International Organization for Medical Physics
Education and Training Committee
Medical Physics Graduate Education and Training Program
for
Country:  Finland     1999
Graduate Program(s) Name: MSc in Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Degree(s) Awarded: 156
Department, University, and Address of Program(s): Ragnar Granit Institute Tampere University of Technology
Brief Description of Academic Program(s), Clinical Training, and Duration: A 1.5 year program after BSc degree (120 credit units) in Electrical Engineering. Three special topics: Biomedical Electronics, Medical Physics, Medical Informatics. The education hospital physicist includes also four years of clinical training plus a post-graduate degree. Only some of the students become hospital physicists.
Number of students and faculty for Program(s): 10-20 students annually, 20 faculty members
Accreditation: Accepted by the National Qualification Board of Hospital Physicists
Language(s) of Instruction: Finnish and English
Admission Requirements for Citizen of the Country: BSc in Electrical Engineering or corresponding degree
Additional Admission Requirements for Foreign Nationals: None
Tuition fees (per semester, per year): None
Availability of Scholarship/Fellowship and Pertinent Requirements: no special scholarships
Program Director
Hannu Eskola, Professor
Address:
Ragnar Granit Institute
Tampere University of Technology
P.O. Box 692
FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
Telephone: 358-3-365-2116
Fax: 358-3-365-2162
E-Mail: eskola@cc.tut.fi
Web Address: http://www.cc.tut.fi/`eskola
Signature of Program Director: Hannu Eskola
Date of Submission:8/30/99
Submit to: fullerton@uthscsa.edu