In September 2010 an Erasmus Mundus Master’s course, called CEMACUBE (Common European MAster’s CoUrse in Biomedical Engineering) will start. Recently the grant application, submitted by RuG and UMCG, is accepted. Goal of this course is to prepare students from Europe and outside Europe for professions in Biomedical Engineering.
For a single university it is difficult to have enough knowledge of all sub-specialisations in Biomedical Engineering to teach their students on an adequate level. Also the required European scope is difficult to gain when students stick to a single university. Therefore a consortium of 6 universities has joined their knowledge and specific expertise into a 2-year European Master’s in Biomedical Engineering.
During the first year (semester 1 and 2), a student will follow lectures on all biomedical engineering subjects at one of the six universities, the 3rd semester (s)he will move to one of the participating universities to follow lectures on a specific topic, like medical imaging, tissue engineering or artificial organs. The fourth and last semester, a Master’s project will be performed on this specialisation at one of the 6 participating universities: the Universities of Groningen (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Ghent and Brussels (Belgium) and Prague (Czech Republic). Each student will receive a double degree. Admission criteria are: a Bachelor in engineering and good knowledge of English (all teaching will be given in English), a convincing motivation letter and letters of reference.
Students that followed this European Master’s course in Biomedical Engineering are trained with a Europan view, experienced in intercultural and interdisciplinary teamwork. They will have a broad overview of the entire field of BME.
If you have any questions about this course, please contact G.J. Verkerke
Admission Procedure
Submission to the Master’s course of Biomedical Engineering
For submission for the Erasmus Mundus Master’s course of Biomedical Engineering, an application form has to be filled in and sended to the University of groningen. The final deadline for this submission is the 1st of May for EU-Students and the 1st of January for non-EU-students. On the application form, the three Universities of preference need to be filled out. Also the preference of the University for the third and fourth semester can be filled out. This can be changed until the first of june, the year the third semester is starting. After submission a confirmation of receipt is received by e-mail.
After studying the application forms, the management committee will make a distribution of applicants among the consortium universities based on their capacity. There will be a notification about the outcome of the selection procedure, within 2 months after the deadline for application. This decision is a final decision. The course starts September 1st each year.
If accepted, a letter of acceptance will be received with information on where to start the course. The international offices provide the non-EU students and scholars with all necessary information and materials (brochures especially designed as a guide for foreign students / scholars) on structure of the university, its academic courses and extra-curricular offerings. Subsequently, arrangements will be made with the international offices of the participating universities for visa, housing, etc.
All accepted candidates must reply within 3 weeks to confirm their attendance to the course.
Non-EU students will in principle be equally distributed among the partner universities. Of course, in the distribution process the consortium will take into consideration the preferences of the selected non-EU students as much as possible. The principles of equal opportunities without any form of discrimination will be applied.
Soon there will be the possibility to download the application form at http://www.biomedicaltechnology.eu . For now, please contact Dhr. Verkerke.
Submission for semester 3 and 4
Ultimately, in June of the 2nd semester the three specialisations of the 3rd semester in the preference of choice must be submitted.
After one year the studying progress will be judged. If the first year is not finished, the student has to leave the EMMC. In this way we will increase the level of our Master’s.
Selection procedure
To ensure quality of the course, the enrolment in CEMACUBE is limited to 20 students per consortium university. The consortium reserves at least 15 places for non-EU students.
For the first year that the EMMC is running the course is limited to 35 European students and 15 non-EU students, so in general 10 per consortium university.
For admission with a scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:
- A Bachelor in Engineering or equivalent. In detail the Bachelor program must demonstrate that the following criteria are attained:
- Basic knowledge and understanding of mathematics, physics, chemistry
- Applying, integrating knowledge and understanding of mathematics, physics, chemistry
- The capability to communicate effectively in English, both in written and in verbal form.
- An ability to conduct scientific research individually on a distinct, well described topic.
- An ability to design products that can solve problems in a systematic way.
- The applicant needs to send in the original of the transcript of records (or certified copy) or degree certificate. Applicants in the final year of their Bachelor’s study may also apply. They should send in an updated version of their transcript of records. They will be accepted on the condition that they will have met with all requirements by the start of the CEMACUBE-course in September.
- Degree certificates, originating from other than the consortium universities, will be judged by the consortium secretariat that use lists of universities with a sufficient level of quality.
- The language requirements include an IELTS test score of 6.5 or a TOEFL test score of 580 (paper-based), 237 (computer-based) or 92 (internet-based iBT). Since language competence is an important element, all universities of the consortium offer during this program English language courses to the CEMACUBE students.
- Academic excellence as is evident from the awarding institution of the first degree, the grades obtained and the content of two letters of reference.
- Well-written and well-considered motivation letter to follow the CEMACUBE-course.
- Relevant work experience to follow the CEMACUBE-course successfully as is made evident in a curriculum vitae.
- A completed application form received, which includes besides the above mentioned documents, two passport-sized photos and a copy of the passport.
All other students should follow a repair programme priior to this Master’s course
To ensure a geographical balance of the selected non-EU students no more than 2 of the selected non-EU students should come from the same country and no more than one student should come from the same institution that awarded the first degree.
Are you a non-EU student? Click here.
Due to the high tuition fees in Dublin, we will limit the number of students for Dublin to 14%. The other students will go to the other 4 universities (a mean of 21% per university)
Scholarship
For non-EU students full scholarships are available. These scholarships cover all costs for a period of two year up to a maximum of € 48.000. A Scholarship-A application form can soon be downloaded here.
For EU-students scholarships are available to contribute to the costs made during their stay at the second university up to a maximum of € 5.000 per semester. A Scholarship-B application form can soon be downloaded here to compensate for the costs that are made when part of the course is followed at another university
