Degrees Offered

The Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering grants MS, fast-track BS/MS, and PhD degrees in biomedical engineering.

The goal of graduate study, at both the MS and PhD levels, is to educate students more deeply and broadly than is possible at the BS level in the discipline of biomedical engineering. Students can then apply this knowledge toward a professional career in engineering design and development or an academic career.

Under the guidance of BME faculty, a student may plan a course of study in a wide variety of areas. The educational experience can be broadly or narrowly directed and is limited only by the range of teaching and research activity currently conducted by the university.

Each student's course of study is based on their background, their career objectives, and sound academic practice. The course of study is normally in an area in which the departmental faculty has teaching and research expertise. An individual program may be developed from courses offered by the BME department and others in the college, especially the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, or by basic science departments in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Medicine.

Students desiring a more general program may combine disciplines, while those desiring specialization in any particular field may accommodate these preferences through the combination of departmental courses and appropriate electives from other departments.