Master Degree Medical Device Engineering
One-year program
RESEARCH-ORIENTED PROGRAM: MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING
The Master in Medical Device Engineering is a research-oriented program in the medical device field: equipment, software, implanted and connected. The program covers the entire medical device life cycle: development, production, regulatory affairs, commercialization and clinical use. The job opportunities are wide: the students can continue on a PhD, they can work in R&D in big companies or in SMB/SMI in the health industry.
The program starts in September for a duration of 1 year and delivers 60 ECTS credits.
Courses of the Medical Device Engineering master are provided by academics from research laboratories of the Université de Lyon and professionals from the medical device industry.
All the courses from the Master Medical Device Engineering are delivered in English. You can tailor the program according to your professional project. You will be able to choose your courses from a wide selection.
Program
See the following table
Basis of bibliography research project - 3 ECTS
Health product regulation and innovation course - 3 ECTS
Internship medical imaging signal systems - 30 ECTS
Master thesis – 9 ECTS
Focalized destruction of cancer - 3 ECTS
Ionising Imaging - 3 ECTS
Ultrasonic Imaging and Therapy - 3 ECTS
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - 3 ECTS
Segmentation and registration of medical images - 3 ECTS
Machine Learning for medical image analysis - 3 ECTS
Image reconstruction and inverse problems - 3 ECTS
Imaging tissue characterization - introduction to radiomics - 3 ECTS
Nanoscience and nanotechnologies - 3 ECTS
Biomedical optics - 3 ECTS
Devices for industrial analysis - 3 ECTS
Sampling in industrial analysis - 3 ECTS
Industrial strategy, innovation - 3 ECTS
Fundamental of industrial automation - 3 ECTS
Biomechanics of the locomotor system - 6 ECTS
Experimental and modeling bases in biomechanics - 6 ECTS
Mechanical caracterisation and modelling of biological tissues - 3 ECTS
Biomaterials - 3 ECTS
Connected Medical Device - 3 ECTS
Basis of physiology - 3 ECTS
Biocompatibility - 3 ECTS
Biomaterials and tissue repair - 3 ECTS
Analytical electrochemistry, sensors, miniaturisation - 3 ECTS
Application
French is not mandatory to apply to this program.
Please find below the admission requirements. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee admission.
Students are eligible if they hold at least a four-year degree, such as a four-year bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree, in one of the following fields:
- physics,
- electrical engineering,
- biomedical engineering,
- mechanical engineering,
- biomechanics,
- pharmacy,
- physiotherapy,
- materials science,
- veterinary medicine,
- physical and analytical chemistry,
- physiology,
- medicine.
Application session: November 16th 2026 to January 15th 2027
Eligibility results: January 26th 2027
Interviews: February 2nd 2027 to February 4th 2027
Admission results: February 26th 2027
Response time: March 5th 2027
If you are a Non-European student, please also submit your application through Etudes en France, the application platform of Campus France.
Scholarship
Within the Graduate + project, the Graduate School in Medical Device Engineering is very proud to announce excellence scholarships dedicated to master students for the academic year 2027-2028.
This call for excellence scholarship applies to the Master in Medical Device Engineering, an English-taught program.
Specifications
Master’s excellence scholarships, ranging from €8,400 to €10,000 each, will be awarded for the 2027–2028 academic year.
Application dates
Application session: 16/11/2026 to 15/01/2027
Admission results: 04/03/2027
Award criteria and procedure
Applicants should first apply to the Master in Medical Device Engineering
Applications have to be submitted in English.
The scholarship criteria are the academic excellence and the professional project.
Applicants must:
- Be currently enrolled in higher education at the time of application.
- Hold, at a minimum, a first-year Master’s degree (M1) or an equivalent qualification at the beginning of the program.
- Be a foreign national
- Be residing outside France at the time of application
- Have an excellent academic record
Applications must be submitted through the following platform : https://candetpreins.univ-lyon1.fr/sfri/portail
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