Graduate Degree Requirements

Master of Engineering

The M. Eng. is an advanced professional degree, awarded by the School of Engineering, which is designed to prepare you for the professional practice of biomedical engineering. The emphasis of the master of engineering program is preparation for professional practice through 30 hours of didactic instruction and a supervised design project. Courses are distributed as follows:

            Biomedical Engineering: 12 hours
            Subspecialty Area: 6 hours
            Engineering Design: 6 hours
            Professional Practice: 6 hours

In addition, you must complete a design project and present results to the faculty.

 Master of Science

 The emphasis of the M.S. program is research, and the degree requires completion of a thesis. You must complete 24 semester hours of graduate-level courses approved by the program faculty with the following minimum distribution:

            3 Biomedical Engineering courses
            2 Life Science courses
            2 Advanced Engineering/Science courses

In addition, you must present a research thesis and give a final oral presentation.

 Doctor of Philosophy

 For the Ph.D. degree, you must complete 36 semester hours of graduate-level didactic courses approved by the program faculty. These can include hours completed for the M.S. degree, excluding seminar and research hours, and should be distributed as follows:

            Biomedical Engineering: 18 hours
            Life Sciences: 7–8 hours
            Advanced Engineering or Science: 11–12 hours

In addition, you must satisfy the following requirements:

• completion of up to 36 semester hours of research, in addition to didactic and seminar hours, to bring the total number of semester hours required for graduation to 72;

• evidence of preparation for doctoral work by passing a comprehensive, written examination covering basic knowledge in biomedical engineering;

• successful completion of a qualifying examination consisting of written and oral presentations of a proposal for doctoral research;

• a dissertation presenting the results of original research in biomedical engineering;

• successful completion of a final oral examination in defense of the dissertation research.

 If you wish to combine study for the M.D. degree with that for a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, you will apply to the School of Medicine for admission to the Medical Scientist Training Program. Financial aid for this program is available on a competitive basis.              

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