Key information
- Duration: Full-time 48 months
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting January 2027 — Apply before Oct 2026
Overview
University of Surrey graduates have gone on to clinical engineering positions in the NHS, design consultancies, medicine and prosthesis manufacturing; clinical scientist roles in biomedical engineering research and development companies; and research associate positions in academia, and other areas.
Career opportunities
Surrey's Biomedical Engineering PhD will give you the knowledge, skills and expertise needed for a career in engineering, research or academia. You’ll be intellectually challenged, develop research and management skills, and become an expert in your chosen field of study. It normally takes around three years to complete a full-time PhD. You’ll be assigned a minimum of two supervisors, who’ll guide you through your studies.
- You’ll learn how to conduct literature reviews, develop your ideas and verify them with experiments, and collaborate and perform interdisciplinary research. Your skills will develop over time and you’ll become an independent researcher able to solve biomedical problems using engineering principles.
- Your final assessment will be based on the presentation of your research in a written thesis, which will be discussed in a viva examination with at least two examiners. You have the option of preparing your thesis as a monograph (one large volume in chapter form) or in publication format (including chapters written for publication), subject to the approval of your supervisors.
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Programme Structure
Research themes include:
- Bioinspired materials
- Biomechanics
- Biomedical signal processing, including the development of tools for early diagnosis
- Chronobiology
- Electrophysiology of disease
- Machine learning applications for healthcare.
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Lower Second Class, Upper Second Class (recommended)
English requirements
Duolingo English Test: 120
OR TOEFL iBT: 88, OR New TOEFL iBT 1-6 score (CEFR-aligned): 4.5
OR PTE Academic: 67
OR IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
Applicants are expected to hold a first or upper second-class (2:1) UK degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent overseas qualification), or a lower-second (2:2) UK degree plus a good UK masters degree - distinction normally required (or equivalent overseas qualification).
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 53,528 AUD / year (≈ 28,300 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,907 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
Additional Details
Part-time: UK £2,619; Overseas £14,200
Living costs
Guildford, United Kingdom: 1,248-2,156 AUD / month