After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• explain principles of biophysical methods used in medicine with an emphasis on diagnostic and therapeutic devices
• describe and analyse biophysical risks of diagnostic and therapeutic methods
• act as a mediator in professional discussions between doctors, engineers and physicists
• continue to study related branches, like biophysics or radiological physics at the Master's degree level

Thanks to the basic physical and mathematical knowledge offered, the graduates of this programme can either continue their studies or find a job; the latter includes basic and applied research performed in academic institutions, in laboratories, companies, metrological institutions, institutions using tools of (bio)informatics and (bio)statistics, and others. This specialization also offers the graduates the opportunity to work in health care, mainly in specialized diagnostic and therapeutic departments which use medical instrumentation. Particularly, the graduates can find jobs where qualified use of modern diagnostic instruments and data processing in medicine (e.g. radiology) is needed.

The standard duration of studies is six semesters. To be admitted to the final state examination, students must obtain a total of 180 ECTS credits for required, selective and elective courses. The required courses constitute the basis of the discipline and make up 135 credits (including credits for courses focused on writing a Bachelor's thesis). The selective courses, which make up 30 credits in total, are chosen by students according to their interests and intended professional specialization. The remaining 15 credits can be obtained for elective courses offered in the study plan of a given study programme, or for other courses offered by any other study programme medicine- or sciences-oriented.

During the course of their studies students should follow the Course Catalogue for their year of matriculation. They can access the Course Catalogues through the faculty website.

The final state examination consists of following parts: 1) defence of a Bachelor's thesis, the length of which should be 50 standard pages at least (including a table of contents and a list of references); 2) an exam in physics consisting of a written and oral part. The written part involves test tasks on physics. At the oral part, questions on two thematic groups - physics and biophysics are assigned. They test students' knowledge of these subject areas: 1. The fundamentals of physics - mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics and elementary knowledge of the structure of matter. 2. An overview of molecular and cellular biophysics, the explanation of the influence of physical factors on humans, and principles of biomedical devices. 3. General science methodology, including elements of statistical data processing - it can appear in both physically and biophysically oriented parts of the exam. The questions correspond to the assigned subject areas and recommended literature.

See also http://www.physics.muni.cz.

The students are prepared for both continuing their study in a successive Master's programme of related branches (namely biophysics or radiological physics), and biophysics-related employment.