NTU Bioengineering Career FAQ Q 1 What are

NTU Bioengineering Career FAQ

Q 1: What are the trends in Bioengineering Careers? Ans: 1. The demand for better and novel medical devices and equipment is increasing due to aging population, new diseases, sports injuries and accidents. 2. Bioengineering graduates work in manufacturing industries, such as biomedical instrument development, regulatory bodies and health care industries. 3. Others worked for hospitals, government agencies, or postgraduated studies. 4. Banks also look for bioengineers who has been trained in a broad base curriculum that includes medicine to help in developing the investment landscape.

Q 2: What sort of jobs will medical companies offer? Ans: 1. Most medical companies have research and development division, regulatory affairs and also have sales and distribution divisions. 2. These will have opportunities in R&D technical support and service, regulatory matters, sales and marketing. 3. In Singapore the landscape is changing as many medical companies tap on our engineers who are good in design and product development become a major work. 4. As a Regional Hub, Singapore has also aligned much of the Sales and Marketing of Medical Devices here and a number of our graduates end up eventually as Sales and Marketing Directors in the region.

Q 3: How will the Bioengineering Curriculum prepare me for the diverse options available for me? Ans: 1. NTU Bioengineering curriculum is benched mark against the top 5 US universities and is one of the most multi-discipline engineering discipline in Singapore. 2. The training you have been given in regulatory affairs, bioimaging, biomedical sensors, biomedical instrumentations and bio-signal processing are relevant to companies in areas as diverse as from electrical to computing and health care regulatory bodies. 3. Good students may find the medical/hospital attachments a gate way to enlarge your vision of becoming a clinical engineer working closely with clinicians.

Q 4: What is the range of salaries I can expect to earn as a Bioengineering? Ans: A salary survey, conducted by Ministry of Education on NTU graduates in 2011 , indicated starting basic salaries for bachelor's degree candidates in bioengineering is close to averaged $3, 000 /month. This is higher than that of the National Average which is about $2, 500.