Undergraduate Program

The department offers the following undergraduate degree program:

  BSc in Biomedical Engineering

The Amharic translation of BS in Biomedical Engineering is የሳይንስ ባችለር ዲግሪ በባዮሜዲካል ምህንድስና

Program History

At Jimma University, the BS in Biomedical Engineering program started in 2008. Jimma Institute of Technology’s Biomedical Engineering program, widely regarded as the top program in Ethiopia, is dedicated to solving important clinical problems in the country. At the intersection of inquiry and discovery, the department integrates biology, medicine, and engineering to prepare students for transforming Ethiopian healthcare. Its association with Jimma University Specialized Hospital allows students to engage with some of the country’s best public health hospital professionals and scientists.

Biomedical Engineering directly benefits the health and well-being of people; hence, the Biomedical Engineer is often attracted to this humanistic component as well as the intellectual rigor at the intersection of disciplines. A biomedical engineer is, therefore, professionally, and academically qualified to design, develop, test, and maintain biomedical equipment.

The Biomedical Engineering Department at JiT exposes students to BME – related issues in the community through the Team Training Program (TTP) and Community-Based Training Program (CBTP). These programs allow students to team up with students from medical and public health faculties and be exposed to health institutions in the service of community-related health problems. These programs intend to offer opportunities for hands-on experience and build inter-sartorial collaboration. The students can identify issues associated with biomedical equipment in the health care system and propose realistically feasible solutions and strategies.

Program Educational Objectives

The BS Biomedical Engineering program supports the mission of Jimma University (JU) as stated previously in the mission statement. The course selection and content remain current through continuous assessment by faculty, alums, Advisor Board (AB) members, and industry employers. To accomplish this mission, the program educational objectives (PEO) of the BS Biomedical Engineering program faculty, with advice from alums, AB members, and industry employers, are:

• Alums will excel in their careers in industry, academia, and government.
• Alums will engage in life-long and continuous learning, including advanced degrees.
• Alums will have a major role in activities leading to the economic development of the local, national, and global communities.

Student Outcomes

By the time of graduation, the graduates of the BS Biomedical Engineering program will have:

1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.