PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Overview

About this program

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.

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

Resolve problems through an approach that integrates both the engineer and the medical specialist perspectives
Pursue laboratory work, clinical studies, big data analysis and numeric modelling
Collaborate with 12 departments, including the Faculty of Medicine
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

Take a look at some topics covered.

GBM 6125Foundations of Biomedical Engineering

Univariate and multivariate statistical analysis. Evaluation of interventional and diagnostic techniques: clinical trials with or without a control group, placebo effect, bias. Bioethics: legal liability, standards.

Note: Course given at Polytechnique Montréal. Students at Université de Montréal must obtain authorization to transfer credits under the agreement between Québec universities (CRÉPUQ).

GBM 7904PhD Seminar in Biomedical Engineering

Presentations and discussions on subjects related to the courses and doctoral research projects in biomedical engineering. Discussions of recent publications. Presentations by guest speakers. Note: Course given at Polytechnique Montréal. Students at Université de Montréal must obtain authorization to transfer credits under the agreement between Québec universities (BCI).

See program structure

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 country:

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.

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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.

Check your legal status

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.

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

Under certain conditions, Canadian students who are not residents of Quebec can follow university study programs offered in French while benefiting from the same tuition fees as residents of Quebec.

Check eligibility criteria

Check your legal status

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 ungraduated programs, you must be enrolled as a full-time student for two sessions and reside in Quebec in the case of exclusively online study programs.

Find out about the UdeM exemption scholarship

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.

Vérifiez votre admissibilité aux exemptions des droits de scolarité supplémentaires

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

Michel Bergeron scholarship

Financial support available to students enrolled in the physiology or biomedical engineering doctorate programs (page in French)

Recruitment and excellence scholarships

Scholarships for students enrolled in the biomedical engineering program (page in French)

Graduate and postgraduate scholarships

Funding offered to students, all programs combined

Postgraduate scholarships

Funding offered for doctoral programs

Exemption scholarship for international students

Scholarship program for exemption from additional tuition fees for international students

Funding for Mobility

Scholarships and mobility funding programs offered to students from the Université de Montréal who wish to study abroad

Future 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.

You wish to do an exchange stay at UdeM?

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