The primary objectives of the course are as follows:

1. To enable students to develop a strong base inbiomaterials engineering

2. To introduce various stages involved in medicaldevices development

3. Understanding of related regulations, standards andethical issues

4. Selection of biomaterials for specific applications

5. Advanced topics such as nanomedicine, tissueengineering/regenerative medicine, lab on chips,diagnostics, imaging, ex-vivo tissue models

6. Digital manufacturing for innovations in healthcare