Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering Admission 2021 & Top Colleges

• Ph.d or Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical engineering is the doctorate level course in biomedical engineering. Students can pursue this course full-time as well as part-time. Typically, it takes 3 years to complete the course. 
• Biomedical engineering is the interesting and challenging field. In biomedical engineering, the engineering expertise is combined with a medical need for enhancing the health care.
• The doctoral course in biomedical engineering is generally based on research work. Once you earn a degree and required knowledge in this field, you can work in research organizations.
• Ph.D in Biomedical engineering provides the candidates an opportunity to specialize in any one of the disciplines such as Biomedical Imaging, Computational Modelling, Neuroengineering, Biomechanics, Tissue engineering, etc.

Subjects of Study :
The subjects involved in the study of Ph.D in Biomedical engineering are given below:
•    Image Processing
•    Signal Processing
•    Biomechanics
•    Biomedical Instrumentation
•    Biomedical Electronics
•    Design of Algorithms and Data Structures
•    Biomedical Imaging Systems
•    Bioinformatics
Eligibility Criteria:
The eligibility required for this course is master’s degree in relevant field from a recognized institution. Students should have M.Tech/M.E. degree in biomedical engineering to be eligible for this course. B.Tech and M.Tech should be passed with minimum 60% aggregate marks.
Admission Procedure:
Admission procedure varies from college to college. Most of the colleges conduct their own Ph.D entrance test for facilitating admission. To take admission, it is compulsory for the candidates to appear the exam. Direct entry to doctoral programmes is also done through GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering). Candidates possessing the valid GATE scores are exempted from the entrance test.
Job Prospects:

• The biomedical engineer with Ph.D degree can work in research institutions and Universities. In India, there are many biomedical engineering research centres like Centre for Biomedical engineering IIT Delhi, Indian Institute of Science, School of Medical Science and Technology IIT Kharagpur, etc.
• Interested candidate can also work in biomedical engineering projects in National Physical Laboratories, NCBS Bangalore, etc. 
• Besides this, job opportunity is always available in private sector organizations, hospitals, healthcare laboratories as well. After earning Ph.D degree, a candidate can run his/her own research lab. Also, a candidate can join prestigious private or government institution and become a professor.
• The profiles offered to biomedical engineers are the research scientist, technical writer, biomaterial engineer, biomechanics engineer, professor, patent analyst, etc.

Salary:
In United States, the average salary for the biomedical research engineer is $99,709. In India, a research engineer has the salary package ranges between Rs. 6 lac to 9 lac annually.