Admission

Faculty of Medicine

PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Graduate 3-535-1-0

January 2024
Start of session
Full-time
Plan of study
90 credits
Dissertation or thesis track
Program Type
Application deadline
from 1st February 2023 to 1st October 2023
Submit your application as soon as possible since space is limited
Offered at the Montréal campus

Bon à savoir! Ce programme s’adresse autant aux francophones qu’aux anglophones. Consultez la fiche descriptive en français pour en savoir plus.

Further develop your professional skill set or increase your experience in scientific research by becoming a specialist in biomedical engineering.

Overview

About

Become an expert in biomedical engineering

In this program, you will develop a high level of knowledge, intellectual discipline, scientific curiosity, and creativity in both cutting-edge professional activities and in biomedical engineering scientific research. You will deepen your knowledge and push the boundaries of a specific topic, understand and evaluate scientific literature, and gain proficiency in rigorous reasoning and experimental methods. Research primarily focuses on the fields of electrocardiology, biomedical imaging and instrumentation, biomechanics, biomaterials, modelling and biomedical simulation.

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  • Program offered jointly with the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Polytechnique Montréal
  • Research projects designed by more than 100 specialists who work in biomedical engineering
  • Study program with a high level of flexibility
  • A number of research areas and applications
  • 8 specializations encompassing most areas of biomedical engineering

Language accommodations

Although Université de Montréal is a French-language university, students with little or no knowledge of French are welcome and accepted into graduate-level programs.

The department provides a number of accommodations to make you feel comfortable and help you fulfill the requirements of the program even if French is not your main language of study:

  • Classes are given in French, but questions can be answered in English.
  • Access to course notes in both French and English.
  • Possibility of taking an equivalent course at an English-language university in Montréal (first session only).
  • Choice of giving oral seminar presentations in either French or English.
  • Choice of writing exams in French or English.
  • Choice of taking the comprehensive exam in either French or English.
  • Choice of writing your doctoral thesis or dissertation in French or English.

Note that all course literature is in English and all laboratories are offered in a bilingual environment.

Above all, department staff are available to help and support you throughout your studies.

Advantages of studying biomedical engineering at UdeM
Multidisciplinary setting to promote scientific research

  • Collaborate with 12 departments, including the Faculty of Medicine
  • Pursue laboratory work, clinical studies, big data analysis and numeric modelling
  • Resolve problems through an approach that integrates both the engineer and the medical specialist perspectives
  • Take advantage of financial support offered to all doctorate students
  • Discover the Institut de Génie Biomédical (IGB)

Courses and specifics

For contact information on the program director or student file management technician, or to find out more about the faculty or department hosting the program, please see the page in French.

  • 90 credits
  • Full-time
  • Day course
  • Dissertation or thesis track
  • Offered jointly with Polytechnique Montréal

Our flexible and multidisciplinary programs offered jointly with hospital research centres and Polytechnique Montréal open doors to cutting-edge biomedical technologies.

Vincent Jacquemet
Program director
Vincent Jacquemet

Program director

Admission requirements

You are eligible only if a faculty member has agreed to supervise your research project or work prior to submitting your admission application.

Admission requirements

You studied
and have, or will obtain, a diploma from the following program or province:
and have, or will obtain, a diploma from the following program or country:

Also see the provisions for direct entry to the PhD programs in the Faculty of Medicine :Accès direct aux programmes de Ph.D. de la Faculté de médecine.

Note that the quantitative criteria indicated above does not replace a qualitative review of your application. These criteria are provided for information purposes only. Eligibility for a study program does not guarantee an offer of admission. Information on this page may change without notice

Costs and financial aid

$2,022.23 *

*Total for a full-time session of 15 credits


Tuition fees: $1,440.45

Other fees: $581.78

These amounts are estimates and do not account for other expenses, such as costs for insurance, residence, transportation, manuals, etc.

These estimates cannot at any time subsitute for an invoice or be used as proof for any reason whatsoever. These calculations are based on the 2023-2024 academic year.
Information updated: May 19, 2023

$2,022.23 *

*Total for a full-time session of 15 credits


Tuition fees: $1,440.45

Other fees: $581.78

These amounts are estimates and do not account for other expenses, such as costs for insurance, residence, transportation, manuals, etc.

These estimates cannot at any time subsitute for an invoice or be used as proof for any reason whatsoever. These calculations are based on the 2023-2024 academic year.
Information updated: May 19, 2023

$9,435.98 *

*Total for a full-time session of 15 credits


Tuition fees: $8,854.20

Other fees: $581.78

These amounts are estimates and do not account for other expenses, such as costs for insurance, residence, transportation, manuals, etc.

Good news! You may be able to lower this amount!

As an international student, you have access to exemption scholarships granted by UdeM throughout your university program. Note that for undergraduate programs, you must be enrolled as a full-time student for two sessions. Find out more.

These estimates cannot at any time subsitute for an invoice or be used as proof for any reason whatsoever. These calculations are based on the 2023-2024 academic year.
Information updated: May 19, 2023

$2,022.23 *

*Total for a full-time session of 15 credits


Tuition fees: $1,440.45

Other fees: $581.78

These amounts are estimates and do not account for other expenses, such as costs for insurance, residence, transportation, manuals, etc.

These estimates cannot at any time subsitute for an invoice or be used as proof for any reason whatsoever. These calculations are based on the 2023-2024 academic year.
Information updated: May 19, 2023

Calculate tuition fees based on other situations

Available financial assistance

Career prospects Pursuing a career or further studies? The choice is yours!

Whether your interest lies in teaching or research and development, pursue a career as a specialist in biomedical engineering with a university, industry, hospital, consulting engineering firm, research centre or government agency.

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