Degrees are awarded jointly by both institutions. The program prepares students for careers in industry, medicine, and academe. The Ph.D. program normally takes four years to complete beyond the M.S. degree, including dissertation research, writing, and defense.
All tracks emphasize interaction with the life science and clinical faculties at on-site facilities.
Industrial and clinical internships are available to M.S. candidates. Research Facilities Well-equipped laboratories exist at both campuses for all six research tracks. Instrumentation facilities include a modern controls lab, a bioinstrumentation development lab, and a lab that develops high-throughput instrumentation for the human genome project and beyond. Facilities for wireless microsphere integrated circuit biosensor development are available through industry collaboration. A haptic workstation facility for simulation of minimally invasive surgery is available.