Pre-application is required for all foreign applicants. It integrates engineering and the life sciences to prepare students for diverse careers in academe, industry, and the government. Activities in functional genomics and tissue engineering are being developed. It is anticipated that students entering into the field of Biomedical Engineering will have received formal training in a recognized sub-discipline of engineering.
Students obtain thorough training in biomedical engineering research.
They also master the Ph.D. course work for a minor in a traditional engineering discipline and another minor in an area of the life sciences. Formal course work in the major includes a two-semester course in the Foundations of Biomedical Engineering, at least one other advanced course in bioengineering, and required seminars. M.S. students complete the Foundations in Biomedical Engineering course, two semesters of seminars, and typically four to five additional courses in engineering and the life sciences. Students are supervised by a core of faculty members who represent nine departments in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering, Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, and the Weill Medical College. Applicants are expected to have a bachelor's degree in a recognized sub- discipline of engineering.