School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering About this course Biomedical industries provide a rich diversity of challenging scientific problems. These challenges may have a medical, biochemical or materials flavour, but the approach required to solve them is interdisciplinary, demanding an understanding of a range of concepts. The industry is looking for multidisciplinary skills to develop products that are in contact with tissue. This requires expertise in materials science, biochemistry and cell biology. This course integrates concepts from materials science and biochemistry with relevant cell biology providing the student with the ideal tools for the Biomedical industry. Teaching is delivered in collaboration with the Schools of Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry. The course provides a balanced set of core modules giving a basic understanding of material, medical, biochemical and chemical sciences. There are specific modules on medical materials and on the biological applications of biomaterials. The latter module links research at the cellular level with clinical applications of biomaterials and includes clinical visits to operations. Special features of the course The School of M3 is one of the largest schools in the university. We have an ideal combination of scientists and engineers to deliver this multidisciplinary course. This is supported by the strong research base in Bioengineering within the school. Students are subjected to a wide range of teaching approaches from lectures and tutorials to individual supervised projects in their final year. Outside speakers, surgeons and visits to operations are contained in the key modules specific to the course and allow students to experience the larger picture in Biomedical Materials Science from medical and industrial viewpoints. We welcome students wishing to take industrial placements as gap years either before commencing their degree or between years of the course. We work with Year in Industry ( which is able to assist students in finding placements. We’re looking for highly motivated students fascinated by the challenges of engineering. Our typical entry grades are BBB. We offer attractive bursaries to high flying students in all years of the course. Plasma spray deposition of bio-compatible surface. BSc Biomedical Materials Science UCAS code BJ85 School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Artificial heart valve. Electron micrograph of cells attaching to a bio- surface. Bone implants.

School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Year 1 You will combine study of the structure and properties of materials, which include ceramics, metals and polymers, with cell biology and chemistry. Your study for the year will also include an introduction to medical materials and consolidation of mathematical skills. Year 2 You will develop your materials knowledge to understand the interrelationship between the principles, processing and properties of materials and materials characterisation techniques. You will also study how biomaterials are formed into medical devices. Study of human physiology, protein function, immunobiology and further cell biology and biochemistry will prepare you for year three. Year 3 In this exciting year all your hard work is pulled together through (i) a cutting edge research project often within a team sponsored by industry or government funding and (ii) specific study of biological applications of biomaterials. These two areas cover approximately half the mark weighting for this year. The rest of your studies include modules on advanced materials and biomechanics with a range of options which you can tailor to your interests such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, fibre reinforced composites and further biology options. In addition to the normal modes of study you will attend medical device implantation operations, receive talks from surgeons and industrialists who use biomaterials in their work, and present your research both in a dissertation and as an oral presentation. School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Year 1 Molecular Structure & Bonding Human Structure and Function for Engineers Cell Structure and Function for Engineers Introduction to Materials and Materials Forming Chemical Equilibria, Rate Processes & Spectroscopy Introductory Laboratory Work Genes & Cellular Control 1 Reactivity of Organic Molecules & Co-ordination Chemistry: Basic Theory & Practice Introduction to Medical Materials Year 2 Introductory Human Physiology & Pharmacology 1 Proteins: Structure & Function Engineering Biomaterial Structures Materials in Design Mechanical Behaviour of Alloys Processing and Properties of Materials Introductory Human Physiology & Pharmacology 2 Immunobiology & Human Disease 1 Signals & Metabolic Regulation Mechanical Behaviour of Non- Metallic Materials Year 3 BSc Materials under Stress Biomedical Applications of Biomaterials Individual Research Project Materials in Service Biomechanics Module Options Year 3 Options include: 20 credits from: Polymer Engineering, Conservation and Recycling of Materials, Advanced Drug Delivery 1, Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design 1, Principles of Gene Function, High Performance Ceramics and Glasses, Surface Engineering and Characterisation, Advanced Materials Characterisation, Information Technology for Engineering, Inter-faculty Language Module A 10 credits from: Fibre Reinforced Composites Engineering, Toxicology: Clinical, Environmental & Experimental aspects, Joining Technology, Immunobiology 2 Advanced Materials Characterisation (Short), Inter-faculty Language Module B