MTech Course Curriculum
1st Semester
Core Courses (4 Credits)
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | For AY 2023-24 |
BB 899 | Communication skills (PP/NP (*Credits over and above the required minimum of 160) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4* | Offered | ||
BB 653 | Experimental Techniques in Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | HV* | Offered |
Soft Core Courses (Compulsory courses based on background) (6 credits)
Department Electives (48 credits to be completed over the first two semesters: extra credits may be tagged as additional learning)
FH: runs in First Half of the semester, SH: runs in Second Half of the semester
* Course has a pre-requisite
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | For AY 2023-24 |
For Bio background students | ||||||||
BB 619 | Mathematics for Biologists | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | SK | Offered | |
For Engg background students | ||||||||
BB 603 | Physiology for engineers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | VPS* + NT | Offered |
FH: runs in First Half of the semester, SH: runs in Second Half of the semester
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructors | For AY2023-24 |
BB 663 (FH) | Medical imaging physics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | DPaul | Offered | |
BB 665 (FH) | Biomaterials | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | PT | Offered | |
BB 679 (SH) | Drug delivery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | PT | Offered | |
BB 633 (FH) | Movement Neuroscience | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | NK | Offered | |
BB 639 (SH) | Nanobiotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | RS | Offered | |
BB 627 (SH) | Medical imaging methods | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | HV | Offered | |
BB 673 (SH) | Medical sensors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | SM | Offered | |
BB 601 (SH) | Introduction to bio-nanotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 661 (FH) | Biopotentials I: Cellular Signals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 669 (FH) | Signals & systems in Biomedical Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | AKun | Offered | |
BB 671 (SH) | Biopotentials II: Clinical Signals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 675 (FH) | Elements of circuits and instrumentation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 677 (SH) | Introduction to biomechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 600 | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 803 | Advanced Cellular Electrophysiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BBXXX | Introduction to Neural Engineering* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | NT | Offered |
2nd Semester
Core Courses (10 Credits)
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | For AY 2023-24 |
BB 694 | Credit seminar # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | HV + NK | Offered |
BB 621 | Biostatistics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | SSen | Offered |
# The department process for allotting Credit Seminar and MTP topics to students: click here
Institute Elective (6 credits)
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C |
Institute elective (to be taken either in the 2nd or the 3rd semester) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Department Electives (48 credits to be completed over the first two semesters: extra credits may be tagged as additional learning)
FH: runs in First Half of the semester, SH: runs in Second Half of the semester
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructors | For AY 2023-24 |
BB 606 | Cellular electricity: physics & modeling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | RM | Offered | |
BB 608 | Advanced Biomaterials & Regeneration | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 610 | Biomedical microsystems^ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | RS | Not Offered | |
BB 612 | Cell mechanics and mechanobiology$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | SSen | Not Offered | |
BB 614 | Biosensors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | SM | Offered | |
BB 616 | Cellular and tissue engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | PT | Offered | |
BB 624 | Microfluidics: physics and applications | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | DPaul | Offered | |
BB 625 | Motor Control in Health and Disease | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | NK | Offered | |
BB704 | Diffuse Optical Imaging | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 620 | Ergonomics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 622 | Introduction to medical informatique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 618 | Medical instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
BB 655 | Introduction to Biomedical Optics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | HV | Offered | |
BB 702 (FH) | Technology in Surgical Reconstruction | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | VPS | Offered | |
BB 681 | Biological Physics at Microscopic Scales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | AKun | Offered |
^ Not to be offered to BSBE Students (both M.Tech. and Ph.D.)
$ Not to be offered to BSBE M.Tech. Students
3rd Semester
Institute Elective (6 credits)
MTP Stage 1- Contact hours: 0; Credits: 42
# The department process for allotting Credit Seminar and MTP topics to students: click here
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C |
Institute elective (to be taken either in the 2nd or the 3rd semester) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C |
BB 797 | Project Stage I # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
4th Semester
MTP Stage 2- Contact hours: 0; Credits: 44
Code | Subject Name | L | T | P | C |
BB 798 | Project Stage II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Course Work and Credit Structure
Course Work and Credits | Sem. 1 | Sem. 2 | Sem. 3 | Sem. 4 | Total |
Core course (BB653 Experimental Techniques in Biomedical Engineering- Lab course) | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
Core course (BB621 Biostatistics + BB694 Credit Seminar) | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
Soft Core courses (One compulsory course based on background) | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 |
Department Electives | 24 | 24 | – | – | 48 |
Institute Elective | – | 0-6 | 6-0 | – | 6 |
Communication (P/NP) (*Credits over and above the required minimum of 160) | 4* | – | – | – | 4* |
Total Course Credits (A) | 74 | ||||
M.Tech. Project Credits (B) | – | – | 42 | 44 | 86 |
Total Credits for the Program (A+B) | 160 |