NeuroTechnologies

Key Objectives

• Bridge the gap for students with backgrounds in engineering, mathematics, and physics, enabling them to apply their knowledge to neurosciences and technological advancements.
• Offer specialized training for biomedical sciences students focused on neuronal technologies and their applications.
• Provide medical students and interns with the technological expertise necessary for advancements in neurological and mental health care.

The NeuroTech track is an integral part of the broader biomedical engineering master’s program, interconnected with other tracks, and focused on specialized technologies and applications within the neural domain.

Audience

• Students with backgrounds in biomedical sciences.
• Students from engineering schools.
• Students and interns in health sciences (medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, etc.).

Motivation

With the increasing availability and power of neuronal technologies, the NeuroTech track addresses the growing need to understand the brain, monitor and diagnose health conditions, prevent or treat neural and mental disorders, restore neurological functions, and facilitate communication and interaction with the nervous system. These technologies have diverse applications, primarily in healthcare, but also extend to key industrial sectors such as transportation, machinery, and robotics, as well as the emerging leisure industry. There is a significant demand for engineers, scientists, and health practitioners trained in neural technologies, with a strong emphasis on health-related applications, while also encompassing other fields of interest

Overview of the Program’s Structure

The program is designed for biomedical and engineering students, while a dedicated sub-track with an adapted curriculum is proposed for medical and other health science students.

Neurotechnologies for health applications involve three fundamental domains of training for any neural engineering graduate:

1. Knowledge about the brain, nervous systems, and the functions they ensure.
2. Understanding of neurological and mental disorders and diseases through the lens of neuroscience.
3. Expertise in technologies used to investigate the nervous system and interact with it.

This core program includes mandatory courses on neurosciences, health, and neural engineering, providing the foundations for a neuro-engineering seminar that explores state-of-the-art applications. The mandatory curriculum also includes transdisciplinary projects in biomedical engineering innovation and an ethics workshop, which is transversal with the other tracks of the master’s program. Students can further specialize through optional courses.

Targeted Professional Domains for Graduates

• Academic research : PhD
• Neurology and mental health practice and research (medical students)
• Translational research
• Industry:
  • Research and development
  • Clinical research
  • Innovation and technological transfer
  • Business development
  • Start-ups

Courses

Courses are structured into 3 or 6 ECTS Teaching Units T.U, where 3 ECTS counts for with maximum 25 hours of presence time of students and an estimated 60 hours of additional personal work. 30 ECTS are required to validate a semester