Biomedical Engineering

Frequently asked questions

• What English score does it need?

  IELTS 7.0 overall is the score listed for this programme.

• What are the entry requirements?

  Calendar entry for this degree: Biomedical Engineering encompasses a range of topics involving the application of engineering principles to both medicine and the life sciences. Biomedical Engineers are involved with the design and development of medical implants and assistive devices, new tools and therapeutic approaches to advance healthcare, improved diagnostic imaging and biosignal processing as well as basic research in the life sciences to improve our understanding of biophysical phenomena and physiological processes. Interdisciplinary research in biomedical engineering has been undertaken for over 25 years at Queen’s University, but in separate engineering departments. The Departments of Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are now formally collaborating to provide a biomedical engineering collaborative specialization that allows graduate students to access courses and co-supervisors in each of these department, as well as courses in Anatomy, Cell Biology and Biochemistry. The collaborative specialization is available to doctoral students and research masters students associated with the three member graduate departments at Queen’s University. Application Procedure Applicants are accepted under the general regulations of the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and of the member graduate departments. The collaborative specialization is offered at both the Masters and Doctoral levels. Applications are reviewed by a committee composed of representatives from each of the three participating departments. For further details, interested students are encouraged to contact the representative from the department that is best aligned with their current research interest: Chemical Engineering: Prof. Brian Amsden Electrical and Computer Engineering: Prof. Evelyn Morin Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Prof. Qingguo Li Program of Study The collaborative specialization is available to eligible, approved doctoral students and research masters students associated with the three member graduate departments at Queen's University. Students will enroll in their respective home departments and must meet the degree program requirements of their home departments. There will be two mandatory core courses students in the program must take: CBME 801 Topics In Biomedical Eng and CBME 802 Biomedical Engineering Seminar . Students must enroll in at least one course outside of their home department, from a list of Biomedical Engineering graduate courses. Upon graduation, students will have "with specialization in Biomedical Engineering" added to t ... · English: IELTS 7.0; PTE Academic 65 · English test waiver: Applicants whose native language includes English are not required to sit an English-language proficiency test. A final grade of 80% or more in ESLA 140 or ESLA 150 from Queen's University's English for Academic Purposes Program, achieved at the time of application, may also remove the test requirement. Source: https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/grad-studies/apply · Application fee: CAD 120.00 - non-refundable graduate application fee, payable by Visa or Mastercard; the application is complete only once the fee is paid. Source: https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/grad-studies/apply

• Is there a scholarship?

  Queen's publishes no entrance scholarship specific to this programme, and Queen's graduate funding guarantee does not reach it: the guarantee is stated for full-time doctoral students, and for master's study Queen's says only that "The majority of Master's students in full-time non-professional programs also receive funding support (i.e., in year one for one-year programs, and in years one and two for two-year programs)". Applicants may still apply for the university-wide graduate awards - the Ontario Graduate Scholarship ("The current value of the award is $5,000 per term. Awards will be for two or three consecutive terms"; a small number are made to study-permit holders), the internal Queen's scholarships, fellowships and awards administered by the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs ("These awards do not require an application, and many are part of funding packages given to students when they receive an admission offer."), SGSPA Conference Travel Awards, the need-based Queen's General Bursary, and the external sources Queen's lists for international students (Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Mitacs Globalink Research Awards and Globalink Graduate Fellowship, Government of Canada / Global Affairs Canada scholarships, the CALDO agreements and the China Scholarship Council agreement). Sources:;; This row is a collaborative specialization rather than a stand-alone degree: students enrol in one of the constituent home programmes and are funded through that programme View scholarship page