Development of a new Biomedical Engineering Education Program at Institut Teknologi Bandung

Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology, this field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine, in order to improve healthcare diagnosis, monitoring and therapy. At Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), the Biomedical Engineering (BME) undergraduate program has been conducted since 1998, as an option within the Electrical Engineering (EE) undergraduate program. In March 2013, the Institut Teknologi Bandung obtained a mandate from the Directorate of Higher Education - Ministry of National Education to offer a Bachelor Program in Biomedical Engineering. Therefore, we have to develop a new Biomedical Engineering Education Program (including its curriculum), based on many years experiences in running the existing undergraduate biomedical engineering program. This paper presents the development of a new 2013 Biomedical Engineering Curriculum for the undergraduate level at ITB. The program strength of basic sciences and engineering will allow the graduate students to understand rapidly new Biomedical Engineering and Technologies.