Academically oriented

Full-time study

2 years

doc. Mgr. Ing. Karel Sedlář, Ph.D.

Chairman :
prof. Ing. Valentýna Provazník, Ph.D.
Councillor internal :
doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Jana Kolářová, Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Daniel Schwarz, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Jana Drbohlavová, Ph.D.
Councillor external :
prof. Pharm.Dr. Petr Babula, Ph.D.
doc. Mgr. Ctirad Hofr, Ph.D.

Study programme Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics aims to provide both practically oriented graduates and future students of following PhD study programs in the fields of biomedical engineering, medical computer science, bioinformatics, and mathematic biology at leading national universities (VUT, ČVUT, UK, MU). Students gain not only theoretical knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, anatomy, physiology and human pathology, that are needed for understanding of basic biological processes in human body. They will also gain knowledge that is necessary for successful communication with health professionals. Students learn to use medical equipment and biomedical computer science tools including use of program interfaces to these tools. They also gain knowledge of necessary laws and regulations that are applicable to the health sector.

Professional Knowledge:
• Graduates possess a broad overview of informatics in the fields of data processing and visualization, medical informatics, and biostatistics, including the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence, as well as the analysis of omics data using advanced bioinformatics methods.
• Graduates possess a broad technical overview regarding the design of diagnostic and therapeutic devices, their application in clinical medicine, and equipment used for cell culture.
• Graduates possess a broad overview of natural science in human physiology, biological signals, cell and tissue engineering, molecular biology, and biochemistry.

Professional Skills:
• The core professional profile of the graduate is shaped by compulsory courses that develop programming skills, primarily in high-level programming languages, and the practical application of machine learning for the processing of biological signals, images, and sequences
• Graduates possess the professional skills required to work in laboratories focused on molecular biology, cell and tissue engineering, or applied neurosciences.
• Graduates possess the expertise to operate diagnostic and therapeutic instruments and to work with microprocessor-based technology.
• Graduates are well-prepared for professional communication in English and possess strong soft skills, including experience with project-based work.

General Competencies:
• Graduates are prepared to work within interdisciplinary teams comprising physicians, biologists, computer scientists, and engineers.
• Graduates are able to work with scientific and professional information, present and defend their results, and further develop their knowledge in line with the rapid advancement of understanding in the fields of biomedical engineering and bioinformatics.
• Graduates are qualified to pursue further studies in doctoral degree programs.

Graduates of the interdisciplinary master's program in Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, compiled, among other things, on the basis of a wide-ranging discussion with several dozen practitioners, will find employment as specialists - biomedical engineers. They will apply their knowledge and experience in positions in clinical operations, hospitals, laboratories, and tissue banks, where qualification is required under Act No. 96/2004 Coll. on non-medical health professions and where biomedical engineers work in clinical teams in collaboration with physicians. They may hold similar positions in companies that provide development, production, distribution and service of medical devices, instrumentation, devices and software intended for clinical practice and where the specialization of a biomedical engineer is required by law and / or professionally. Graduates of the master's program will also be sufficiently theoretically prepared to work in basic and applied research in the field of biomedical engineering and bioinformatics, especially in the rapidly developing areas of data processing and analysis, cell and tissue engineering, medical imaging, mobile analyzers of human vital functions, wearable electronics including biosensors and others. They will be able to work in interdisciplinary teams of top research centers as researchers. Graduates will also be sufficiently prepared for continuing education in doctoral study programs.

Courses are evaluated according to ECTS credits. The credit expresses an approximate weekly student's workload for the course. Credits for a given course are obtained after the prescribed completion, i.e. after awarding a credit, classified credit, or by passing an exam under the conditions of the BUT Rules of Study and Examination, the internal standard of the Rules for Organization of Studies at FEEC and the composition and content individually defined in each course.
In a two-year master study, the student must earn at least 120 credits in the specified credit composition:
94 credits in compulsory courses,
18 credits in compulsory elective (PV) courses,
8 credits in elective courses.
Obligatory courses are usually completed by the student in semesters and years as stated in the curriculum. If a student fails to complete a compulsory course in the prescribed manner, he / she must register it again in the following year of his / her studies.
Compulsory elective courses of profiling fundamentals (PVA) are field-oriented professional courses that profile the student into narrower areas of his / her interests.
Other compulsory (PVB) courses are other professional courses included in the offers of the departments of FEEC BUT. Their goal is to extend students' professional knowledge.
The student chooses to select PV courses in individual semesters so that at the end of his / her bachelor's degree he / she has at least the prescribed minimum of credits in each group of PV courses, while not obtaining the minimum number of credits in one group of PV courses cannot be compensated by exceeding the number of credits obtained in another group of PV courses.
Elective courses extend the general knowledge of students. Courses are chosen by the student himself or herself from a full-faculty offer (FEEC departments) or from the other faculties of VUT (so-called free courses) and can pass them in any year or semester of master study. Elective courses include Physical Education. If a student has not successfully completed an elective course, he / she may or may not write another academic year in the next academic year.
Students must obtain the corresponding electrotechnic qualification at the beginning of their study. Students who begin their study in the year 2020/21 and later, have to fulfil one subject in English for successful study graduation, according to the Guideline BUT To education of foreign languages.

All lecture rooms at the FEEC BUT allow disabled access; students, however, must meet the medical standards to acquire the necessary electrotechnical qualifications. In laboratory classes and practicals, students are required to independently operate measuring instruments and related equipment without endangering human health or damaging property.

The follow-up Master’s degree program MPA-BTB Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics is a direct continuation of the Bachelor’s degree program taught in Czech BPC-BTB Biomedical Technology and Bioinformatics, which is also offered at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication at Brno University of Technology (BUT). Graduates may proceed to a doctoral degree program—either the Czech-language program DPC-BTB Biomedical Technologies and Bioinformatics, offered at the same faculty, or its English-language version, DPA-BTB. Alternatively, graduates may pursue a related doctoral degree program elsewhere in the Czech Republic or abroad.