Bioengineering for undergraduates

With a degree in bioengineering, you'll be part of extraordinary developments in science and technology. Bioengineers are in demand worldwide. They improve lives in all kinds of ways – designing medical instruments and artificial limbs, repairing body tissue and leading on breakthroughs in imaging techniques such as CT and MRI scanners.

Choose Sheffield and you'll be taught by leading experts in engineering, science and medicine. Our staff are at the forefront of developments across the spectrum of bioengineering. We'll keep you up to date with the very latest techniques and approaches in a rapidly changing field.

What is bioengineering?
Why bioengineering?

 

 

The career you want As a multiskilled engineer, you'll be in demand across a wide range of sectors. Many of our graduates work in healthcare, research or manufacturing, developing new ways to make our lives better. Others are valued in areas as diverse as education, management and finance. Our latest employment figures show that 94 per cent of our graduates have found employment within six months of finishing their degree. More about your career

Stand-out skills Our degrees challenge you to think creatively and scientifically. You'll become skilled at articulating your ideas and working in multidisciplinary teams. You'll also have the chance to lead on projects. Throughout, you'll use cutting-edge technology. So by the time you graduate, you'll have an impressive range of professional and technical skills under your belt. Whichever career path you choose, you'll stand out as a rounded and resourceful individual.

Case study Katie Hunt is a clinical scientist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. She works in a multidisciplinary team of engineers, physicists, technicians, radiographers and doctors.

"I absolutely loved my experience at the University of Sheffield. I made some really good friends in student accommodation in my first year and I met my (now) husband in the engineering department café! As well as my qualifications, my degree helped me improve my teamwork and communication skills, which have been vital in my career. I have to explain concepts to people with lots of different levels of understanding, from patients to physicists and engineers." More from Katie

 

State-of-the-art facilities

You'll be based on the engineering campus (left) in a new purpose-built study space for bioengineering, with the other engineering departments on your doorstep. Bioengineering is a multidisciplinary degree – that means you'll get to use state-of-the-art teaching and lab facilities across the whole Faculty of Engineering. Departments in medicine and science also contribute to your degree, so you'll have an impressive range of resources at your disposal.

With a café or study area in every engineering building – many with wi-fi access – you'll find space to unwind whenever you need it. And you'll be just a few minutes' walk from the centre of campus or the hub of student life on Sheffield's West Street.

 

All the support you need

We're a friendly and informal department that's all about sharing ideas.

Our academic staff will get to know you and support you in every way they can. And we have a dedicated team of support staff to look after you during your time here. To help you settle in, we run a mentoring scheme that pairs you with a second or third year student. Throughout your degree, you'll get advice and one-to-one support from your personal tutor.

There's a strong sense of community here at Sheffield – with social events and volunteer work bringing together engineering students from across the faculty.

And what about your wider community? As a Sheffield undergraduate you'll belong to a welcoming university and city – an outward-looking, international community where anything is possible.

Why you'll love the University
Why you'll love Sheffield

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