About BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING “Biomedical Engineering” is an interdisciplinary field of study that consists of the combination of sciences that deal with living organisms, such as medicine and biology, and sciences such as engineering, mathematics and physics. Biomedical Engineers are involved in the design and development of medical devices and systems, in the production and development of technical hardware, software and tools that will contribute to the diagnosis and treatment processes of diseases, and in the design, production, operation, maintenance/repair and calibration of machines that support the human body, and these activities are carried out in healthcare services. They are implemented and managed within the giving institutions. Nowadays, biomedical engineers produce high-tech medical devices and systems, develop structures that measure biochemical events in the human body, developing new and efficient methods for physiological and biological measurements, medical data/signal/image processing and analysis, developing artificial organs, etc. They have responsibilities such as presenting developments in areas such as to the healthcare system. Erciyes University, Faculty of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department was established in 2007 and admitted its first students in 2008. Our department is the first biomedical engineering department established within a state university in Turkey and has 11 faculty members (5 Professors, 2 Associate Professors and 4 Doctors), 2 Research Assistant Doctors and 1 Research Assistant. The academic staff in our department has research areas on biomedical device and system development, biomedical system and signal analysis, biomedical imaging and image processing, biosensor development and application, nanotechnological structures and applications, biomaterials and biomechanics, as well as artificial intelligence systems that improve diagnosis and treatment processes. In addition to making our department strong at an advanced level in this very broad field of study, it continues its activities to recruit young researchers and/or academicians who have completed their doctorates in the field of biomedical engineering abroad, in order to further strengthen the academic staff. Our department accepts students with a quota of 20 in the first years of its opening, through the student selection and placement exam (ÖSYS), then 70 until 2023, and 40 as of the 2023-2024 academic year. Our students must complete (or be exempt from) the English preparatory education provided by the School of Foreign Languages. Undergraduate students will do a summer internship for a total of 2 semesters. Students will gain experience by having the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge given in the courses in the production and service sectors during internships. In addition, the Biomedical Engineering Master's Program was opened in 2008 and the PhD Program was opened in 2009, affiliated with Erciyes University Institute of Science. Academicians of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and graduate students of the Department of Biomedical Engineering contribute to health and engineering science with their advanced research. Our department aims to provide its students with an education in line with today's technological developments and to train them as engineers who successfully combine the disciplines of medicine and engineering. Especially the health sector of our country and region needs qualified biomedical engineers. Our graduates contribute to science, the national and regional economy by employing them in these fields of study, and it is aimed to continuously increase this contribution. Educational Objectives 1. To train engineers who can undertake tasks at various levels such as engineering, R&D and management in our country's public and private sector organizations and international organizations. 2. To train research graduates who have the competence and infrastructure to work in universities and research institutions. 3. To raise entrepreneurial and innovative graduates who can establish their own companies in the fields of Biomedical Engineering technologies. Job Opportunities After Graduation In our country, the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate program was first opened in 2000-2001 at Başkent University and then in our first department as a state university in 2007-2008. Today, it accepts students and graduates from around 25 universities. These graduates mainly serve in public or private hospitals, biomedical companies, research institutes, state equipment, medical pharmaceutical institutions, in short, in sectors where health and engineering combine. Apart from this, a staff standard has been introduced to have 1 Biomedical Engineer in hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health with a capacity of 200 beds. In addition, as the bed capacity of hospitals increases, the number of staff will also increase. This standard was published in the Official Gazette dated 27 July 2001 and numbered 24472. The same study was carried out for the rapidly increasing number of Private Hospitals in our country. In the staff tables annexed to the regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 22.03.2002 and numbered 24708, Private Hospitals with 100 beds and above are obliged to have Biomedical Engineers in their staff. Studies on this subject continue to develop. Graduates of our department also have the opportunity to work in educational research institutions and hospitals abroad. Scholarship Opportunities Students of the Faculty of Engineering who are in need and meet the necessary conditions are given loans and scholarships from the Credit and Hostels Institution, the Turkish Education Foundation, the Ministry of National Education and many similar institutions, foundations or philanthropists. In this regard, scholarship commissions in our faculty and department provide information and guidance to students in need.