1. SAINT PETERSBURG STATE
ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY “LETI”
DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Master degree program “Bioengineering Systems and Technologies of Rehabilitation And Prosthetics”

2. ETU “LETI”– traditions and innovations
ETU “LETI” is the oldest Electrotechnical University in Europe (it was founded in 1886)
The radio inventor Alexander Popov was the first elected director of the University
Professor Zhores I. Alferov, a graduate and the former Head of the ETU Optoelectronics Department, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Herbert Kroemer (2000)
Today about students, including international students from different countries, study at LETI simultaneously.
Today the staff of LETI includes about 2300 people with more than 900 professors and PhDs, 20 laureates of national and international Prizes and 5 correspondent members of Russian Academy of Science

3. Department of Bioengineering Systems - Education and RESEARCH since 1962
The first department in the Soviet Union which started training in the field of biomedical engineering
Currently one of the leading departments in the sphere of biomedical engineering in Russia
Today the staff includes 12 Professors and 7 Associate Professors
There are 3 levels of education: a Bachelor’s program – 4 years, 3 Master’s programs –
2 years, and a postgraduate program “Devices, systems and products for medical use”
Since 2014 a new English language master degree program “Bioengineering Systems and Technologies for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation” has been available

4. Bioengineering systems and technologies for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation
Extent of the Program:120 ECTS credits, duration: 2 years (full-time studies)
Students get knowledge of prosthetics objects modeling and rehabilitation bioengineering systems design. They get skills of practical work with modern technologies and systems for disabled patient examination, ability of carrying out scientific research during the development of new rehabilitation systems.
The basis of the program was developed in 2006 as Tempus Joint Project #27097 “Developing capability in Orthotic and Prosthetic Education for the Russian Federation” in close collaboration with the University of Salford
The program is implemented in collaboration with the ETU “LETI” Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Graphics

5. Program structure (in ECTS)
Educational programs of «LETI» are constantly modernized, following the principle «Training through research»

6. Program curriculum General Personal projects Professional course

7. Educational process

8. Science groups and laboratories
Portable systems for remote monitoring of patient state guided by prof. Zafar M. Yuldashev
Biomechanics and Biomechanical
Simulation of Prosthetics Objects
guided by prof. P. Begun
(ETU Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Graphics)
Technologies of prosthetics and rehabilitation
guided by prof. Ludmila M. Smirnova

9. Science groups and laboratories
Biomedical signal processing
guided by prof. Anatoliy P. Nemirko
Simulation in Bioengineering Systems
guided by prof. Y. Senkevich
Medical decision support systems
guided by as. prof. Elena V. Sadykova

10. Partners of the Program
St. Petersburg Scientific and Practical Centre of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation named after G. A. Albrecht (St. Petersburg)
Federal Almazov Medical Research Center (St. Petersburg)
The University of Salford (Manchester, UK)
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland)
Wien University of Applied Sciences (Wien, Austria)
Prague Technical University (Prague, the Czech Republic)

11. Possible Scientific directions of the master degree
1 . Feet scan analysis in static position and movement
2. Computer analysis of patient’s body position in the space

12. Possible Scientific directions of the master degree
3. Biomechanical simulation of prosthetics objects
4. Students can carry out their master thesis in other scienctific groups of the department or its partners (Federal Almazov Medical Research Center, Scientific and Practical Centre of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation named after G. A. Albrecht )

13. INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE LIFE
Invited foreign professors
Annual Russian-German Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Double degree and exchange student programs

14. Career prospects Types of graduates professional activity:
Places where to work:
Technical maintenance of high-technology and science-intensive medical devices
Development of new medical devices
Research in the field of Rehabilitation And Prosthetics
Medical centers
Industrial enterprises and firms
Certification, standardization and testing of medical devices
Scientific and research centers

15. International Summer School at ETU “LETI”
The program offers courses in 3 modules:
Bioengineering Systems and Technologies of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics
Economics and Management
International Business Communication
The modules give a taste of Master programs in English
You can choose any subject from any module and combine them
Various cultural activities are also provided
Summer is the best time to visit St. Petersburg. Summer school takes place every year in the first half of July
For more information please contact Ms. Tatiana S. Zharova

16. Thank you for the attention and see you among our students!
Know more at
Contact us:
Ms. Anna Y. Glazova,
the coordinator of the Master’s program