PMSCBMCFTR5-2024-5-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

Master of Science in Biomedical Cybernetics

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Semesters

90 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time (by Research)

Information for International applicants

Applicants must be in possession of:

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a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree with at least Second Class Honours or
a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree with at least Second Class Honours in appropriate subjects as approved by the Board or
the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery or
the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (with a classification of Second Class Honours or better if awarded from July 2009 onwards) or
the degree of Master of Dental Surgery awarded from July 2018 onwards or
a qualification deemed by Senate, on the recommendation of the Board, to be equivalent or higher to the qualifications listed in (a) to (e).

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The M.Sc. in Biomedical Cybernetics is a cross-disciplinary research degree programme, in the field of Biomedical Cybernetics. Here, Biomedical Cybernetics refers to the classical definition of cybernetics as applied to biological and biomedical systems, that is, the technology-abstracted study of biological and biomedical systems and signals, and concepts such as the following: systems theory, analysis, modelling, behaviour and control; data, signal and image acquisition, analysis and processing; study and extraction of information, pattern and intelligence; understanding of knowledge directed processes; decision-making processes; and the design and development of devices to achieve the above; and the application of digital technologies to medicine, healthcare and wellbeing.

The programme has a taught component that provides you with the required skills and a research component that engages you to apply your background and newly learnt skills to a specific research problem broadly related to the areas of medicine and biology.

While the Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics has a number of ongoing research themes such as in brain signal analysis, biomedical imaging, wearable health-care devices, patient rehabilitation, ambient assisted and independent living, MRI studies, gait and motion analysis, you are encouraged to approach the Centre to discuss your interests as related to biomedical cybernetics.

The programme of studies can be taken either on a full-time basis over a period of one calendar year or on a part-time basis over a period of three academic years.


Year and Summer Semester

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CBC5000	Research Project in Biomedical Cybernetics	75 ECTS


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CBC5001*	Special Topics in Biomedical Cybernetics	10 ECTS
* Students may be directed to register for other study-units as directed by the Board.

Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ENR5006**	Research Methods for Engineering	5 ECTS
** Students may register for this study-unit in either semester 1 or semester 2 as directed by the Board.

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the degree of Master of Science – M.Sc. – under the auspices of the Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics.

By successfully completing the Masters of Science in Biomedical Cybernetics, you should:

Acquire an understanding about the related principles of cybernetics that relate to the research project, typically becoming familiar with the basic principles of signal analysis, image analysis, machine intelligence, system modelling and control theory, depending on the relative relevance of these topics to the student's research project, and/or to the principles related to the medicine and biology aspect of their project;
Recognize research as a process of investigation, discovery, analysis, understanding and development of new knowledge, and identify and select the generic skills required to pursue research activities;
Acquire methodological research skills, skills that allow the student to communicate and relate with technical counterparts and/or counterparts from medicine and biology, and skills to appreciate the implications of the technical choices on the data acquired;
Develop skills to work in inter-disciplinary subject matter and relate with professionals from other disciplines.

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Total Tuition Fees: Eur 13,400

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The demand for clinicians, scientists and engineers having skills in cybernetic principles as applied to the broad areas of medicine and biology is bound to increase due to the growth in medical and biological data complexity and the various ways by which such medical and biological data would need to be processed and used.

If you are a successful student who has completed the Masters of Science in Biomedical Cybernetics, you would be adding a strong technical component to your background in any area related to medicine and biology.

If you are a technical and engineering graduate, you will obtain training that will enable you to apply your technical background specifically to problem in medicine and biology, an area which is becoming more and more dominated by technology, data acquisition and processing.

As a graduate from this course, you will also be eligible to follow doctoral studies in areas broadly related to biomedical cybernetics.