Masters or bachelors?

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I'm looking to do Biomedical engineering and eventually work overseas - but the only institutions that offer it are RMIT and Melbourne. ( Monash has a rather odd Biomedical Science/Engineering double degree combo - doesn't interest me much :/ )

Through RMIT, I get a Bachelor degree with honours, and the course is only 4 years. Also, apparently I have the chance to get a work placement overseas (not to sure about this - I only read this on the website ) Also RMIT has a pretty solid engineering reputation, but then again I've heard it's only for the more commonly known engineering streams such as civil, electrical, chemical and aerospace. Biomedical engineering is quite different so I'm a bit unsure if the same applies for it.

Through Melbourne I get a Masters in Biomedical engineering and a Bachelor degree in Science. Altogether it's 5 years. A lot of people have said Melbourne is 'the best' in regards to health/medicine (within Australia of course), and since biomedical engineering is clearly to do with the human body, this is a plus. But I don't get a work placement overseas (again, not sure about this. Melbourne students, please enlighten me lol)

So TL;DR, what is more beneficial? A Bachelor in biomedical engineering or a Masters? Especially since I am definitely looking to work overseas. (I don't really care if I have to spend an extra year because of the Melbourne model, I mean, it's only a year).

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where overseas are you planning to work overseas exactly? Doing the bachelor at RMIT would lock you into bioengineering while doing science can leave other options open if you do decide to change fields.   

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where overseas are you planning to work overseas exactly? Doing the bachelor at RMIT would lock you into bioengineering while doing science can leave other options open if you do decide to change fields.

Somewhere in Asia. I'm already learning Cantonese, so possibly Hong Kong. I thought about that but I'm pretty keen on biomedical engineering.