Bioscience is a diverse but often converging field of study that applies knowledge to develop biological solutions to sustain, restore, and improve the quality of life for humans, plants, and animals. Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to biology and medicine for advanced healthcare in diagnostics, monitoring, and therapy. Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering are strongly interdisciplinary which involve Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, IT and Computer Science.

The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Program in Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering aims to provide a well-rounded education as well as rigorous research training to prepare students to become versatile and knowledgeable professionals. Areas of research include regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, molecular and cell biology, precision medicine, plant biology, Chinese medicine, healthy aging, biostatistics, bioinformatics and data mining.

MPhil graduates should possess a good mastery of knowledge in bioscience and biomedical technologies, be able to apply engineering principles to solve problems in medicine and biology, and generate novel solutions.

On successful completion of the MPhil program, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate the breadth of knowledge across the field of bioscience and biomedical engineering;
• Show mastery of knowledge in their areas of specialization and convey the results of their research to people in the profession or an audience in a clear, succinct and effective manner;
• Design and conduct original research and effectively apply their research to solving problems in bioscience and biomedical engineering; and
• Integrate the basic concepts of biotechnology and experimentation to engage in hands-on practices for implementation of such techniques to facilitate the development of biotechnology industry.

This program is for HKUST (Guangzhou) Pilot Scheme Admission.