Health Engineering
Bachelor's/Master's degree Montpellier

DMCC medical devices from design to commercialization

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TRAINING FOR IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE SECTOR AND RAPID, EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD

OBJECTIVES

Train specialists in the design, evaluation, production, and regulation of medical devices – Provide students with advanced knowledge for their specialization in the field of medical devices – Develop their ability to adapt to the scientific, industrial, and societal environment – Promote graduate employability through academic and work-study programs – Offer interactive teaching: learning labs, flipped classrooms, interactive seminars, company visits, project-based learning, etc.

The advantages of the DMCC course

  • Project-Based Learning (PBL) based on the real clinical needs of patients, clinicians, and medical device companies
  • More than 35 industry and clinical experts who base their teaching on their daily professional activities
  • Access to the DISCORD network for all DMCC Master's graduates to discuss issues in the medical device sector.
  • Access to the Qualitiso website during the training period at the faculty.
  • A day for alumni to prepare for professional integration
  • Visits to companies and research laboratories related to the medical device sector (Dedienne Santé, Womed, etc.)
  • Integration into the Medical Device Innovation Institute network
  • Participation in the After Hours Innovation event (Popularization of innovative medical devices)
  • A small team of faculty members who are specialists in the field and deeply committed to providing personalized support for professional integration.
  • An apprenticeship program with a schedule that maximizes time spent in the workplace
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH THE COURSE
  • Synthesis, characterization, evaluation, and shaping of biomaterials
  • General knowledge of medical device applications by discipline Medical
  • In-depth knowledge of the regulatory and economic constraints of the medical device market
  • Media device innovation process
  • Regulation of medical devices
  • Clinical and preclinical evaluation of medical devices
  • Quality management system
  • Production management
  • Marketing and business development
  • Post-Marketing Surveillance
  SPECIFIC SKILLS ACQUIRED THROUGH THE PROGRAM

Skills for professional integration into positions of responsibility in the target sector of medical devices:

  • Identify a clinical need and define the specifications for an innovative medical device
  • Ability to design a medical device based on scientific
    , and technical knowledge of biomaterials
  • Prepare a design dossier and a technical dossier for CE marking.
  • Planning the stages of development, evaluation, and industrialization
    ation of a medical device
  • Implement a risk analysis related to the life cycle of a medical device

  • Mastering the specific features of the medical device throughout its life cycle within the company (R&D, Production, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Marketing
    , etc.)
TEACHING RESOURCES AND SPEAKERS

Educational Space for 3D Printing in Healthcare. Learning Lab, flipped classroom, interactive seminars, company visits, project-based learning, etc.

Numerous external professional contributors:

  • Specialists in innovation in the field of medical devices and biomaterials (
    ers and research professors)
  • Associate professors with industrial activity in the field of medical devices
  • Hospital practitioners (PU-PH, MCU-PH, PH, and senior physician)
  • Institutions (HAS, CNEDIMTs, CEPS, etc.)
  • Industrial experts from various sectors of the medical device industry:
    o Regulatory Affairs
    o Quality Management System
    o Production
    o Pre-clinical and Clinical Evaluations
    o Business Development
    o Marketing

    M1 + M2 open to apprenticeships, schedules adapted to optimize practical training

professions:

Career opportunities for graduates of this program are mainly in the medical device sector (SMEs, microbusinesses, mid-sized companies, or large corporations) as project managers and in:
• R&D
• Production
• Regulatory Affairs
• Quality
• Preclinical and clinical evaluations of medical devices

Aurora explains her job as a junior product manager in the medical device industry. To learn more about these careers: on Instagram: @my_career_in_medical_devices

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Read: interview with a graduate in Health Engineering, DMCC program, also a graduate in Pharmacy

Video: interview with a work-study student as part of INSIDE IS ISMA

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LEARNING CALENDAR: 2025/2026/2027

All DMCC course units: PDF file

Xavier Garric, DMCC Program Manager