Diploma in Biomedical Equipment Engineering

This course is based on the job required to perform by the Biomedical Equipment Technicians at different levels of hospitals and nursing homes in Nepal. Therefore, this curriculum is designed to provide knowledge and skills focusing on Biomedical Equipment Engineering related to the occupation. There are three semesters in total within the period of one and half years. The courses are focused on basic disciplinary subjects of Biomedical Equipment Engineering including provision of elective subjects. 

Moreover, the third semester insists on the application of learned skills and knowledge through the project as infusion model of subjects. It makes provision of projects as well as elective subjects in the specific areas of Electronics and Biomedical Equipment Engineering. 

The course structure and the subject wise content that reflect the details of this curriculum. In brief, this curriculum will guide to its implementer to produce competent and highly employable middle level technical workforce in the field of biomedical equipment engineering. The contents of individual subjects prescribed in the curriculum are incorporated in the light of "must know and must do" principle of knowledge and skills for this level. 

 Aim of the Program 

The aim of this program is to produce diploma level biomedical equipment technician to provide technical service in different level of health facilities in the country.  

 Program objectives

The objectives of the course is to;

produce middle level technically competent workforce/human resources to work as biomedical technician in different level of health facilities,

reduce the dependency on employing such technicians from foreign countries,

able to understand relationship between human anatomy physiology and biomedical engineering and

carry out the overall planning and management of medical devices in the health facilities of Nepal