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La Salle-URL - Carrer de Sant Joan de la Salle, 42. 08022 Barcelona
Blanquerna School of Health Sciences
La Salle Campus Barcelona
The degree is intended for students with critical and analytical thinking skills who endeavor to lead the evolution of one of the fastest growing sectors: medicine and health technology. It is a gradual degree from Catalan/Spanish to English.
To train professionals with the appropriate personal and professional skills in order to be able to create and manage innovative technological solutions in the area of healthcare, while acquiring broad knowledge of the healthcare environment, healthcare practice and the technologies, methods and instruments used to improve the quality of life of people.
This degree combines full training in engineering, management, innovation and health sciences, with a human and healthcare approach. 50% of the degree credits correspond to computer and telecommunications engineering subjects, 23% to health sciences and 7% to management and innovation.
Students of the bachelor's degree in Health Engineering will have unique skills in the technology, medical and health fields. They will undertake internships in hospitals and companies in the sector, and will acquire skills to lead the technological advances that will define the medicine of the future.
This new normal requires a new way of teaching and learning, adapted to suit a changing and uncertain situation that demands flexible, smart and technological learning adapted to all the new educational needs of students.
It fosters the new smart learning model and takes another step forward in its innovative DNA, affecting all areas of the educational process: in student services, international exchanges, distance-learning internships, the teleworking model applied to internships with companies, the job bank and research projects.
State-of-the-art technology has been implemented in the classrooms to enable both national and international students who cannot come to the Campus to attend and take part in classes without being physically in the classroom. Sessions taught with attendance-based students will be transmitted live over the internet, and those attending from outside the classroom will be projected on screens so that faculty and attendance-based students can view and interact with them. All the students, both those who attend and those who are not able to be on campus, will form a single group maintaining the same academic schedule and contact with classmates and professors.
Work has also been undertaken to adapt all infrastructures to create a smart campus (classrooms, laboratories, incubator, research infrastructures, common spaces, services, student residence, gym, gardens, etc.) because they are also sustainable and environmentally friendly spaces. Temperature controls, hydroalcoholic gel dispensers, special soaps and increased and modified cleaning protocols, in addition to other actions, have also been installed.
At La Salle - Universitat Ramon Llull we put all our efforts into offering students quality training and a barrier-free university experience, wherever they are.
Classes will be held at La Salle Campus Barcelona, except for the practical sessions of certain subjects that require the use of Blanquerna's laboratories, such as Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Biomechanics.
Blanquerna-URL and La Salle-URL foster personal contact between professors and students, in a climate of dialogue and participation in order to encourage creative capacity and stimulate the critical spirit. Furthermore, students will be encouraged to attend health-engineering-related events and seminars throughout the course of the degree in order to, throughout their studies, acquire the language of the profession, in addition to the knowledge of the ecosystem, in a natural, ongoing, stimulating and enjoyable way.
The student will undertake external internships in health centers or companies in order to get closer to the professional world.This allows students to acquire experience and facilitates their future placement in the world of work. Furthermore, it also enables them to gain transferable skills necessary to become correctly integrated in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment.
The student will undertake external internships in health centers or companies in order to get closer to the professional world.This allows students to acquire experience and facilitates their future placement in the world of work. Furthermore, it also enables them to gain transferable skills necessary to become correctly integrated in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment.
Through the projects, the thesis and the external internships, real projects can be undertaken in partnership with our collaborating centers with a view to address real medical and health problems from an engineering standpoint. Our entrepreneurial ecosystem will also enable students to explore and validate entrepreneurial opportunities in life sciences as a result of their work.
There is major potential in the productive environment to which graduates of our bachelor's degree in Health Engineering will have access. On the one hand, medical technology is one of the most promising subsectors. So much so that venture capital and foreign investment managers are becoming increasingly committed to the biomedical sector [1]. And this is a global trend: biotechnology was responsible for 5,489 million euros in Europe in the first quarter of 2020, and 4,811 million in the second quarter. In total, 10.3 billion euros, 9.5% up on last year.
The number of start-ups in the life sciences and health sector has increased tenfold, while investment in these companies has tripled, rising from 5.1 million euros in 2016 to 18.8 million euros in 2019 [3]. These companies employ around 55,000 professionals, and companies in the digital health subsector are experiencing the strongest growth. Furthermore, these are highly technological companies, since one in four digital health companies uses technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, big data, augmented reality and 3D printing.
It will further increase the demand for professionals in two industries that were already highly sought after in the labor market: health and engineering [4]. Thus, medical and health engineering is one of the fastest growing branches of engineering.
The new degree trains students in technologies related to telecommunications, electronics and informatics in the improvement of health and disease processing management. It works within the care circuit, designing new hardware and software devices in order to enhance the well-being of patient's and their environment, facilitating the work of doctors, caregivers, nurses, family, and the management of health centers.
The degree's graduates will be able to work in universities and hospitals, in industry, at the research facilities of educational and medical institutions, in teaching and in regulatory agencies. The degree boasts a wide range of career opportunities including:
- Diagnostic, monitoring and medical therapy equipment companies.
- Companies providing technology-based healthcare services.
- Information and communications technology-based systems companies in the area of clinical, hospital and telemedicine processes.
- Biomedical signal processing and image processing companies for diagnosis and monitoring, decision support systems based on data mining, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
- Clinical services and innovation departments of hospitals.
- Universities and research institutes.
- Health technology transfer and assessment agencies and companies.
See human anatomy in its entirety on a real scale and in 3D. This is the reality that allows the anatomy, an interactive display table to see any anatomical system of the human body.
This room has teaching resources so that students can become familiar with the human body, identify and locate muscles, bones, arteries, veins or nerves.
Putting theory into practice is key to gaining knowledge. In the case of nursing, it is a key aspect before dealing with patients. The faculty has simulation classrooms to prepare students for clinical interventions.
The Academic Secretaries of the Blanquerna faculties are the space for students to relate to the processes linked to the registration of official and own courses.
Would you like to receive information on pre-registration and admissions processes, scholarships and grants or validations? The SIOE is the service you need. Ask for all the information about any of these processes and discover all the possibilities at your fingertips.
Professional experience is an essential part of our methodology. Therefore, we have a wide range of internship agreements to cover the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.
At Blanquerna we make the future available to everyone thanks to our scholarship and aid service to start or continue our studies at our faculties. Financial aid is both internal and external to the university. You will find a wide range of possibilities.
Going abroad is a unique opportunity to discover the plurality of the world. Aware of the importance of the internationalization of studies, we have established mobility agreements around the world.
This service provides graduates with the necessary means so that they can actively participate in their professionalism and propose optimal candidates to organizations and companies looking for staff.
Jumping into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we make the job market available to students and graduates. If you are looking for a job, this service can put you in touch with companies and institutions looking for professionals.
Solidarity and the struggle for human dignity are values that identify us. Solidarity Action is a volunteer program that our students can join to participate in projects in the Third and Fourth World.
Studying in Blanquerna allows you to be part of our community. Being a college student opens the door to a lot of options for continuing your vocational training beyond your time in the classroom.
Want to represent the URL in college sports tournaments? You can find a wide range of possibilities for both individual and team sports. To be a student of Blanquerna, you will have a discount at the Can Caralleu and La Salle Sport & Fitness sports complexes.
If you are in a difficult situation in the academic, personal or social field, you can request, free of charge, the personalized attention of the SOP. This is an interdisciplinary team of professionals who will guide you in dealing with the situation.
Living in Barcelona is a unique experience and, even more so, in a university residence. Blanquerna has agreements for URL students who want to live in any of the residences within their reach.
In the three Blanquerna faculties, you will find spaces for reflection isolated from the hustle and bustle dedicated to the celebration of the Faith or cultural and religious animation. If you wish, you can also receive personalized attention and information about church life.
At Blanquerna we promote personal development at all levels to people with a diversity of specific needs from a normalizing context that encourages personal autonomy and uniqueness.
If you like music and want to take part in the concerts of institutional events and festivities, sign up for the Blanquerna Choir. There you will meet new friends and enjoy music.
Each class group must choose a representative to express concerns or make proposals to faculty and academics. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each faculty a representative in the URL set.
Contact between students and the university is constant and is channeled through the Student Council, the body that collects proposals and requests from students and facilitates university life.
Are you studying a foreign language and want to improve your level? Do it at your own pace in the language self-learning classroom. This service offers various teaching resources and materials to practice the language.
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