Research at the interface between medicine and technology

For 50 years, research has been conducted at the interface between medicine and technology at TU Graz. Lunghammer - TU Graz - By Birgit Baustädter Graz was instrumental in the birth of biomedical engineering in Austria 50 years ago - a step that laid the foundations for a long record of research successes. Today, numerous institutes work at the intersection between medicine and technology. "Optional subgroup IV Healthcare information". One of the most successful fields of teaching and research at TU Graz , biomedical engineering was introduced in 1970 as a group of electrical engineering electives. A mere three years later, the specialist Institute of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering was set up, headed by future TU Graz Rector Stefan Schuy. The Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering was established in 1975.