MASTER DEGREE MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING

One-year program

Appel à allocation doctorale

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.

See the following table

Compulsory modules- 45 ECTS

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

Optional modules: about 15 ECTS credits to choose from

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

Assemblies for diagnostics, imaging and therapy - 3 ECTS
 

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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 2025-2026.

This call for excellence scholarship applies to the Master in Medical Device Engineering, an English-taught program.

 

Specifications

Master scholarships of 10K€ per scholarship will be awarded for the academic year 2025/2026.

Who can apply?

International students: foreign students living outside of France at the time of the application.

Application dates

• Application session: from November 6^th 2024 to January 31^st 2025
• Eligibility results: February 24^th 2025
• Interviews: from March 3^rd to March 4^th 2025
• Admission results: March 6^th to March 7^th 2025

Award Criteria and procedure

Applications have to be submitted in English.

The scholarship criteria are the academic excellence and the professional project. Students should have an excellent academic background.

2 letters

• 1 academic recommendation letter from a teacher
• research- oriented cover letter written by the applicant which answers the question: why would you be the best candidate to access this program?

Applicants should answer the 4 following essay questions

• Why do you wish to pursue graduate studies in the Master of Medical Device Engineering?
• How does your academic background and your professional experiences prepare you to access this program?
• How will our program help you achieve your intellectual and professional goals?
• Name a medical device researcher whose research interests align with your own and explain why

Documents to be added to the application

• Pre-university certificates (baccalaureate, A-level…)
• Official transcripts of records
• University diplomas, degrees which have been completed
• Identity document: passport or identity card
• CV
• Proof of English level, non-English native applicants must take one of the following tests: 
  - IELTS « Academic » or Indicator (online)
  - TOEFL « iBT » at a test center or home (online)
  - TOEIC
  - Cambridge « General and higher education »

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ALSO APPLY TO THE MASTER IN MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING.

THE APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS:

admission.master-medical-device@univ-lyon1.fr

Entry requirements

Students who have been awarded a 4-year degree at least, whether this is a 4-year bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree in the following fields:

- physics

- electronic engineering

- biomedical engineering

- mechanics

- pharmacy

- physiotherapy

- materials

- veterinary

- physical and analytical chemistry

- physiology

Key application dates

Application session	04/11/2024 to 13/01/2025
Deadline to submit your application (completed)	24/01/2024
Eligibility results	05/02/2025
Interviews	12/02/2025 to 14/02/2025
Admission results	17/02/2025
Response time	24/02/2025

 

If you are an international student residing in a country that follows the Campus France procedure, you must go through this process. To find out if your country is part of this procedure, check at CEF.

If you do not meet this criteria, please follow our internal procedure. The applications will open on November 4^th.

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