Biomedical Engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that applies fundamental engineering principles and methods to solve health-related problems using advanced quantitative and analytical techniques. The primary aim of this field is to use engineering methods to help people live longer, healthier, and higher-quality lives.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Yeditepe University was established in 2004 and graduated its first cohort in 2008. Today, the department is led by five full-time faculty members, and it has more than 250 undergraduate students enrolled.
The primary areas of faculty research encompass the development of new biomaterials for dental and medical applications, studies in photobiology and photochemistry, the design of innovative medical imaging techniques, and the creation of advanced medical devices and systems, including electronic implants.
The department has many high-quality laboratory facilities, including Biomedical Electronics, Biomedical Instruments, Biomaterials (X-ray Diffraction), Medical Imaging, Microprocessor and Microcontroller, and Optical Spectroscopy laboratories.
The undergraduate curriculum consists of courses in basic sciences, engineering sciences, biology, physiology, engineering design and management, social and economic sciences, and Turkish language and history. All courses are taught in English.
First-year courses include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, scientific computing, engineering design, and an introduction to biomedical engineering. In the second year, students take biological and medical physics, biomechanics, physiology, electrical circuits, electromagnetic fields and waves, and biomaterials. The third year focuses on biomedical electronics, instrumentation, sensors and transducers, and signals and systems. The fourth-year curriculum includes microprocessors, microcontrollers, medical imaging, and technical electives.
Technical elective courses offer opportunities to specialize in areas such as orthopedic cements, biomedical and dental graft materials, biometrics, pain management techniques, expert systems in biomedical engineering, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), and medical image processing.
Most courses include a laboratory component in which students receive hands-on training related to the tools, technologies, principles, or techniques taught in the course.
Senior students are expected to develop a capstone project conducted jointly with faculty members. These projects may lead to conference papers, academic publications, or patent applications.
Students also gain work experience through mandatory internships at leading private companies, hospitals, or research centers.
To help students gain international experience, participation in student exchange programs such as ERASMUS is encouraged. The department also offers double-major and minor programs in collaboration with other engineering departments at Yeditepe University.
Graduates have the opportunity to work in the medical device and biotechnology industries, in healthcare centers, or in research institutions, and they also have a strong foundation to pursue graduate studies.
