Medical Engineering (Honours)

About the course

This honours degree prepares you to apply engineering to healthcare, improving treatment effectiveness, safety and affordability. You’ll build a foundation across engineering design, electronics, programming and computing alongside medical science areas such as neurobiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Professional practice and industrial experience help develop workplace skills in project management, sustainability and communication for a career in medical engineering at bachelor (honours) level.

Career outcome

Graduates can work where engineering and healthcare intersect, supporting the design, development and improvement of medical technologies and systems. Career paths include roles in hospitals and clinical engineering units, health and medical device manufacturing, technology and software companies, pharmaceutical organisations, and research groups. Depending on specialisation, you may contribute to prosthetics, surgical equipment, diagnostic and drug-delivery technologies, artificial organs, and medical electrical/computing systems in a bachelor (honours) medical engineering career.

Career outcome

Upon graduating from this program, you may be employed in roles such as biomedical engineer, environmental engineer, network engineer, petroleum engineer, productions engineer, project engineer, and etc. in companies including ExxonMobil, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Samsung Electronics, General Electric, and etc.

Living Costs in Newcastle**

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Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) A$ 22 - 29	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) A$ 1,199 - 1,586	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) A$ 1,079 - 1,427
Transportation (Daily) A$ 7 - 8	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) A$ 267 - 353

Average Salary**

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