Biomedical engineering has advantages as a premedical major because of the increasing technological complexity of medicine. Additionally, biomedical engineers work in industrial settings or in hospitals or other biomedical institutions and their contributions to these establishments include research and development, engineering design and product development, business aspects of engineering, and technical management. Professionals in biomedical engineering areas enjoy unusual opportunities to conduct individual research in a field that produces rapid, and sometimes dramatic, technological discoveries. They make significant contributions to medical and biological advancement, contributing directly to improved public health. Biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins is administered through a department within the School of Medicine with strong ties to the Whiting School of Engineering.
Students have the opportunity to work with faculty who have strong research orientation.
The Gourman Report has rated the Johns Hopkins biomedical undergraduate and Ph.D. programs the best in the country for the last few years. A wide variety of research laboratories exist in neurophysiology, cardiovascular physiology, cellular and membrane physiology, biomaterials, instrumentation, sensors, imaging, and computer modeling. Students may participate in research with faculty associated with the department during their tenure in the program.