As it can be understood from the title of this major, Bio-Medical Engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. BME has only recently emerged as its own discipline, compared to many other engineering fields. It has common highly blurred borders with Biology and Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer and Material Engineering. BME is a widely known major in different universities around the world with a vast variety of applications and research areas. The graduates in BME benefit from promising job opportunities and research activities. Biomedical engineers can be employed by health services, medical equipment manufacturers and research departments/institutes. 

Bioelectrical engineering is one of the sub-disciplines within the BME and covers a vast diversity of sub-branches and applications, but, roughly speaking, it can be expressed as the science of applying electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic rules and principles to the medical field. Also, it encompasses the process of prototyping the biological systems in order to design modern engineering products. The main goal of offering this major at Bachelor level is to teach and train electrical engineers who have a profound and applicable understanding of Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Physics and other topics in medical sciences in addition to their natural background of electrical engineering principles. 

Some of the activities which a bioelectrical engineer may have include but not limited to recording and processing vital signals such as signals received from brain and heart, medical image and speech signal processing, modeling biological systems such as muscles, heart, brain, ear, neural system, spinal cord, visual, auditory and perceptive projection areas of the brain, designing and manufacturing the electric and electronic parts used in artificial limbs and medical laboratory and remedial systems, designing medical information databases, scientific and technical consultations in ordering and purchasing medical systems and equipment, helping the medical team in efficient deployment of the medical systems and equipment, launching new medical equipment and systems in hospitals and contributing to medical research projects.