Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade is the only faculty in the Republic of Serbia with an established Department of Biomedical Engineering. The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BMI) is the youngest department at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, and based on its study programs, it has become the main department for nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. Medical engineering began at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade back in 1977, initiated by Professor Vlastimir Novaković, to meet the needs of the then medical device industry in Yugoslavia. In the mid-80s, on the initiative of Professors Ljubomir Grujić and Đuro Koruga, a course called Bioautomatics was introduced within the Department of Automatic Control, and in the mid-90s, postgraduate and specialized studies in bioengineering were launched. In 2006, these studies evolved into regular studies, also under the leadership of Professor Đuro Koruga, as a module for biomedical engineering within the Department of Automatic Control. After twelve years, the module transformed into the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BMI) in 2018, under the leadership of Professor Lidija Matija.