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Classes in the morning and practical sessions in the afternoon.
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 aspire to lead the development of one of the fastest growing sectors: medicine and health technology. It is a course in which the working language moves gradually from Catalan/Spanish to English.
To train professionals with the personal and professional skills needed 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 people's quality of life.
This degree combines comprehensive training in engineering, management, innovation and health sciences with a human approach focusing on healthcare. 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 the competencies needed to lead the technological advances that will define the medicine of the future.
The "new normal" requires a new way of teaching and learning, adapted to a changing and uncertain situation that demands flexible, smart and technologically advanced learning that responds to all the new educational needs of students.
The course fosters the new smart learning model and takes another step forward in its innovative DNA, affecting all areas of the educational process: 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 take part in classes without being physically present in the classroom. Sessions taught with students attending in person will be transmitted live over the internet, and those attending outside the classroom will be shown on screens so that faculty and students attending in person can see them and interact with them. All the students, both those who attend in person 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.) so that they are also sustainable and environmentally friendly spaces. Temperature checks, hydroalcoholic gel dispensers and special soaps have been introduced and cleaning protocols have been extended and modified, in addition to other measures.
At La Salle - Ramon Llull University we make every effort to offer 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 in order to acquire the language of the profession, in addition to a 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. It also enables them to gain the transferable skills necessary to become 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. It also enables them to gain the transferable skills necessary to become integrated in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment.
Through the projects course, the thesis and external internships, real projects can be undertaken in association with our partner centers with a view to addressing 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.
Fundació Blanquerna discounts on the total number of credits the student enrolls per academic year:
In addition, the student can also enjoy one of these other discounts (not cumulative with each other):
In order to apply the discount, you must prove it with the corresponding document. Students must bring the original document in person to the Academic Secretariat, together with their identification document, for validation and application of the corresponding discount.
The deadline for submitting the supporting documentation for the 2024-2025 academic year is December 16, 2024.
And the deadline for submitting the supporting documentation for the 2025-2026 academic year is October 31, 2025.
There is major potential in the productive environment to which graduates of our bachelor's degree in Health Engineering will have access. And 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 business worth 5,489 million euros in Europe in the first quarter of 2020, and 4,811 million in the second quarter. A total of 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, with companies in the digital health subsector experiencing the strongest growth. 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.
There will be increased demand for professionals in two industries that were already highly sought after in the labor market: health and engineering [4]. Medical and health engineering is thus one of the fastest growing branches of engineering.
The new degree trains students in technologies related to telecommunications, electronics and computer science applied to the improvement of health and disease management. They work within the care circuit, designing new hardware and software in order to enhance patients' well-being and their environment, facilitating the work of doctors, caregivers, nurses and 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.
- Companies supplying information and communications technology-based systems for use in clinical, hospital and telemedicine processes.
- Companies offering biomedical signal processing and image processing 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 a core part of our methodology. For this reason, we have a broad spectrum of internship agreements to meet the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.
At Blanquerna, we put the future within everyone's reach thanks to our scholarships and grant service to start or continue studying at our schools. 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.
The leap into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we provide a Job Bank for students and graduates. This service puts students in touch with companies and institutions looking for staff.
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 elect a representative to put forward concerns or make proposals to the faculty members and academic management. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each school a representative on the general URL council.
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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