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Undergraduate
Our undergraduate students are taught in small classes by the leading experts in their field, many of whom have active collaborations with clinicians and scientists in nearby teaching hospitals.
Postgraduate Taught
Our postgraduate taught degrees are offered both on-campus and via distance learning. Students can specialise in Radiation Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Medical Image Computing.
Postgraduate Research
Our PhD programme involves 3–4 years of original research supervised by a senior member of the department. At any one time, the department has around 60–80 PhD students from a variety of disciplines.
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Student Life
Student Experience
Discover the many sides of life as a UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering student!
Meet our Alumni
Read our interviews with former students to see the wide range of careers and sectors they ended up in.
Careers and Employability
A qualification in Medical Physics or Biomedical Engineering opens the door to a wide range of careers for our graduates.
MPBE Student Awards
The Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Student Awards help us to recognise some of the Department’s highest-achieving students each year and celebrate their success.
Student Blog
Life as a student doesn’t stop when you leave the lecture theatre, so this blog will show you the many sides of life as a UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering student!
What is Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering?
These two disciplines are ultimately based on the application of physics or engineering to medical sciences, which have been a driving force behind many medical developments we take for granted today and continue to push the boundaries of healthcare.
Biomedical engineers and medical physicists create innovative tools for medical purposes, such as stethoscopes, thermometers, prosthetics, defibrillators, and implanted devices, including pacemakers.
Crucially, these disciplines provide an ever-developing ability to see inside the body using X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and many other imaging modalities. At UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, we have used functional near-infrared spectroscopy imaging to improve outcomes for babies born very prematurely in Gambia, developed a new precision technology to target prostate cancer, and uncovered messages on ancient Egyptian mummies using multispectral imaging, allowing texts to be deciphered without damaging the artefact.
Research on the go!
Röntgen's Radio - A PEM podcast
In honour of the grandfather of X-ray, this podcast explores how physics and engineering shape modern medicine; accessible to all curious minds!
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UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
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