The biomedical engineering specialization represents the link between engineering and medical sciences through the application of the principles and techniques of engineering in the medical field. Therefore, there is a need for engineering intervention in many medical decisions either by designing appropriate medical devices and health requirements or by the clinical involvement with the medical team in specific patient decisions and procedures. Hence the need to find an engineer who has the initial medical skills but from an engineering standpoint so that it is possible to construct an engineering conception of the medical problems.

The biomedical engineering department is committed to being a global leader in biomedical engineering fields of knowledge. Our faculty, staff, and students are all important parts of the team that provide distinctive and creative interdisciplinary solutions to biomedical engineering research and design problems. We aim for: excellence in undergraduate, meaningful and innovative research, and service dedicated to advancing the field of Biomedical Engineering.

To provide the community with graduates who are technically competent and are prepared to apply knowledge in traditional and modern application domains. Additionally, they will possess a broad education and knowledge of contemporary issues that enable them to anticipate change and continually update their skills. They will also be able to communicate and work effectively with others in a professional and ethical manner to function as a biomedical engineer in a globally connected society.

We have both educational goals and research goals and view the two as mutually reinforcing. Each goal is presented in this section and refined into a set of “general objectives”. Recognizing that it is necessary to monitor progress toward our goals continuously and to refine this Plan regularly, we will continue to review, revise and adapt it to our changing departmental and institutional mission and a changing world.                             
Educational goals:-                             

• Encourage the participation of all academically talented students and faculty with special efforts to ensure access to groups traditionally underrepresented in the field of biomedical engineering.
• Create an environment where both junior and senior faculty can grow, with senior faculty mentoring junior faculty.
• Ensure that students have an understanding of biology and physiology along with the capability to apply advanced mathematics, science, engineering and integrated methods of modeling to the solution of interdisciplinary problems at the interface of engineering and the biological sciences.
• Provide the foundation for a successful career in the graduate’s field of choice, including industry, medicine, and biomedical research.
• Produce future leaders of academia, industry and medicine.

Research Objectives:                             

• Be an acknowledged leader in academic biomedical engineering research.
• To serve as a focal center for collaborative biomedical engineering research in the Iraq through our consortium with the other private and governmental medical centers.