The Bioelectronics Aula is the result of a framework collaboration agreement, known as Engineering and Science, between the University School of Industrial Engineering, Bilbao, the University of the Basque Country and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Its main objective is to overcome a “shortfall” in biomedical engineering by offering training in Bioelectronics and its applications, the analysis and implementation of biomedical instrumentation systems and collaborations with companies and other bodies in order to undertake R&D&I projects.

Manuel Sánchez Montora, Head of the Aula, emphasises that "Bioelectronics is a key part of our technological understanding of instrumentation. As such, it is used to study and develop electronic instruments for diagnosis, treatment and research in numerous health- and biology-related fields." This specialist considers that fields such as electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electrodemography or spirometry (analysis of the respiratory system) will benefit from breakthroughs in Bioelectronics."

Likewise, Sánchez Montora notes that "an ability to measure a broader range of parameters in the patient using more or less invasive procedures, the miniaturisation of transducers and the reliability and accuracy of these measurements will have a significant impact on patients' quality of life".

As staff from the Aula point out, an interaction between engineering and medicine is needed to achieve breakthroughs in the field of instrumentation technology. "Bioelectronics spans fields such as medicine, electronic engineering and software" notes the President of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Bilbao, Juan Goiria.