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What university is good for biomedical engineering?

Hi, I'm currently doing my A Levels and want to go into biomedical engineering. I've been browsing unis and booked open days but wanted some advice on which are the best?
Imperial Kings UCL Manny Oxford

I'm a biomedical engineering offer holder. :smile:
Original post by TastyPinkHair
Imperial Kings UCL Manny Oxford

I'm a biomedical engineering offer holder. :smile:


Ooh thanks for the advice! I'm actually going to an open day at Kings next week. What uni are you going to then?
Original post by angelcake218
Ooh thanks for the advice! I'm actually going to an open day at Kings next week. What uni are you going to then?


UCL... If I get the grade :frown:

Enjoy!
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Depends what you're looking for, if you're looking for a course with a decent amount of bio content rather than just mech/materials/EEE in the biomedical context then your choices are very limited, pretty much just Imperial and Sheffield from the courses I've seen so far. BioE is a difficult one to have a good course for because of the very interdisciplinary nature of it, you need good mechanical, biomedical, materials, and electrical departments, they then need to be good in the right areas (fluid dynamics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, embedded systems, medical devices, medical imaging), and then all those departments need to work well together.

To comment on TastyPinkHair's choices: Kings' course is very, very EEE focused and their mech/mat/bio content is limited with mat and fluid dynamics content not coming in until years 3/4, their final year also contains both the individual project and group project which means your final year is going to suck. I don't really want to comment on UCL as their reputation has been quite mixed for engineering which makes it difficult to keep track of which disciplines they're good at, which they're bad at, and whether they've improved, their module list is also not particularly informative. Manc doesn't do Biomedical Engineering at undergrad so I'm a bit confused there, unless they've applied to Biotech which is a completely different degree. Oxford doesn't allow specialisation until 4th year and their reputation for engineering is take it or leave it relative to other subjects at Oxford.
Thank you all so much for the advice and such detailed replies! It's definitely helped. Other unis i'm looking at are Leeds, Queen Mary and Surrey. Are they good?


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Original post by angelcake218
Thank you all so much for the advice and such detailed replies! It's definitely helped. Other unis i'm looking at are Leeds, Queen Mary and Surrey. Are they good?


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Surrey looks good although maybe not as structured/focused as I would like in a course during later years. Leeds doesn't seem to have that great a course structure, the 4th year is 50% group project which would not really be ideal, the 3rd year options are also pretty weird as your only options are imaging related but you can only do one of them. QM is ok, they place what I would call core topics very late on in the degree though, and even then they're optional.
Since your an offer holder did you do an interview what was it like any advice
Original post by amal99
Since your an offer holder did you do an interview what was it like any advice


I didn't have any interview. All what you need to do is write a personal statement. I had no work experience but did plenty of research and managed to get into UCL biomedical engineering offer (the other universities wouldn't have taken me as they want all acience subjects. I did art maths and physics so didn't apply for them). Make it packed and related to engineering! They didn't make the offers until February and I received an offer then.
Original post by TastyPinkHair
Imperial Kings UCL Manny Oxford

I'm a biomedical engineering offer holder. :smile:


What is Manny?
Original post by Wired_1800
What is Manny?


Manchester
Original post by TastyPinkHair
I didn't have any interview. All what you need to do is write a personal statement. I had no work experience but did plenty of research and managed to get into UCL biomedical engineering offer (the other universities wouldn't have taken me as they want all acience subjects. I did art maths and physics so didn't apply for them). Make it packed and related to engineering! They didn't make the offers until February and I received an offer then.

I took a level math biology and Chem I can come up with a solid personal statement and have no work experience you've given me hope thank you
I get so nervous at interview.
Original post by amal99
I took a level math biology and Chem I can come up with a solid personal statement and have no work experience you've given me hope thank you
I get so nervous at interview.


No problem!!
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Original post by TastyPinkHair
I didn't have any interview. All what you need to do is write a personal statement. I had no work experience but did plenty of research and managed to get into UCL biomedical engineering offer (the other universities wouldn't have taken me as they want all acience subjects. I did art maths and physics so didn't apply for them). Make it packed and related to engineering! They didn't make the offers until February and I received an offer then.


What were your predicted grades if you don't mind me asking? x
Hey guys!

And what about strathclyde?
any 2019 applicants/ offer holders?
Original post by sachinihimara
any 2019 applicants/ offer holders?


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