一、专业介绍

生物医学工程是综合工程学、物理学、生物学和医学的理论和方法，在细胞、组织和器官等多层次上研究人体系统的状态变化，并运用工程技术手段解决生物和医学中的有关问题，为疾病的预防、诊断、治疗和康复服务，保障人类健康的学科。西北工业大学生物医学工程专业于2010年获批二级学科硕士学位授权点，2012年获批一级学科博士学位授权点，主要依托生命学院、自动化学院、医学院和空间生物实验模拟技术国防重点学科实验室、陕西省生物技术国际化人才培养创新实验中心等5个省部级教学科研平台，结合国家航天、航空和航海领域重大需求，以生物学、医学基本理论和工程技术学科为支撑，开展生物医学工程领域前沿研究，主要研究方向包括：生物力学、生物材料表界面、组织工程与再生医学、生物医学纳米技术、生物医学信息与医学影像等。

伦敦玛丽女王大学成立于1887年，现为罗素集团（英国在科研、教学及社会合作方面最优秀的24所大学组成的大学联盟）成员之一，在2014年英国卓越研究框架（REF）中排名第9，2017年教学卓越框架奖银奖、泰晤士报全世界国际化程度最高大学的排名中位列前25, 2019年QS世界大学排名119位。伦敦玛丽女王大学的生物医学工程专业在全英乃至全球享有盛誉，学校的医学院有200多年的历史，其工程学科是其最有影响力的学科专业之一，多次被英国政府评为5星级，2011年全国学生联合会发起的满意度调查结果排名全英第一。工程与材料科学学院主要围绕材料组织、结构、性能关系及材料设计、成型、应用等全流程为学生提供精英素质教育和卓越专业教育，从2008年至今，科研能力与水平始终占据英国前五位。

2016年经教育部批准，两校进行中外合作办学，成立西北工业大学伦敦玛丽女王大学工程学院（下简称学院），提供优质的国际化本科教育。在本科生培养的基础上，学院充分利用两校在材料领域的优势教育资源，提升办学层次，依托生命学院、中英先进材料与结构联合研究院、纳米与能源研究中心等高水平科研平台及国际化教学科研团队，深度融合双方教育资源和办学理念，中西合璧，强强联合，开展生物医学工程专业双学位硕士研究生人才培养，培养具有坚实自然科学基础和深厚的工程技术知识、宽广的国际化视野、较强的创新思维和能力，能在生物医学工程领域独立从事科研或胜任工程技术相关工作的国际化创新人才。

二、培养目标

1．具有浓厚家国情怀和强烈社会责任感、良好的学术道德和敬业精神、身心健康，综合素质高的新时代中国特色社会主义事业合格建设者和可靠接班人。

2．熟练掌握生物医学工程学科坚实的基础理论、系统的专门知识，具有本专业必需的生物医学材料制备、分析测试以及相关实验技能。具备从事交叉学科研究的能力，能解决本学科领域的科学与工程问题。

3．具有娴熟的英语听说读写能力及全球化国际视野，较强的创新意识和能力，严谨的科研作风，良好的合作精神，能够进行自主学习和终身学习。

三、培养方向

四、学制与学位

学制：硕士研究生学制3年，其中在伦敦玛丽女王大学学习不少于9个月，课程学习应至少取得28学分。

学位：学生完成全部培养环节并通过学位论文答辩后，将获得西北工业大学硕士研究生毕业证书、工学硕士学位证书及伦敦玛丽女王大学理学硕士学位证书（Master of Science）

五、课程模块设置与学分分布，共13门课程，28学分

◆公共课模块（3门课程），6学分/108学时；

◆基础理论课模块（1门课程），3学分/60学时

◆专业核心课模块（8门课程），17学分/340学时；

◆综合素养课模块（1门课程），2学分/40学时；

除思政课程（3学分）外，采用全英文教学，英方授课16学分、中方授课9学分，引进7门英方课程包括科学工程英语、专业工程方法及先进高分子合成等5门专业核心课程，满足《中华人民共和国中外合作办学条例实施办法》相关规定，即：

◆引进外方课程门数（7门）占总课程门数（13门）53.8%；

◆引进外方专业核心课程门数（5门）占总专业核心课程门数（8门）62.5%；

◆外方教师承担的专业核心课程的门数（5门）占总课程门数（13门）38.5%；

◆外方教师承担的专业核心课程的学时数（220学时）占总课程学时数（548学时）40.1%。

具体课程如下（课程代码以Q开头为英方教师授课，以N开头为中方教师英文授课，以M开头为教育部规定必修中文授课的政治课程）：

1．公共课（学位必修课，6学分）

2．基础理论课（学位必修课，3学分）

3．专业核心课（学位必修课，17学分）

4.综合素养课（学位必修课，2学分）

课程模块与学分分布表

六、培养方式

学院成立学术委员会，负责培养过程、教学质量的监督保障、论文答辩等事项。

学生培养采用双导师制，分别来自西北工业大学和伦敦玛丽女王大学，导师在硕士研究生培养中起主导作用。学生在录取时确定导师。学位论文由双导师共同指导完成。

硕士研究生学制3学年，其中在伦敦玛丽女王大学学习不少于9个月。

课程学习是硕士研究生培养的重要环节，需同时达到两校的学分标准，且在申请学位论文答辩前必须修完所规定的学分。

1．课程学习

（1）在西北工业大学完成公共课、基础理论课、综合素养课和部分专业核心课学习。在双方导师的指导下，选择研究方向，完成论文的文献综述。

（2）在伦敦玛丽女王大学完成专业核心课学习，并在双方导师的指导下，开展学术论文研究工作，进行论文开题。

（3）在西北工业大学和伦敦玛丽女王大学相继开展论文研究工作，并在双方导师共同指导下完成全部培养环节、论文中期考核、论文撰写及最终答辩。

（4）专业工程方法课程内容包括：科学道德与学术规范、知识产权、解决问题的方法、项目管理、心理学、职业规划、学术文献查阅、学术论文撰写辅导等内容。

（5）硕士研究生还需在西北工业大学学习期间，完成综合实践环节。综合实践环节着重培养硕士研究生综合素质，采用教学实践、科技创新、社会服务、文化建设、挂职锻炼、志愿者活动等多种方式进行，可在短学期或假期进行。综合实践结束后应填写《西北工业大学硕士研究生综合实践总结表》，由中方导师写出评语并附综合实践实施单位意见，一同归入学生档案。

2．论文研究工作

（1）文献综述

学生在录取时即确定双方导师。入校后，在导师指导下，选择研究方向，在第一学年结束前，提交相关研究方向的“文献综述”。

（2）论文开题

论文开题工作是硕士研究生进行学位论文工作的起点，最迟应在第三学期末之前进行。开题报告应就选题的科学意义、选题背景、研究内容、预期目标、研究方法和课题条件等做出论证。

学生向学术委员会汇报论文开题报告，委员会进行严格评审并给出评审意见。评审通过者，准予继续进行论文研究工作，不合格者予以警告并限期整改，重新进行论文开题汇报，评审仍不合格者终止培养或走其他分流途径。

（3）中期考核

学生在论文开题后6个月左右时间，应提交论文中期进展报告，报告应包括：论文工作是否按开题报告预定的内容及论文计划进度进行；已完成的研究内容，参加的科研学术情况；目前存在的或预期可能出现的问题，拟采用的解决方案等；下一步的工作计划和研究内容。

根据论文中期的研究进展和学科发展，允许学生对论文开题时的论文选题（题目、内容、研究计划等）做出必要的调整。申请学位论文答辩时，学位论文的主要内容应与中期考核后确定的学位论文的内容基本一致。

在学术委员会同意下可成立相关研究方向的考核小组，考核小组由至少三名副教授（含）以上职称人员组成（不含导师），设组长1人，考核小组负责对硕士生提交的论文中期进展报告进行严格审查。审查合格者，准予继续进行论文研究工作，不合格者予以警告并限期整改，重新提交报告，再次考核仍不合格者终止培养或走其他分流途径。

（4）学位论文撰写

硕士学位论文在双方导师指导下独立完成，是系统完整的学术研究工作的总结。论文应具有较好的学术性和相当的工作量，利用现有的或创新的理论或方法解决了本学科的科学问题，进行必要的理论分析并得到正确结果。具体要求参照《西北工业大学关于学位论文撰写的规定》和《伦敦玛丽女王大学硕士学位论文撰写标准》执行。

（5）学位论文答辩

在学术委员会同意下组织成立论文答辩委员会，按照两校学位评定委员会的相关规定和论文规定要求对学生论文答辩进行评定。

七、双学位硕士研究生招生入学要求

1．参加硕士研究生全国统一入学考试，达到西北工业大学研究生复试基本分数线以上，通过学院组织的复试，择优录取；

2．符合西北工业大学硕士研究生推免生要求的考生，通过教育部“全国推荐优秀应届本科毕业生免试攻读研究生信息公开暨管理服务系统”对学院相关专业提出申请，并通过学院组织的复试；

3、英语要求：雅思成绩不低于6.0分（写作不低于5.5分）；或托福不低于60分（写作不低于18分）；或考生在入学西工大伦敦玛丽女王大学工程学院前五年内，获得了由英语教学的学位且其成绩单和学位能够清楚的表明该学位是以英语教学并考试的。

八、双学位硕士研究生学生管理

西北工业大学伦敦玛丽女王大学工程学院负责硕士研究生招生、学籍注册、学生管理、教学管理、学生培养等相关工作。生命学院协助选派导师、学业指导、提供研究平台等相关工作。

授课教师名单

导师名单

Biomedical Engineering

Education Programme

forDouble Degrees Postgraduates

(QMUL Engineering School, NPU)

1. Programme Introduction

Biomedical Engineering is the comprehensive theory and method of engineering, physics, biology and medicine. It studies the state changes of human body systems at various levels such as cells, tissues and organs, and uses engineering techniques to solve related problems in biology and medicine, so as to protect human health and to provide services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.

The Biomedical Engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University (hereinafter referred to asNPU) was approved in 2010 to award master degrees of secondary disciplines. In 2012, it was approved to award doctoral degrees of first-level disciplines. Combining with the major needs of the national aerospace, aviation and navigation fields, the biomedical engineering discipline is co-built by School of Life Sciences of NPU, School of Automation of NPU, School of Medicine of NPU, and 5 provincial and ministerial level research platforms such as Key National Defense Subject Laboratory of Space Biological Experiment Simulation Technology and Centre for Shaanxi Biotechnology International Talent Training and Innovation Experiment to carry out frontier research in the field of biomedical engineering supported by the basic theories of biology, medicine and engineering technology. Its research interests include biomechanics, surface interface of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, biomedical nanotechnology, biomedical information and medical imaging, etc.

Queen Mary University of London (hereinafter referred to as QMUL), founded in 1887, is a member of Russell Group (a coalition of 24 best universities in research, teaching and social cooperation in the UK). It ranks the 9^thin 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK, and won the silver award for the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework. It has the accreditation of the top 25 world universities in view of internationalization according to The Times and ranks 119^thin 2019 QS World University Rankings. The Biomedical Engineering programme of QMUL has long been popular in the UK and even worldwide. Its School of Medicine has 200 years’ history and the engineering disciplines are among the most influential disciplines in QMUL, which has been awarded five-star by the British government for many times and ranks first in terms of satisfaction survey sponsored by the National Student Federation in 2011 in the UK. Since 2008, the School of Engineering and Materials Sciences of QMUL has always been the top five in the UK in terms of scientific research ability and its graduate employability ranks the 7^thamong UK universities. It provides elite quality education and excellent professional education for students in the whole process of material organization, structure and performance relationship, and material design, shaping and application in the field of polymers and composites.

In 2016,approved by the Ministry of Education of China, NPU and QMUL have launched a joint educational institutenamed Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University (hereinafter referred to as QMES) in order to providehigh-quality international undergraduate education. On the basis of undergraduate education, relying on high-level scientific research platforms and the international teaching and research teams such as the School of Life Science, the Sino-British Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structures and Center for Nanotechnology and Energy Research, QMES deeply integrates the superior educational resources and education philosophies of the two universities in the field of materials to carry out the double masters education programme of Biomedical Engineernig so as to enhance the education level of Sino-foreign joint education. The aim is to cultivate students to become the international innovative talents with solid natural science foundation and profound engineering technology knowledge, international perspective and international competitiveness, and innovative thinking and ability, capable of independently doing scientific research or undertaking engineering technology related work in the field of biomedical engineering fields.

2. Educational Aims

(1)Be equipped to become a qualified builder and reliable successor of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era with a strong sense of love for nation and family and social responsibility, good academic ethics and professionalism, physical and mental health, and high comprehensive quality.

(2)Be equipped to have the basic knowledge of biomedical engineering, as well as the solid basic theory and system expertise in the field of this subject; be equipped with skills of biomedical material preparation, analysis and testing, and doing experiments; to have the ability to do interdisciplinary research and solve scientific and engineering problems in the subject..

(3)Be equipped with the fluently skills in English listening, speaking, reading and writing, global international perspective, innovative consciousness and ability, rigorous scientific research style, good spirit of cooperation, and the ability of self-learning and lifelong learning.

3. Research Interests

4. Qualification and Degree Certificate

Schooling years:3 years including no less than 9 months studying in QMUL, at least 28 credits needed for taught modules.

Degree:After completing the whole education process and successfully defensing the dissertation, the postgraduate students will be awarded diploma by NPU, MEng degree by NPU and MSc degree by QMUL.

5.Modules and Credits/Hours,13Modules in Total with28 Credits

uPublic modules (3 modules), 6 credits/108 hours;

uFundamental modules (1 module), 3 credits/60 hours;

uTechnical core modules (8 modules), 17 credits/340 hours;

uComprehensive module (1 module), 2 credits/40 hours;

Except for ideological and political theory modules (3 credits), 16 credits taught by QMUL and 9 credits taught by NPU with fully English teaching. 7 introduced modules include English for Science and Engineering,Professional Engineering Methods,Advanced Polymer Synthesis and other 5 technical core modules,satisfying the requirement ofRegulations of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, which are:

◆numbers of introduced modules (7) take 53.8% of numbers of total modules (13);

◆numbers of introduced major core modules (5) take 62.5% of numbers of total major modules (8);

◆numbers of QMUL teaching major core modules (5) take 38.5% of numbers of total modules (13);

◆class hours of QMUL teaching major core modules (220) take 40.1% of class hours of total modules (548).

Module distribution in details is as below:

(Module code reference: Modules beginning with Code Q are taught by QMUL. Modules beginning with Code N are taught by NPU in English. Modules beginning with Code M are the compulsory modules taught by NPU in Chinese according to MoE regulations.)

(1)Public modules (3 modules, 6 credits)

(2)Fundamental modules(1 module, 3 credits)

(3) Technical coremodules(8 modules, 17 credits)

(4)Comprehensive module (1 module, 2 credits)

Curriculum Modules and Credits Table

6. Education Plan

TheAcademic Committeeof QMES is in charge of supervising and guaranteeing the education process of double master degree, teaching quality and the viva examination of the final dissertation/project.

Dual tutors mechanism is adopted in this double master programme. Respectively coming from NPU and QMUL, two tutors play a leading role in the cultivation process and will be decided when postgraduates are registered. The final dissertation/project is co-directed by dual tutors.

Schooling years are 3 years including no less than 9 months studying in QMUL.

Taught modulesenjoy the important part of the education plan for the postgraduates who are required to complete enough credits, satisfying the credit requirements of both NPU and QMUL, before the viva examination.

1) Taught modules

(1)Students study public modules, fundamental modules, comprehensive modules and part of technical core modules in NPU, and decide their choices on research interests and complete the literature review for their dissertations under the guidance of dual tutors.

(2)Students study all the technical core modules in QMUL, and start their academic research work and submit their dissertation plans supervised by the dual tutors.

(3)Students continue their research work in NPU and QMUL and complete all the requirements, pass mid-term dissertation assessment, finish writing their dissertations and pass the final viva examination under the instruction of their dual tutors.

(4)The contents of Professional Engineering Methods include: scientific ethics and academic norms, intellectual property rights, problem solving methods, project management, psychology, career planning, academic literature review, academic paper writing guidance and so on.

(5)Students should complete the comprehensive industrial/social practice in NPU. It focuses on cultivating the comprehensive abilities of postgraduates by means of attending activities such as teaching practice, scientific and technological innovation, social service, cultural training, taking a temporary post and volunteer activities. After the practice students need to complete the form titledFeedback on the Industrial/Social Practice for NPU Postgraduateswith their NPU tutors’remarks and comments from the organizations where students have done their practice, which is kept in their files.

2) Project/dissertation scheme

(1) Literature review

Dual tutors will be decided when postgraduates are registered and supervise students to choose their research interests. Students should submit the literature review before the end of the 1^stacademic year.

(2) The opening report review

The final project/dissertation starts with the opening report review which should demonstrate the scientific significance, background, research content, expected objectives, research methods and conditions of the topic. The opening report review should be reported to the Academic Committee for comments no later than the 3^rdsemester.

Those who pass the review shall be allowed to continue the final project/dissertation. Those who fail to pass the review shall be warned and asked to revise it within a specified time period. They shall submit the report again for review. Those who fail to pass the review again shall terminate the programme or find other cultivating ways.

(3) Mid-term review

Students should submit a mid-term progress report about 6 months after the opening report passed. The progress report shall include whether the work of the project/dissertation is carried out according to the scheduled content of the opening report and the progress of the project/dissertation plan, the completed research content, the summary of scientific and academic research participated, the existing or anticipated problems, the proposed solutions, subsequent work plan and research content, etc.

During the progress students are allowed to make necessary adjustments to the project/dissertation (title,content, research plan, etc.). However, the main content of project/dissertation should be basically consistent with the content of mid-term progress report when students having the viva examination of the final project/dissertation.

A review team can be established under the consent of the Academic Committee. It should consist of at least three associate professors and above (excluding tutors) with a team leader to give evaluation opinions on students’submitted projects/dissertations.

Those who pass the review shall be allowed to continue the final project/dissertation. Those who fail to pass the review shall be warned and asked to revise it within a specified time period. They shall submit the report again and pass the review. Those who fail to pass the review again shall terminate the programme or find other cultivating ways.

(4) The final project/dissertation writing

The final project/dissertation is the summary of independent and systematic academic research work completed by postgraduate students under the guidance of tutors. It should have good academic technicality and considerable workload. It solves the scientific problems of the subject by using existing or innovative theories and methods, carries out necessary theoretical analysis and obtains correct results. Specific requirements shall be implemented in accordance with theRegulations on Degree Thesis Writing of NPUandCriteria for Master's Degree Dissertations of QMUL.

(5) The viva examination

A Viva Examination Committee shall be established under the consent of the Academic Committee to evaluate students’projects/dissertations in accordance with the provisions of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of both NPU and QMUL.

7. Enrollment Requirements for Double Degrees Master Students

1) Participate in the Unified National Postgraduate Entrance Examination, reach the basic score line of postgraduate interview of NPU, and pass the interview organised by QMES who select the best examinees.

2) Candidates who meet the exam-free requirements of NPU postgraduates shall apply for their intended programme through MoE “national information disclosure and management service system for recommending outstanding undergraduates to study postgraduate programmes” and pass the interview organized by QMES.

3) English requirements: have achieved a score of 6.0 or above in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a score in writing of 5.5 or above; or achieved a score of 60 or above in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score in writing of 18 or above; or have, within 5 years prior to entry to the JEI, graduated from a degree that was studied in English, where the transcript of the degree clearly shows that the degree was taught and examined in English.

8. Student Management of Double Degrees Master

QMES is responsible for postgraduate enrollment, student registration, student management, academic management and student cultivation. The School of Life Science assist the selection of tutors, academic guidance and to provide research platforms.

Teacher list

Tutor List