Biomedical Engineering Technology (Optional Co-op)

Centennial College's Biomedical Engineering Technology program has been designed to meet the need for qualified professionals caused by the merger between the biomedical equipment industry and the engineering and scientific disciplines. These collaborations have created beneficial innovations for both health care and society, and require the industry to meet the challenge of offering a range of quality products. Artificial organs, prostheses and medical instruments wouldn't exist without biomedical engineering.

Providing an optimum balance between theory and hands-on labs, this engineering program will cover various principles in the design of medical equipment, rehabilitation and health improvement devices. Among them will be:

• Electronics
• Microcontrollers
• Computers
• Engineering
• Chemical
• Biology
• Medicine

The technical problem-solving skills you'll gain will prepare you for a challenging career.

Please note: Qualified college or university graduates with a background in electronics can gain direct admission into Semester 3 of this three-year program and receive their Biomedical Engineering Technology advanced diploma in four semesters (program #3427) or four semesters plus two work terms with the co-op option (program #3437).

Program Highlights

• You gain hands-on experience with a wide range of high-tech equipment.
• The Biomedical Engineering Technology program has its own Biomedical Student Club.
• The program is part of an active student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Career Outlook

• Bioengineer
• Biomedical engineer
• Biomedical technologist

Education Pathways

Successful graduates of the Biomedical Engineering Technology advanced diploma program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.

Please note that each partner pathway has specific admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving partner institution.

Please visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/ for more information on articulation agreements.

For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.

Professional Associations

You will be eligible to receive Certified Engineering Technologist (CET) and Certified Biomedical Engineering Technologist (CBET) certifications, which are important to a long-lasting career.

Please note: The qualification requirements and costs for each external accreditation, designation, certification or recognition are set by the granting body — not by Centennial College. In order to qualify for any external accreditations, designations, certifications or recognitions, students and graduates will need to follow the processes and meet the applicable requirements listed on the websites and in the materials of those external bodies.

Recognitions

OACETT

The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) recognizes this TAC nationally-accredited program as meeting the academic standard for certification in the Certified Technician (C.Tech.) category as well as the OACETT language benchmark requirement.

Accreditation

This program has met the national educational standards of Canada’s engineering technology and applied science profession, as such, has received national program accreditation by Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC).

Please note: The qualification requirements and costs for each external accreditation, designation, certification or recognition are set by the granting body — not by Centennial College. In order to qualify for any external accreditations, designations, certifications or recognition, students and graduates will need to follow the processes and meet the applicable requirements listed on the websites and in the materials of those external bodies.

Areas of Employment

Once you complete this School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science offering, you will be prepared to work in:

• Hospitals
• Medical equipment companies
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Rehabilitation facilities
• Quality control
• Sales and customer service
• Veterinary healthcare

Academic Requirements

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
• Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial English Admission Test
• Grade 11 Mathematics (M or U) or Grade 12 Mathematics (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take a Centennial College Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission

Additional Requirements

• English language proficiency

The co-op option in this program will provide you with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while you complete three co-op work terms as an employee in the field. This experience not only allows you to put classroom learning into practice, but will also provide valuable contacts for your future career.

To participate in this co-op option, you will need to complete an application process in the second semester. If academically qualified, you may be admitted to the co-op program. Academically qualified students who are accepted into the program will register for the co-op preparation course as scheduled.

Co-op Requirements

• Minimum of 80% of courses completed from semester one and two combined
• Completion of COMM-160/161 by the end of semester 2 with a C grade (60%) or higher
• A cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (this must be maintained for the duration of the program)
• Students must be legally eligible to work in Canada
• Students who meet the above prerequisites will submit their application for co-op to the Career Services & Cooperative Education Department in semester 2

Note: Meeting the minimum co-op program requirements does not guarantee admission into the co-op program.

1. Apply Online

Domestic Students

If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please apply at the Employment Training Centre (Progress Campus). The Better Jobs Ontario Program is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.

If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.

All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $125 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.

International Students

 Apply directly to Centennial College here.

2. Submit Documents

Domestic Applicants

Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.

Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.

Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.

International Applicants

Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.

3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission

Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.

You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.

You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.

When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.

4. Pay Fees

Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.

You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.

5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)

Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.

Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April

Your web-registration will not open if:

You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.

Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.

Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2024.

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.

1. Communicate information effectively, credibly, and accurately by analyzing, interpreting, and producing electrical and electronics drawings and other related documents and graphics.
2. Apply the principles of mathematics and science to analyze and solve technical problems related to electronics and computer engineering.
3. Select and use a variety of troubleshooting techniques and test equipment to assess electronics circuits, equipment, systems and subsystems.
4. Design, build, and troubleshoot working prototypes of electronic circuits, equipment, systems, and subsystems to meet job requirements, functional specifications and relevant standards.
5. Modify, maintain and repair electronics equipment and systems to ensure that they function properly.
6. Select for purchase electronics equipment, components, and systems that fulfill the job requirements and functional specifications.
7. Design, analyze and troubleshoot logic and digital circuits.
8. Design, analyze and troubleshoot passive AC and DC circuits.
9. Design, analyze and troubleshoot active circuits.
10. Design, analyze and troubleshoot microprocessor-based systems.
11. Design, analyze and troubleshoot control systems.
12. Design, analyze and troubleshoot communication systems.
13. Develop and use computer programs to support electronics engineering.
14. Apply knowledge of basic shop practices to electronics engineering workplaces.
15. Assist in the specifying, coordinating and conducting of quality control and quality assurance programs and procedures.
16. Prepare and maintain records and documentation.
17. Complete all work in compliance with relevant law, policies, procedures, regulations and ethical principles.
18. Participate in the installing, configuring, modifying, troubleshooting, and maintaining a variety of architecture of computer systems and networks to meet user requirements.
19. Monitor and operate workplace biomedical equipment safely and take responsible decisions to prevent mishaps and handle hazardous situations in compliance with industry standards and regulations.
20. Use fundamental understanding of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry principles to analyze and evaluate technologies used in the biomedical field.
21. Apply all aspects of safety standards and infection control to a typical biomedical environment in both a hospital and laboratory setting.
22. Analyze, evaluate, calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot biomedical devices and measuring equipment.
23. Analyze, maintain and troubleshoot basic photonic biomedical instrumentation focusing on the use of lasers in medical applications.
24. Repair and maintain dialysis and water treatment equipment enforcing the appropriate government standards where applicable.
25. Participate in the commissioning of medical imaging systems, including troubleshooting, maintaining and ensuring compliance to safety standards.
26. Manage inventory and schedule regular maintenance of material, equipment and machinery used in the biomedical field.
27. Research and access sources of technical information using appropriate methods for theoretical research, practical or applied research, and comprehensive literature review.