Medical Engineering is offered at FAU as a bachelor’s degree program with a standard period of study of six semesters. During the first two semesters you will learn in-depth basics from the fields of mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering and get an overview of medical contexts (about 5% of the study). In the third semester you decide on one of the two fields of study, medical electronics and medical image and data processing (focus: computer science/electrical engineering) or medical device technology, production engineering and prosthetics (focus: mechanical engineering/material sciences/chemical and bioengineering). In the final semester, you will complete your bachelor’s thesis, which is supervised by a medical and a technical advisor.

The number of ETCS points required for successful completion – the organization of studies and examinations is based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) – is 180 ECTS points in the bachelor’s program. One ECTS point corresponds to a student workload of approximately 30 hours.

The study program is divided into modules, which are assessed with ECTS points. A module is a self-contained teaching and learning unit over a period of time and can, for example, consist of a lecture and an associated exercise. The modules conclude with a module examination, which usually takes place in the first two or last three weeks of the semester break. In addition to lectures and practical exercises, the medical technology program includes laboratory practicals, an industrial/clinical internship and a seminar. The exact examination regulations can be found in the study and examination regulations or the examination regulations for medical technology.

• Medical electronics and medical image and data processing (specialization: electrical engineering, computer science)
• Medical device technology, production engineering and prosthetics (subject specializations: mechanical engineering, materials science)

• An aptitude for mathematics, science and computer science.
• A strong technical understanding.
• An interest in technical, scientific and medical contexts, especially across disciplinary boundaries.
• Open-mindedness and enjoyment of working in a team.
• Curiosity to understand even complex issues.
• The ability to work independently and to organize oneself well.

Thanks to our location in the “Medical Valley” of the Erlangen-Nuremberg metropolitan region, as a medical technology student you will be optimally networked right from the start. Part-time jobs at medical technology companies or a final thesis with the medical specialists at our university hospital are within “cycling distance” for you. Medical technology is one of our main research areas at FAU. This means that your lecturers are simultaneously researching exciting scientific projects and naturally also bring this know-how to you in the lecture hall. As Germany’s most innovative university, we are at the forefront when it comes to shaping the technical healthcare of the future – and you can join in!

A successfully completed degree as a medical technology engineer opens up interesting job opportunities for you, among others in

• research institutes and universities
• the (medical) technical industry
• Hospitals and other health care facilities

e.g. in the fields of:

• Research and development
• production
• Sales
• technical service
• Operation of medical

Stays abroad are particularly popular among medical engineering students. Due to exchange cooperations with the departments of computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science and chemical and bioengineering involved in the study program, students of medical engineering can complete an exchange semester in almost all European and many non-European countries.