**Turn ideas into engineered solutions and overcome some of society’s biggest challenges.**\ Whether designing high-tech operating theatres, biomaterials, medical wearables or implant technologies, medical engineers play a crucial part in designing the healthcare solutions of the future. A wide range of skills is needed to successfully design and manufacture the healthcare technologies we need in an efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable way, while meeting the demands and challenges of the modern world.\ As the branch of engineering that involves the design, production, and operation of medical devices and technology, medical engineers must be able to combine engineering physics and mathematics principles with medicine.\ This is a practical course, so you’ll benefit from specialist facilities, including extensive lab space and equipment, our high-spec computer cluster for computer-aided design (CAD) work and computational modelling, in structural analysis, for example, and workshop facilities for various rapid prototyping systems. You’ll also develop your programming skills in industry-standard languages like MATLAB and for microprocessor systems, giving you everything you need to get started on your career in engineering.\ The next generation of medical engineers will help to advance healthcare performance and outcomes, not only through innovative new treatment approaches but also in monitoring, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of patients. **‘The best aspect of my course is the blend between the medical and engineering worlds along with the exposure to different disciplines.’**\ Fareda Hany AlWakeel, Medical Engineering MEng, BEng **Why study at Leeds** * **Highly recognised and industry-approved**: This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and our active Industrial Advisory Board helps inform the development of this course, so it’s always in line with industry. * **Work on your own mechanical projects**: Put your learning into practice by designing, manufacturing and assembling devices and testing their performance. * **Access specialist facilities**: Make use of our high-spec computer cluster and extensive laboratory spaces. * **Strong university links**: Work collaboratively with Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Robotics Leeds, the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Biological Sciences. * **Develop your experience and boost your career prospects**: Get the edge by exploring our industrial placement opportunities or study abroad programmes. * **Make the most of your time at Leeds**: Join our student society MechEngSoc. It’s a great opportunity for you to meet people from different cultures and backgrounds who share your passion for mechanical engineering. **Rankings and awards**\ Top 100 in the world for engineering and technology, QS World University Rankings 2026\ Top 10 in the UK for Mechanical Engineering, Complete University Guide 2026 **Where this degree could take you**\ Here’s an insight into the job roles some of our most recent graduates have obtained: * Medical Device Specialist, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) * Regulatory Affairs Consultant, MedPass International * Medical Scientist, NHS * Graduate Manufacturing Engineer, Saint-Gobain * Procurement Engineer, Siemens Healthineers * New Product Development, Biomet UK **Career support**\ 10 most targeted for 10+ years by the UK's leading employers, The Graduate Market 2026, High Fliers Research\ At Leeds, we help you to prepare for your future from day one.\ Our Careers Service has the global expertise and sector-spanning industry partnerships that, combined, go way beyond simply helping you get a job. They provide you with the resources you need to upskill and achieve the future you aspire towards – even in the face of lightning-paced change.
A Level: A*AA | A-level: A*AA including Mathematics and one of the sciences, Physics, Chemistry or Biology. Where an A-level Science subject is taken, we require a pass in the practical science element, alongside the achievement of the A-level at the stated grade. Extended Project Qualification, International Project Qualification and Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate: We recognise the value of these qualifications and the effort and enthusiasm that applicants put into them, and where an applicant offers the EPQ, IPQ or ASCC we may make an offer of AAA at A-level including Mathematics and one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology, plus grade A in EPQ/IPQ/Welsh Bacc ASCC. | Scottish Higher | AA at Advanced Higher level including Mathematics and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology, and AAAAA at Higher level. | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Pass 60 credits overall with 45 credits at Level 3, with Distinction, to include Mathematics, Calculus, Further Calculus and Physics, Chemistry or Biology. | GCSE/National 4/National 5 English Language grade 4 (C) or higher, or an equivalent English language qualification. We will accept Level 2 Functional Skills English instead of GCSE English. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme | 18 points at higher level to include 6 points in higher level Mathematics and either Physics or Chemistry or Biology. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): DDD | DDD (RQF) in an Engineering-related BTEC and a grade A in A Level Mathematics. We cannot consider BTEC qualifications without A Level Mathematics and do not accept BTEC Maths units in lieu of this A Level requirement Please note – there may be different requirements for the older QCF BTECs, please contact Admissions. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H1H1H2H2H2H2 | H1 H1 H2 H2 H2 H2, including Mathematics and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology, where a H1 must be in either Mathematics or Physics. | Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal: D2D3D3 | D2, D3, D3 including Mathematics and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology.
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