Biological Engineering, biotechnological engineering or bioengineering (including biological systems engineering) is the application of engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of biology and medicine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_engineering).

Bioengineering will only be offered as a  Master of Applied Science thesis only degree from 2012.  For more information about Bioengineering, visit the University of Otago's Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine