Biomedical Engineering, MSE

Admission Requirements

Applicants for the master of science program must hold a bachelor’s degree from a program that is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology at the time of graduation, or provide evidence of an equivalent academic background to the Dean of the College of Engineering and Polymer Science and the appropriate department chair.

Applicants must submit official undergraduate transcripts, undergraduate grade point average, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of purpose that provides a rationale for proposed graduate study.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree must have an overall grade-point average of 2.75 or better or 3.00 for the last two years (64 semester credits or equivalent).

Applicants whose native language is not English must have a TOEFL score of at least 96 on the internet-based TOEFL.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in a discipline other than engineering shall have completed coursework in calculus, differential equations, have one year of classical physics, one year of chemistry, and must select and complete undergraduate coursework in MECE:300 Thermodynamics I and 4 of the 5 following subject areas:

ELEN:307Basic Electrical Engineering4
ELEN:340Signals & Systems4
or BMEN:305 Introduction to Biophysical Measurements
BMEN:362Transport Fundamentals for Biomedical Engineering3
BMEN:300Biomaterials3
CIVE:202Introduction to Mechanics of Solids3

An overall GPA of 3.0 must be maintained for these courses. These undergraduate engineering courses may be taken prior to graduate admission.

Thesis Option

Required Courses
BMEN:600BME Graduate Colloquium1
BMEN:605Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering4
BMEN:606Physiology for Biomedical Science and Engineering3
BMEN:611Biometry3
 
Approved Electives (12-14 credits)
BMEN:530Design of Medical Imaging Systems3
BMEN:627Advances in Drug and Gene Delivery Systems3
BMEN:653Transport Phenomena in Biology & Medicine3
BMEN:654Microfludics in Biotechnology3
BMEN:661Advanced Biomaterials3
BMEN:662Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine3
BMEN:697Special Topics: Biomedical Engineering1-4
Master's Thesis (6 credits)
BMEN:699Masters Thesis in Biomedical Engineering1-6

Total Credits: 30

Approved electives include BMEN:6xx-level courses other than the core requirements. A total of 18 credits of graduate level BMEN courses are required for thesis option; other credits can be taken at the graduate level in other disciplines with approval. Up to 6 credits of 5xx level courses can be taken for degree. BMEN:600 can be taken up to 2 times for course credit for thesis option.

The thesis must be successfully (no “fail” votes) defended before the Advisory Committee.

Non-thesis Option

 
Required Courses
BMEN:600BME Graduate Colloquium1
BMEN:605Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering4
BMEN:606Physiology for Biomedical Science and Engineering3
BMEN:611Biometry3
BMEN:696Engineering Report2
 
Approved Electives (12-14 credits)
BMEN:530Design of Medical Imaging Systems3
BMEN:627Advances in Drug and Gene Delivery Systems3
BMEN:653Transport Phenomena in Biology & Medicine3
BMEN:654Microfludics in Biotechnology3
BMEN:661Advanced Biomaterials3
BMEN:662Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine3
BMEN:697Special Topics: Biomedical Engineering1-4

Total Credits: 32

Approved electives include BMEN:6xx-level courses other than the core requirements. A total of 18 credits of graduate level BMEN courses are required for thesis option; other credits can be taken at the graduate level in other disciplines with approval. Up to 6 credits of 5xx level courses can be taken for degree. BMEN:600 can be taken up to 2 times for course credit for thesis option.