Bioengineering 4 + 1 Master Program

The 4 + 1 Bioengineering Program is an accelerated master’s program that allows undergraduate students to earn a master’s degree in bioengineering one year after successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. With careful planning and consultation with your faculty advisor, you will take master’s-level bioengineering courses as an undergraduate. When you complete your undergraduate degree, you will automatically proceed into your fifth year as a graduate student in the MS Bioengineering Program to complete the 36 credit hour requirement. The Program includes a Biomedical Engineering track.Students will work with expert faculty in the fields of medical device design, imaging systems, and bioengineering. Guided by faculty mentors, bioengineering students benefit from hands-on, research-intensive experiences unparalleled at other institutions in the region.Many students will complete their 4+1 master’s programin bioengineering in the year after completing their undergraduate degree, although some students may need an extra semester in a summer session. If a student takes longer than 1 year plus a summer, the student could be removed from the 4+1 program and be placed into the normal MS-BEGR Program, meaning that additional coursework may be required.

Admissions Requirements and Applications

Students must:

•Apply and be accepted to the 4 + 1 program before thestart of their junior year and before they begin to take anybioengineering master’s degree courses. Students whowish to apply must request, complete and send theapplication to the graduate engineering admissionscounselor, who will assist with the application process(applicants might be requested to provide letters ofrecommendation);

•Choose the biomedical engineering (BMED) track andwork with the track’s program director as their primary orsecondary advisor;

•Take required bioengineering courses at the master’slevel as undergraduates;

•Earn a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher in each oftheir bioengineering courses;

•Maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in the bioengineeringprogram;

•Complete their master’s degree thesis in their 5th year;

•Strive to complete their undergraduate degree in fouryears.

Biomedical Enginering Track

Biomedical Engineering is the application of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics to solve healthcare problems. Biomedical engineers design artificial limbs, joints, tissues and organs. They also design and build diagnostic equipment, monitoring devices and drug delivery systems, gather information on devices and work on software and automation for biomedical and biotechnological purposes.