SAINT PETERSBURG STATE ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY LETI DEPARTMENT OF

SAINT PETERSBURG STATE ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY “LETI” DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM “BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF REHABILITATION AND PROSTHETICS”

ETU “LETI”– TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS ● ETU “LETI” is the oldest Electrotechnical University in Europe (it was founded in 1886) ● The radio inventor Alexander Popov was the first elected director of the University ● Professor Zhores I. Alferov, a graduate and the former Head of the ETU Optoelectronics Department, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Herbert Kroemer (2000) ● Today about 9 000 students, including international students from different countries, study at LETI simultaneously. ● Today the staff of LETI includes about 2300 people with more than 900 professors and Ph. Ds, 20 laureates of national and international Prizes and 5 correspondent members of Russian Academy of Science 2

DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS - EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SINCE 1962 ● The first department in the Soviet Union which started training in the field of biomedical engineering ● Currently one of the leading departments in the sphere of biomedical engineering in Russia ● Today the staff includes 12 Professors and 7 Associate Professors ● There are 3 levels of education: a Bachelor’s program – 4 years, 3 Master’s programs – 2 years, and a postgraduate program “Devices, systems and products for medical use” ● Since 2014 a new English language master degree program “Bioengineering Systems and Technologies for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation” has been available 3

BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROSTHETICS AND REHABILITATION ● Extent of the Program: 120 ECTS credits, duration: 2 years (full-time studies) ● Students get knowledge of prosthetics objects modeling and rehabilitation bioengineering systems design. They get skills of practical work with modern technologies and systems for disabled patient examination, ability of carrying out scientific research during the development of new rehabilitation systems. ● The basis of the program was developed in 2006 as Tempus Joint Project #27097 “Developing capability in Orthotic and Prosthetic Education for the Russian Federation” in close collaboration with the University of Salford ● The program is implemented in collaboration with the ETU “LETI” Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Graphics 4

PROGRAM STRUCTURE (IN ECTS) Educational programs of «LETI» are constantly modernized, following the principle «Training through research» 5

PROGRAM CURRICULUM Professional course General course Personal projects 6

EDUCATIONAL PROCESS 7

SCIENCE GROUPS AND LABORATORIES Portable systems for remote monitoring of patient state guided by prof. Zafar M. Yuldashev Biomechanics and Biomechanical Simulation of Prosthetics Objects guided by prof. P. Begun (ETU Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Graphics) Technologies of prosthetics and rehabilitation guided by prof. Ludmila M. Smirnova 8

SCIENCE GROUPS AND LABORATORIES Biomedical signal processing guided by prof. Anatoliy P. Nemirko Simulation in Bioengineering Systems guided by prof. Y. Senkevich Medical decision support systems guided by as. prof. Elena V. Sadykova 9

PARTNERS OF THE PROGRAM ● St. Petersburg Scientific and Practical Centre of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation named after G. A. Albrecht (St. Petersburg) ● Federal Almazov Medical Research Center (St. Petersburg) ● The University of Salford (Manchester, UK) ● Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland) ● Wien University of Applied Sciences (Wien, Austria) ● Prague Technical University (Prague, the Czech Republic) 11

POSSIBLE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONS OF THE MASTER DEGREE 1. Feet scan analysis in static position and movement 2. Computer analysis of patient’s body position in the space 11

POSSIBLE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONS OF THE MASTER DEGREE 3. Biomechanical simulation of prosthetics objects 4. Students can carry out their master thesis in other scienctific groups of the department or its partners (Federal Almazov Medical Research Center, Scientific and Practical Centre of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation named after G. A. Albrecht ) 12

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE LIFE INVITED FOREIGN PROFESSORS ANNUAL RUSSIAN-GERMAN CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DOUBLE DEGREE AND EXCHANGE STUDENT PROGRAMS 13

CAREER PROSPECTS Types of graduates professional activity: ● Technical maintenance of high-technology and science-intensive medical devices ● Development of new medical devices ● Research in the field of Rehabilitation And Prosthetics Places where to work: ● ● Medical centers Industrial enterprises and firms Certification, standardization and testing of medical devices Scientific and research centers 14

International Summer School at ETU “LETI” ● The program offers courses in 3 modules: • Bioengineering Systems and Technologies of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics • Economics and Management • International Business Communication ● The modules give a taste of Master programs in English ● You can choose any subject from any module and combine them ● Various cultural activities are also provided ● Summer is the best time to visit St. Petersburg. Summer school takes place every year in the first half of July ● For more information please contact Ms. Tatiana S. Zharova (tszharova@etu. ru) 15

http: //www. eltech. ru/en/university Ms. Anna Y. Glazova, the coordinator of the Master’s program e-mail: ayglazova@gmail. com 16