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Twin Cities Campus
Medical Device Innovation M.S.Technological Leadership Institute
College of Science and Engineering
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Medical Device Innovation Program, Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota, Suite 290 McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street S.E., Minnepaolis, MN 55455 (612-624-5747; fax: 612-624-7510)
Email:
mdi@umn.edu
Website: http://www.tli.umn.edu/
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Master of Science in Medical Device Innovation (MDI) program is an interdisciplinary program administered by the College of Science and Engineering's Technological Leadership Institute (TLI). The program is comprised of courses in the core areas of Technology Innovation Management and Medical Technology Macro Environment, and enhanced with hands-on innovation experience through practicums at the Medical Device Center. Elective courses from the College of Science and Engineering and Carlson School of Management will further develop depth in technical and medical industry concentration areas. The 14-month program will specifically draw upon the fields of technology innovation, product development, project management, business management, life-cycle management, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, clinical needs, entrepreneurship, human factors, emerging trends, globalization, reimbursement, and public policy to teach and investigate medical devices and the rapidly growing global medical technology industry. This program will provide students with a systemic understanding of end-to-end medical device innovation dynamics that includes but goes well beyond the traditional technology focus.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
A bachelor's degree in a related field, such as biological or physical sciences, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or statistics.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Strong background in science, engineering, and math with at least 2-5 years of work experience.
Special Application Requirements:
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for the program's start in the summer of each year. The deadline for international students is March 15. Additional information is available at http://tli.umn.edu/graduate/mdi.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan B: Plan B requires
25
major credits and
9
credits outside the major.
The final exam is written and oral.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project:The capstone project is an independent, original, and applied investigation on a relevant subject, problem or issue in the area of Medical Device Development. An integrative applied project to provide students the opportunity to expand their ability to enact the knowledge and technical learning acquired in the courses leading up to the capstone. The capstone integrative experience and the material in other MDI courses, taken together, will provide students with the motivation and skills to perform their professional roles in new ways, ways that will initiate and sustain change even at the level of the broader institutional context of governance in which they must function. The culmination of the program will be submission of a capstone project.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 3.25
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Students are required to complete 34 credits consisting of 23 credits in core courses, 2 credits for the capstone course and project, and 9 credits in Medical-Technical subject-specific electives outside the major field.
Core Courses
MDI 5002 - Technology Foresight and Forecasting
(2.0 cr)
MDI 5004 - Clinical Foundations of Medical Device Innovation
(3.0 cr)
MDI 5006 - Finance, Valuation, and Entrepreneurship
(3.0 cr)
MDI 5008 - Quality, Regulatory and Operations Management
(3.0 cr)
MDI 5010 - Product Innovation & Development Management
(2.0 cr)
MDI 5012 - Medical Industry Strategic Analysis
(3.0 cr)
MDI 5013 - Biodesign Practicum I
(2.0 cr)
MDI 5014 - Biodesign Practicum II
(2.0 cr)
MDI 5015 - Biodesign Practicum III
(2.0 cr)
MDI 5050 - Interpersonal & Team Effectiveness
(1.0 cr)
MDI 5051 - Leading Innovation & Change
(1.0 cr)
Capstone Project
Take 2 credits
MDI 5020 Capstone
Electives
Other courses may be selected in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.
Take 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
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BMEN 5001 - Advanced Biomaterials
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5101 - Advanced Bioelectricity and Instrumentation
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5151 - Introduction to BioMEMS and Medical Microdevices
(2.0 cr)
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BMEN 5201 - Advanced Biomechanics
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5311 - Advanced Biomedical Transport Processes
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5321 - Microfluidics in Biology and Medicine
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5351 - Cell Engineering
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5401 - Advanced Biomedical Imaging
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5411 - Neural Engineering
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5412 - Neuromodulation
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5413 - Neural Decoding and Interfacing
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5421 - Introduction to Biomedical Optics
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5444 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5501 - Biology for Biomedical Engineers
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 5701 - Cancer Bioengineering
(3.0 cr)
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BMEN 8101 - Biomedical Digital Signal Processing
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5103 - Operating Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5105 - Introduction to Distributed Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5609 - Visualization
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5115 - User Interface Design, Implementation and Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5143 - Real-Time and Embedded Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5204 - Advanced Computer Architecture
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5211 - Data Communications and Computer Networks
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5221 - Foundations of Advanced Networking
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5231 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5451 - Introduction to Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Programming
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5461 - Functional Genomics, Systems Biology, and Bioinformatics
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5481 - Computational Techniques for Genomics
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5523 - Introduction to Data Mining
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5551 - Introduction to Intelligent Robotic Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5552 - Sensing and Estimation in Robotics
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5707 - Principles of Database Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5708 - Architecture and Implementation of Database Management Systems
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5801 - Software Engineering I
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 5802 - Software Engineering II
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 8725 - Databases for Bioinformatics
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5121 - Transistor Device Modeling for Circuit Simulation
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5141 - Introduction to Microsystem Technology
(4.0 cr)
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EE 5163 - Semiconductor Properties and Devices I
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5164 - Semiconductor Properties and Devices II
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5171 - Microelectronic Fabrication
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5181 - Micro and Nanotechnology by Self Assembly
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5364 - Advanced Computer Architecture
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5371 - Computer Systems Performance Measurement and Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5393 - Circuits, Computation, and Biology
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5542 - Adaptive Digital Signal Processing
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5545 - Digital Signal Processing Design
(3.0 cr)
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EE 8551 - Multirate Signal Processing and Applications
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5581 - Information Theory and Coding
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5583 - Error Control Coding
(3.0 cr)
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EE 5585 - Data Compression
(3.0 cr)
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EE 8367 - Parallel Computer Organization
(3.0 cr)
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ENTR 6025 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(2.0 cr)
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HINF 5510 - Applied Health Care Databases: Database Principles and Data Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
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HINF 5520 - Informatics Methods for Health Care Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Safety
(2.0 cr)
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HINF 5530 - Health Care Software Management
(2.0 cr)
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HINF 5531 - Health Data Analytics and Data Science
(3.0 cr)
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IE 5111 - Systems Engineering I
(2.0 cr)
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IE 5112 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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IE 5113 - Systems Engineering II
(4.0 cr)
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IE 5522 - Quality Engineering and Reliability
(4.0 cr)
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IE 5541 - Project Management
(4.0 cr)
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IE 5545 - Decision Analysis
(4.0 cr)
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IE 5551 - Production and Inventory Systems
(4.0 cr)
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IE 5553 - Simulation
(4.0 cr)
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ME 8381 - Bioheat and Mass Transfer
(3.0 cr)
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ME 5223 - Materials in Design
(4.0 cr)
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ME 5341 - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering and Design
(4.0 cr)
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ME 8262 - Topics in Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes
(4.0 cr)
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ME 8775 - Technical Communication
(1.0 cr)
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MBA 6111 - Organizational Behavior
(2.0 cr)
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MBA 6301 - Strategic Management
(3.0 cr)
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MILI 6235 - Pharmaceutical Industry: Business and Policy
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6562 - Information Technology in Health Care
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6589 - Medical Technology Evaluation and Market Research
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6726 - Medical Device Industry: Business and Public Policy
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6985 - The Health Care Marketplace
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6991 - Anatomy and Physiology for Managers
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6992 - Healthcare Delivery Innovations:Optimizing Cost and Quality
(2.0 cr)
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MILI 6995 - Medical Industry Valuation Laboratory
(2.0 cr)
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NEUR 5230 - Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics and Diseases I
(4.0 cr)
·
NEUR 5240 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
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PDES 5701 - User-Centered Design Studio
(4.0 cr)
·
PDES 5702 - Visual Communication
(3.0 cr)
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PDES 5704 - Computer-Aided Design Methods
(3.0 cr)
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PHSL 5510 - Advanced Cardiac Physiology and Anatomy
(2.0-3.0 cr)
·
PHSL 5525 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Pelvis and Urinary System
(1.0-2.0 cr)
·
SCB 8181 - Stem Cell Biology
(3.0 cr)
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