Healthcare Systems Design

Overview

In this two-year program in Healthcare Systems Design from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), trainees perform a design project in the field of Medical Technology and are trained to become multi-disciplinary oriented system engineers.

Key for the engineers is to learn to innovate in the real world. Therefore the program contains a major design project in medical technology next to the curricular part of the program. 

What you'll study

The curricular part supports the design skills to be used in the project. Based on a strong background of technology and application understanding the trainee can work together in a team of various (also non-technical) backgrounds to solve multi-disciplinary problems. Working in the field of healthcare systems design comes with specific challenges. 

The engineers should be able to communicate directly with doctors, nurses, patients and engineers and be able to translate their needs into good (technological) solutions. This is different from design projects which operate in a business-to-business environment where specifications, even in a first stage, are already quite concrete.

The result of the project can be a tool, system, process flow etc. which is used in the (clinical) practice. The result is innovative in the sense that it is new to the world. The result typically is a (creative) combination of known components. The result is also obtained in a structured way, using state of the art design tools.

Careers

After successfully completing all parts of the study program students will receive a certified diploma. A certified PDEng has in-depth knowledge of design processes, theoretical as well as practical, which clearly distinguishes him/her from a ‘regular’ MSc. Our alumni found challenging and exciting jobs in (multi)national companies and SMEs. Some trainees were offered a position at the company where they performed their design project!