Medical Engineering KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Overview

Students choose a specialisation in Computer Science, Electronics or Physics, and further specialise in Biomechanics, Health Systems or Imaging. Professionals with experience in both technology and medicine face vast career opportunities.

This is a two-year programme (120 ECTS credits) given in English. Graduates are awarded the degree of Master of Science. The programme is offered at KTH Campus and KTH Flemingsberg in Stockholm by the School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (at KTH). The school has many relevant research collaborations with the globally recognised Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. Students are strongly encouraged to spend at least a term at another university (in Sweden or abroad) through an exchange programme.

The Medical Engineering programme from KTH Royal Institute of Technology students also acquire the necessary knowledge needed for them to improve and develop the medical technology of the future.

Career

• Healthcare is becoming increasingly technologically advanced; an ageing population requires technical aids. Economic and demographic changes are demanding structural reforms in society and healthcare. This demand generates the need for professionals with an understanding of both technology and medicine.
• The master's programme in Medical Engineering train students’ ability to produce and develop medical technology as part of a project group, in private companies or healthcare. A broad professional role makes it possible to work in functional areas such as technical development, sales or administrative project management, depending on competence and personal interest.
• The labour market mainly consists of small enterprises, specialised in specific products, and the expanding field also offers good possibilities to start one's own business. Alumni of the programme have had as their first occupation jobs as diverse as a PhD student, engineering consultant or programmer for companies in various technical fields, support engineer, quality control engineer or sale consultant for clinical related companies.