The Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering launches its first graduate programs
The Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering (IIBM) of the Universidad Católica will start offering its first two graduate programs in 2019: The M.Sc. in Biological and Medical Engineering and the Ph.D. in Biological and Medical Engineering. The aim of these programs is to train people capable of creating knowledge and technology in the different […]
The Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering (IIBM) of the Universidad Católica will start offering its first two graduate programs in 2019: The M.Sc. in Biological and Medical Engineering and the Ph.D. in Biological and Medical Engineering.
The aim of these programs is to train people capable of creating knowledge and technology in the different areas of Biological and Medical Engineering and to transfer that technology to society.
Pablo Irarrázaval, director of the IIBM and professor of PUC Engineering, said that the institute is “quite unique and innovative in the country and in Latin America because there are no graduate programs that combine these disciplines (engineering, medicine and biological sciences), though one might think that these areas generally work together. It is for this reason that we have developed these programs, in which people can be trained to be capable of creating new knowledge and technology in different areas and to transfer it to society”.
The Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, created in 2016, is an interdisciplinary academic unit of the university that does research, teaching and outreach at the intersection of technology, health and sciences. It simultaneously belongs to the Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences. It is formed by faculty and students with diverse backgrounds and focuses, such as engineering, physics, biology and medicine. Its objective is to apply the principles of engineering and design in engineering to solve problems in the areas of medicine and biology and to employ cells, live organisms and principles of biology to solve problems in the areas of engineering, medicine and other disciplines. Its final goal is to develop biomedical engineering and biotechnology solutions that benefit society.