Collaborative Programs
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Biomedical Engineering
Lead Faculty
Contact and Address
Applied Science and Engineering
Web: www.ibbme.utoronto.ca
Email: admissions.ibbme@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4841
Fax: (416) 978-4317
Participating Degree Programs
Biochemistry—MSc, PhD
Biomedical Engineering—MASc, PhD
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry—MASc,
PhD
Chemistry—MSc, PhD
Dentistry—MSc, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering—MASc,PhD
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology—MSc, PhD
Materials Science and Engineering—MASc, PhD
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering—MASc, PhD
Medical Biophysics—MSc, PhD
Medical Science—MSc, PhD
Pharmaceutical Sciences—MSc, PhD
Physics—MSc, PhD
Physiology—MSc, PhD
Rehabilitation Science—MSc, PhD
Overview
The graduate programs listed above participate in the
Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering at the
University of Toronto. This program offers the opportunity
for research in biomedical engineering leading to master’s
and doctoral degrees. The collaborative program is
housed in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical
Engineering (IBBME).
Biomedical engineering is a multidisciplinary field that
integrates engineering with biology and medicine. It uses
methods, principles, and tools of engineering, physical
sciences, and mathematics to solve problems in the
medical and life sciences. Biomedical engineering consists
of the application of the concepts and methods of
engineering and physics to the study of living systems, to
the enhancement and replacement of those systems, to
the design and construction of systems to measure basic
physiological parameters, to the development of
instruments, materials, and techniques for biological and
medical practice, and to the development of artificial
organs. By its nature the field is interdisciplinary and
involves close collaboration between many departments of
the university and associated hospitals.
Upon successful completion of the degree requirements of
the participating home department and the collaborative
program, students receive the notation “Completed
Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering” on their
transcript and parchment.
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Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto
Rosebrugh Building
Room 407, 164 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9
Canada
Programs
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
 Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative
program must apply to and be admitted to both the
collaborative program and a graduate degree program in
one of the collaborating departments.
 Applicants must be graduates in dentistry, engineering,
engineering science, medicine, or one of the physical or
biological sciences and must be accepted to the
Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering
through one of the collaborating graduate departments
(home departments) listed above.
Program Requirements
Students register in the School of Graduate Studies
through their home department; they will meet all
respective degree requirements as described by SGS and
the Program Committee. As part of these requirements:
 The program of study for each MASc or MSc degree
student registered in the collaborative program must
meet the requirements of the collaborating department
and will normally comprise at least 2.0 full-course
equivalents (FCEs) and a thesis in the biomedical field.
 Engineering and physical science students will be
required to take a biological sciences course such as
JPB 1022H Human Physiology as Related to Biomedical
Engineering (or an equivalent).
 Biological science students will be expected to take a
physical sciences course such as JPB 1055H
Bioengineering for Life Scientists (or an equivalent).
 Students will be expected to take BME 1450H
Bioengineering Science and pursue a thesis topic
relevant to biomedical engineering.
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 In addition to the 2.0 FCEs, students registered in a
 Each PhD student is normally required to have a
graduate degree program involving research are
required to participate in two seminar courses: one of
BME 1010H or BME 1011H Graduate Seminar Series
and JDE 1000H Ethics in Research.
 Students are required to have a supervisory committee
approved by the program committee and consisting of a
supervisor from IBBME, with a cross-appointment in the
home department, and other members from other
collaborating departments as required.
 The examination committee will be constituted according
to procedures in the home graduate department and will
include a member from that collaborating department.
supervisory committee consisting of at least three
persons, including a supervisor who has an appropriate
graduate appointment and who is also a member of the
graduate faculty in the home department. When
appropriate, an additional member of the supervisory
committee may be from outside the University of
Toronto, with approval from the School of Graduate
Studies.
 For doctoral degrees, the examination committee will be
constituted according to procedures in the home
graduate department and will include a member from
that collaborating department.
Admission Requirements
Course List
 Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative
Not all courses are offered every year. Students should
contact the IBBME office for details.
Doctoral Level
program must apply to and be admitted to both the
collaborative program and a graduate degree program in
one of the collaborating departments.
 Applicants must be graduates in dentistry, engineering,
engineering science, medicine, or one of the physical or
biological sciences and must be accepted to the
Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering
through one of the collaborating graduate departments
(home departments) listed above.
 Before PhD students are accepted, the Program
Committee must be satisfied with the applicant's ability
to undertake advanced graduate studies.
BME 1010H
Graduate Seminar
BME 1011H
Graduate Seminar
BME 1405H
Clinical Engineering Instrumentation I
BME 1436H
Clinical Engineering
BME 1439H
Clinical Engineering Instrumentation II
BME 1450H
Bioengineering Science
Program Requirements
BME 1452H
Signal Processing for Bioengineering
 A qualifying examination may be required by the
BME 1453H
Cell and Tissue Engineering
BME 1454H
Regenerative Medicine: Fundamentals
and Applications
BME 1456H
Changing Health Care Technologies,
People, and Places
BME 1457H
Biomedical Nanotechnology
BME 1458H
Pattern Discovery Methods for
Biomedical Engineering
BME 1459H
Protein Engineering
BME 1460H
Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy:
Theory and Application to Live Cell
Imaging
BME 1480H
Experimental Design and Multivariate
Analysis in Bioengineering
BME 4444Y+
Practice in Clinical Engineering
CHE 1107H
Applied Mathematics
collaborating department.
 Students admitted to the collaborative program who are
admitted to a PhD program in their home unit will be
subject to the requirements of the collaborating unit. The
program of study for each PhD student registered in the
Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering must
be approved by the collaborating department and the
Program Committee; the program will normally comprise
at least 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) and a thesis.
 Engineering and physical science students will be
required to take a biological sciences course such as
JPB 1022H Human Physiology as Related to Biomedical
Engineering (or an equivalent).
 Biological science students will be expected to take a
physical sciences course such as JPB 1055H
Bioengineering for Life Scientists (or an equivalent).
 Students will be expected to take BME 1450H
Bioengineering Science and pursue a thesis topic
relevant to biomedical engineering.
 In addition to the 1.0 FCE, students are required to
participate in two seminar courses: one of BME 1010H
or BME 1011H Graduate Seminar series, and JDE
1000H Ethics in Research.
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Collaborative Programs
CHE 1141H
Advanced Chemical Reaction
Engineering
JTC 1331H
Biomaterials Science
CHE 1143H
Transport Phenomena
MBP 1007H
Fundamentals in Molecular and Cell
Biology I
CHE 1310H
Chemical Properties of Polymers
MBP 1008H
Fundamentals in Molecular and Cell
Biology II
DEN 1070H
Advances in Dental Materials Science
DEN 1081H
Bone Interfacing Implants
MBP 1022H
Advanced Cell Biology for Physical
Scientists
ECE 1228H
Electromagnetic Theory
MIE 1001H
Dynamics II
ECE 1352H
Analog Circuit Design I
MIE 1062H
Robot Kinematics and Dynamics
ECE 1475H
Bio-Photonics
MIE 1101H
Thermodynamics II
ECE 1502H
Information Theory
MIE 1201H
Fluid Mechanics III
ECE 1511H
Signal Processing
MMS 1026H
Analytical Electron Microscopy
ECE 1521H
Statistical Communication Theory
PHM 1109H
Recent Developments in Dosage Form
Design
ECE 1647H
Nonlinear Control System Analysis
PHM 1110H
Chemical Basis of Drug Metabolism
JCB 1349H
Molecular Assemblies:
Structure/Function/Properties
PHM 1117H
DNA-Drug Interactions
PSL 1432H
Theoretical Physiology
PSL 1052H
Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function
REH 1100H
Theory and Research in Rehabilitation
JEB 1365H
Ultrasound: Theory and Applications in
Biology and Medicine
JEB 1375H
Practical Optimization
JEB 1433H
Medical Imaging
JEB 1444H
Neural Engineering
JEB 1447H
Sensory Communications
JEB 1451H
Neural Bioelectricity
JMB 1050H
Biological Materials
JNP 1017H+
Molecular and Biochemical Basis of
Toxicology
JNP 1018H+
Current Topics in Molecular and
Biochemical Toxicology
Biomedical Engineering
Audet, Julie - MASc, PhD
Chan, Warren - BSc, PhD (Graduate Coordinator,
Collaborative Program)
Santerre, Paul - BSc, MSc, PhD
JNR 1444Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular
and Molecular
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Allen, D Grant - BASc, MASc, PhD
JNS 1000Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems
and Behaviour
Chemistry
Donaldson, D James – PhD
JPB 1022H
Human Physiology as Related to
Biomedical Engineering
Dentistry
Santerre, Paul - BSc, MSc, PhD
JPB 1055H
Bioengineering for Life Scientists
JTC 1135H
Applied Surface Chemistry
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bardakjian, Berj - BSc, BEd, MASc, PhD
Wong, Willy - BSc, MSc, PhD (Director)
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+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is
extended into session following academic session in which
course is offered.
Program Committee
Biochemistry
Nodwell, Justin – PhD
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Collaborative Programs
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Elsholtz, Harry - BSc, MSc, PhD
Materials Science and Engineering
Nogami, Jun - BASc, MASc, PhD
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Sullivan, Pierre - BS, MS, PhD
Medical Biophysics
Burns, Peter - BSc, BSc, MSc, PhD
Medical Science
Liu, Mingyao - MSc, MD
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lee, Ping - BSChe, PhD, GSK Chair in Pharmaceutics
and Drug Delivery
Pang, K Sandy - BSc, PhD
Physics
Shepherd, Theodore - BSc, PhD
Physiology
Charlton, Milton - BSc, MSc, PhD
MacDonald, John - BSc, PhD
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