The School of Engineering at the University of Navarra (Tecnun) has an Official Doctoral  Programme in Biomedical Engineering (BOE 10/10/2010, resolution 2158, pg. 12160)

Access to doctoral studies in Biomedical Engineering

The PhD is designed primarily for those students who have previously completed the Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and is considered a continuation of the MA.

Candidates who have not completed this Master's degree at Tecnun may apply for admission if they meet the requirements laid out in BOE 1393/2007.

Research areas

The areas in which research can be carried out in this programme are varied, depending on the various departments and centres that promote this programme within the University of Navarra.

• Biophysics of the heart
• Bioinformatics in cell and molecular biology
• Systems biology
• Biomaterials: support materials for cell growth
• Biomechanics and prevention of traffic accidents
• BioMHD
• Capture and transmission of radio signals in BAN (Body Area Network)
• Motion capture, with and without markers. Interpretation of movement
• Characterisation of nanoparticles(TEM, AFM)
• UWB communications in biomedical applications
• Development of support systems for surgery
• Development of detection systems using fluorescence tomography in animals
• Dynamics of neural networks and their changes in pathology
• Radiotherapy Dosimetry
• Generation and analysis of biomedical image
• Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Virtual/enhanced reality interfaces. Multimodal interfaces, human-machine interfaces
• Structural materials used in biomedical applications (ceramic or metal)
• Active microimplants
• Microsensors for detection of biological compounds (BioMEMS)
• Microsystems for genomic analysis (DNA chips)
• Biomechanical models of the human body. Ergonomic design
• Nano- and micro-mechanical biomedical materials (mechanical microarray, nanoindentation, AFM)
• Nanotechnologies and controlled drug release
• New tools for bioelectric signal analysis
• Optimization of protocols for cell segmentation and tracking in vivo microscopy
• Biomedical signal processing
• Radiotherapy and new forms of physical therapy in medicine
• Bayesian networks and probabilistic models applied to disease diagnosis
• Magnetic resonance and other imaging techniques in clinical diagnosis
• Complex systems in biology
• Embedded systems, hardware and communications software and protocols: applications for hospital environments
• Mechatronic systems for patient diagnosis
• RF integrated communications terminals for biomedical microsensors and microactuators