Course details

Summary

Enhance your employability in the competitive global market with a qualification that provides advanced technical foundations and industrial perspectives in your chosen field.

Medical Devices and Technologies

Rapid growth in the global medical devices industry demands an innovative fusion of biomedical, materials sciences, manufacturing, and engineering knowledge - and the University of Auckland is responding to the challenge.

This programme is aimed primarily at engineers and health professionals to provide them with the necessary broad range of knowledge in the various technologies underpinning medical devices.

Employment opportunities

Graduates of the programme will be equipped with the technical, medical, ethical, regulatory and business knowledge required for innovation in medical devices and technologies, filling the large demand for these skills in the global and domestic medical devices industry.

The programme works closely with New Zealand medical devices companies such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and members of Medical Technology Association of New Zealand.

Programme overview

The programme is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand, and is collaboration between the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland and the Medical Technology Association of New Zealand.

The programme is normally two semesters and will accommodate part-time enrolments. To best meet the needs of participants with different backgrounds, including those coming from industry, the programme is provided as both a research masters and a taught masters.

All students complete two core courses that give an overview of technology and practices related to medical devices. The taught masters option provides a wide variety of courses that participants can draw upon to best address their own areas of interest. Courses are lecture-based and delivered as modules, each taught by the University’s research specialists ensuring participants meet the multidisciplinary requirements of medical devices technology.

Programme structure

120 points

Complete the University of Auckland online Academic Integrity course.

Research masters

90 points: ENGGEN 793

30 points from ENGGEN 770, 771 or other approved 600 or 700 level courses.

or

Taught masters

60 points: ENGGEN 791

30 points: ENGGEN 770, 771

30 points from CIVIL 703, CHEMMAT 740, 741, ENGGEN 705, MECHENG 728, 730, 752, MEDSCI 703, PHYSICS 780, or other approved 600 or 700 level courses.

Further study options

• Master of Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy

Other Master of Engineering Studies subjects:

Chemical and Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Construction Management, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Science, Environmental Engineering, Food Process Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Plastics, Software Engineering, Transportation Engineering.

Entry criteria

The current MEngSt enrolment regulations allow entry into this programme from a four-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE), or BE (Hons) with grades at a level deemed satisfactory to the Dean of Engineering.

Participants who have completed appropriate health professional qualifications which qualify them to apply for registration as clinicians may enter this specialisation if they have:

• An approved bachelors degree.
• Completed at least three years of appropriate professional experience.
• Performed at a level deemed satisfactory by the Dean of Engineering.

English language requirements:
IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.