Students are advised to make an early start toward their master s thesis or internship. The Whiting School of Engineering awards partial tuition fellowships to outstanding undergraduate students in support of the graduate component of their studies. The purpose of the biomedical engineering doctoral program is to provide the fields of medicine and biology with a group of scientists having advanced training in the engineering sciences, physical sciences, and mathematics coupled with a thorough understanding of the basic biological sciences. This is accomplished by a combined curriculum that includes courses in the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and in the School of Medicine. Students are accepted with a variety of educational backgrounds and research objectives.
Emphasis is placed on original research leading to the doctoral dissertation.
Many research opportunities are available within the department, located in the School of Medicine, but to keep the available research opportunities broad and varied, students may work in the laboratories of investigators located throughout the Schools of Medicine, Arts and Sciences, or Engineering. To emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the program, it is supervised by a committee composed of faculty members from both the Medical School and the Whiting School of Engineering. Because many universities do not offer an undergraduate program in biomedical engineering, students planning graduate studies in this field should arrange a schedule to include courses beyond the elementary level in biology, mathematics, and the engineering sciences. However, it is recognized that many students discover their interest in biomedical engineering too late in their undergraduate career to complete such a program. Therefore, inquiries are invited from interested students who are prepared in any of the fields of engineering, physical sciences, or life sciences.