PhD in Biomedical Engineering

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.


Study Programme

Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Thesis Project 1 Annual Compulsory BIOME 30.0
Advanced Characterisation of Materials 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Algorithms for the Analysis and Diagnosis in pHealth 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Artificial Life and Computational Methods for Theoretical Biology 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Biomedical RMN and Metabolism 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Biophysics 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Cognitive Vision Systems 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Computational Intelligence in Biomedicine 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Computational Techniques for Estimation, Detection and Identification 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Disperse Systems Technologies 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Electromagnetic Fields, Health and Environment 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Graphic Computation and Three-dimensional Modeling 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Haptics Control Project 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Hospital and Medical Instrumentation 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Image and Video Signal Compression 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Instrumentation for Detection of Radiation 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Intelligent Instrumentation Systems 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Medical Robotics Project 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Metals in Medicine and Environment 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Microfabrication 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Molecular Biotechnology 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Nano– and Wireless Sensors Networks 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Neurodegenerative Diseases 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
New Polymerization Technologies 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Non-Destructive Techniques for Control, Characterization and Visualization 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Optoelectronic Instrumentation 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Pattern detection in biomedical data 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Processing and Analysis of Threedimensional 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Programmable Electronic Devices 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Speech Processing 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Statistical Signal Processing 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Surface Characterization 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Surface Engineering 1 1st Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Analysis of Temporal Biomedical Data 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Animal Models for Human Diseases 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Biomedical Imaging 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Biopolymers 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Identification and Validation of Biomarkers in Medical Imaging 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Multivariate analysis of biomedical data 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Processes and Membrane Technology 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Smart Polymers 1 2nd Semester Elective * BIOME 6.0
Rules
  • Students must register in optional curricular units in a total of 30 ECTS (18 ECTS for the 1st semester and 12 ECTS for the 2nd semester), out of which 12 can be obtained by registering in any 3rd cycle curricular unit taught in the University of Coimbra (choice is subject to the approval of the course coordinators).
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Thesis in Biomedical Engineering 2 MULTIANNUAL Compulsory BIOME 120.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit