How is biomedical engineering at Manipal institute of technology MIT Manipal?

MIT Manipal's BME course is the right combination of engineering and medicine subjects. 

Academics

• The entire curriculum can be divided into three aspects namely technical, non-technical, and medical. 
• The technical aspect Includes subjects that involve instrumentation, electronics, image/signal processing, and engineering mathematics, the Non-technical aspect includes subjects such as tissue engineering, bio-materials, and artificial organs along with electives. Unlike most biomedical engineering courses, the BME program at Manipal focuses a lot on medical subjects too. 
• Students are required to attend classes at Kasturba Medical College (KMC) whose campus is very close to MIT. 
• All subjects within the Basic Clinical Sciences (BCS) like Anatomy, Physiology, Cardiology, Radiology, Radiotherapy, ENT, Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Neurology, etc. are taught between the 3rd and 7th semesters.
• Additionally, live demonstrations of most medical equipment such as CT/MRI/CATH labs/Physiotherapy sessions/Prosthetic limb implementations, etc. are held to give hands-on experience to students.

Batch Size and Faculty

• The intake is very low around 25-35 students. This ensures better student-teacher relationships and one-to-one attention to every student. 
• The professors, although very few, are cooperative and approachable.

Internship opportunities:

• Some international student organizations such as IAESTE or AIESEC offer both technical and non-technical internships to students. To avail of these make sure to sign up in the first year itself.

Placements

• The placement scenario isn't very good for core biomedical jobs. Only around 3 to 5 core biomedical companies visit and recruit very few students. Some of them are GE, Philips, and BPL Medical Technologies
• Most MRCs recruit for general, entry-level positions for which every branch is eligible.

 Extra-curriculars

• The institute has ample opportunities to pursue your passions and many clubs promote diverse fields like robotics to dramatics.
• BMESI (Biomedical Engineering Society of India - Manipal Chapter) is a student-run technical club associated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering that organizes and participates in a wide range of events and technical programs. 

In all the Biomedical Engineering course is one of the best offered by a private engineering institution in the country.