Biomedical Engineering transforms healthcare through customised medical devices, prosthetics, and even organs to improve people's lives. We integrate practical skills and expertise in engineering and life sciences that takes you to the forefront of these latest medical technologies.

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Biomedical Engineering BEng

Biomedical Engineering MEng

Do you want to build technology to help people overcome life-changing injuries and health conditions?

Do you want to be part of a rapidly growing field that is at the forefront of innovative healthcare solutions?

Systems Engineering

Neuromuscular Control and Rehabilitation

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Materials Characterisation

study and exam skills

academic writing

presentations

dissertations

numerical data skills

referencing sources

BEng (3 years), BEng with Industry (4 years), BEng with Year Abroad (4 years)

MEng (4 years), MEng with Industry (5 years), MEng with Year Abroad (5 years)

A/AS-levels: ABB including Maths. Two AS-levels considered in place of one A-level. General Studies accepted.

EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B. A-level subjects to include Maths

GCSEs: Grade C/4 in English Language.

BTEC Nationals: DDM in Engineering including Further Maths at Distinction.

International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points, with grade 5 in Maths HL. Must include minimum of grade 4 in English A or 5 in English B if minimum of grade 4/C not held in English Language at GCSE.

Access to HE Diploma: Pass in Engineering Diploma with 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which are at Distinction. To include all level 3 Maths modules at Distinction.

T Levels: Distinction in either: Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing or Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control (plus Maths test).

A year spent abroad still incurs a tuition fee, but this is much lower than for a normal year at Leicester. See the Fees and Funding tab of this page for details.

You may be eligible for a travel grant from Student Finance England.

Places are offered on a competitive basis, and eligibility is dependent on your academic performance in Years 1 and 2.

Tuition fees for 2025/26 are yet to be confirmed. As an indication of what you might pay, the fees for students who started on similar courses in 2024/25 were:

£9,250 in your first year. Tuition fees are subject to government regulations and may change in future years

Year Abroad: your fee will be £1,385 for that year

Year in Industry: your fee will be £1,850 for that year

£24,500 per year

Year Abroad: £6,125, which is 25% of the full-time tuition fee

Year in Industry: £3,675, which is 15% of the full-time tuition fee