. Maximum period to pass the candidacy requirement, counted from first entry.
  2. A student who fails to pass the candidacy requirement within the maximum pre-candidacy period is required to withdraw from PhD study.
  3. A student without a master's degree who fails to pass the candidacy requirement within the maximum pre-candidacy period is allowed to switch to MPhil study.

 

Credit Requirements

For MPhil students, minimum of 18 units are required from the list of lecture courses as below, with at least 12 units to be selected from Group A, and some units are required from thesis research courses.

For PhD students, minimum of 27 units are required from the list of lecture courses as below, with at least 18 units to be selected from Group A, and some units are required from thesis research courses.

For all graduate students (applicable to all students with Chinese nationality, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents) admitted in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in 2021-22 and thereafter, Civic Education (CE) courses are required.

 

Fees and Financial Aid

The tuition for both M.Phil. and Ph.D. students is RMB115,000 per year. CUHK-Shenzhen may offer various kinds of financial supports to selected applicants: 

Scholarship Type

Offers

Requirements

Presidential Fellowship

After-tax stipend of RMB180,000/Year

To work as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for a total of four semesters (summer counts as one semester) during the fellowship period

PGS Scholarship I

A full tuition waiver

 (RMB 115,000)

To serve as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Research Assistant (RA) to earn monthly stipends

PGS Scholarship II

A half tuition waiver

 (RMB 57,500)

The student may serve as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Research Assistant (RA) to earn monthly stipends

Each fellowship and scholarship will be offered for a duration of up to 4 years, subject to annual review. Fellowships and PGS scholarships are available to all applicants. The selection is based on merit and no separate application is required.

 

Application Procedure

  1. Contact the supervisor first.
  2. Please go to https://pgapply.cuhk.edu.cn/ (*Please note that all original documents will be checked at the time of enrollment. Any misrepresentation in the documents and information provided will result in disqualification of their applications and subsequent enrollments in the University).
  3. For both PhD and MPhil programme, there might be an interview administered by the programme.

 

Application Requirements

For the PhD Stream, applicants should have:

(i) a Master's degree from recognized university category A, 985, 211 for domestic university; or

(ii) graduated from recognized university and obtained a Bachelor's degree, normally with honours not lower than Second Class or equivalent; or

(iii) graduated from an honours programme of recognized university with a Bachelor's degree, normally achieving an average grade of GPA≥3.2/4.0 or equivalent;

(iv) completed a course of study in a tertiary educational institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications equivalent to an honours degree.

(v) fulfilled the 'English Language Proficiency Requirement':

 

The applicant should either:

· possess a pass grade in English in one of the following examinations:

       Hong Kong Advanced Level Exam. (AS Level)

       Hong Kong Higher Level Exam.

       CUHK Matriculation Exam., or

· achieve Level 4 or above in the English Language subject of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination; or

· have a degree from CUHK(SZ), or recognized university with English as teaching language, or

· submit one of the following original score reports/certificates for assessment by the Programme concerned:      

 

   TOEFL* (not lower than 550 paper-based; 213 computer-based; and 79 internet-based)

   GMAT (Verbal, not lower than 21)

   IELTS (Academic) (not lower than Band 6.5

* Due to COVID-19 pandemic, subject to the University’s approval, the University accepts, on a temporary basis and for those students who are admitted to postgraduate programmes in the 2023-24 intake, the following online English tests as an alternative to fulfil the University’s English Language Requirements.

i. TOEFL-iBT Home Edition Overall 79

ii. IELTS Indicator: Overall 6.5

iii. IELTS Online: Overall 6.5

iv. GMAT Online Examination: Band 21 (Verbal)

 

Contact Us

Telephone: 0755-235 19023

Email: pg_med@cuhk.edu.cn

 

 

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