Master of Arts [M.A] [Economics] From University of Aberdeen

Degree benefits

• You will have the benefit of teaching underpinned by world-leading research activity in medical devices from across UCL.

• You will engage with scientists, clinicians and engineers across UCL's Bloomsbury, Royal Free and Stanmore campuses. This close interaction with national hospitals means that education is driven by medical challenges.

• You will develop your entrepreneurial skills and learn how research can be translated into clinical practice. You will also learn about commercialisation within the medical technology industry.

Degree structure

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

This degree is split equally between engineering and medical science and is composed of eight compulsory modules in year one and eight in year two.

In year three, students will have the opportunity to personalise their programme as there will be optional modules available. In the final year all modules are optional.

Optional modules will be chosen from a range available throughout UCL and students will be encouraged to design their degree along a theme including engineering and medical sciences.Ê

MSci students will be able to carry out a research project in medical sciences and/or engineering their third year, as well as a larger research project in their final year.

Careers

Graduates will be equipped toÊdeliver world-class biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine solutions in clinical, commercial, regulatory and research environments. They will have the skills toÊmove into the expanding global medical technologiesÊand regenerative medicine sectors as product specialists, researchers, designers and regulatory advisors. Graduates may also enter NHS Clinical Scientist and Clinical Engineer training programmes.Ê

Recent government and industry reports have identified skills shortages in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. These shortages need to be met by multidisciplinary graduates who can think broadly to create new solutions to global challenges.Ê

Graduates will be equipped to work in areas such as designing artificial and regenerative body organs and tissues, keyhole and robotic surgery, innovating techniques for diagnosis and treatment of disease, quantifying physiological function, designing equipment for improved surgical techniques, prosthetic reconstruction and assistive technology, and treating patients needing corrective treatments due to malformation, disease, cancer or trauma.