Five reasons to study biomedical engineering at Surrey
What makes our biomedical engineering degrees different and what’s the secret behind our graduates’ successes? Here we reveal five reasons why you should choose the University of Surrey for your biomedical engineering degree.
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1. Fantastic work placement opportunities
Surrey won Best University Careers/Employability Service in the UK in 2022. On our renowned Professional Training placement programme you can gain a year’s valuable work experience with a company like:
- GE Healthcare
- DePuy Synthes
- Siemens
- Abbott Diabetes Care.
We also have superb graduate employability, with 93 per cent of our mechanical engineering sciences graduates going on to employment or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2026, HESA).
Read about biomedical engineering student Ngan Le’s placement experience at Abbott Diabetes Care.
2. Flexibility with common first year
Whether you opt for our Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering courses, you’ll study a common first year which means you can swap to a different pathway, if you decide it’s a better fit, up until the end of your first year.
3. Professionally accredited courses
Our biomedical engineering degrees are accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which means you’ll be well on the way towards chartered status after studying at Surrey.
Our MEng courses fully meet the academic requirements to become a Chartered Engineer, while our BEng programmes partially meet the academic requirement and can be supplemented by further study.
4. Award-winning maths support
Maths skills are crucial to studying biomedical engineering at degree level, and at Surrey we help to bridge the gap between school and University. Before you even arrive at the University you’ll be given learning resources and a diagnostic quiz that will help you identify any topic areas you need to work on.
As a first year student you can attend maths ‘bootcamps’ alongside your modules where you’ll apply mathematical concepts to solve real-world problems, as well as making use of our Maths and Statistics Advice (MASA) service.
Our maths support programme also supports Foundation Year students and won a prestigious award.
5. Industry-standard facilities
You’ll benefit from fantastic facilities such as our:
- Clinical-grade human movement lab
- Latest design software and computer-numerical-control (CNC) machine tooling equipment within our Design Centre
- Mechanical Engineering workshop featuring the latest 3D printing technology and a laser cutter.
We are ranked 12th in the UK for medical technology and bioengineering in the Complete University Guide 2027.
At Surrey, we are also proud to have been ranked 7th in the UK for overall student satisfaction** in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2026.
**Measured by % positivity based on Q1-24 for all institutions listed in the Guardian University Guide league tables.
Discover more about our programmes in biomedical engineering.
