Graduate Programs
Why choose the University of Minnesota for graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering?
In addition to a leading research faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the University of Minnesota offers you:
* An established biomedical engineering graduate program
* More than 70 potential research advisers spanning the breadth of biomedical engineering
* A medical school and teaching hospital directly adjacent to the engineering school
* A major medical device industry, including Medtronic, Guidant, 3M, SciMed, and St. Jude Medical among more than 300 medical device companies, surrounding the campus
* A campus in the heart of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, offering a dynamic mix of culture, sports, and seasonal outdoor recreation activities - a high quality of life with a relatively low cost of living
Academic Programs
The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide broad familiarity with the interactions among the engineering, biological and medical sciences and in-depth training in one of the traditional engineering disciplines. The graduate program was established with the doctoral program (1972) and later expanded with the addition of the master's program (1984). There are currently 70 students enrolled in the program, 61 for the Ph.D. and 9 for the M.S. degree. Many of the students are local industrial engineers pursuing degrees part-time.
Faculty
Approximately 70 faculty with tenure or tenure-track appointments in more than a dozen departments in the Academic Health Center and Institute of Technology have appointments to the biomedical engineering graduate faculty and can supervise the research of students pursuing degrees in the program, with research possibilities spanning the full spectrum of biomedical engineering.
Student Organization
The University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering Society is a graduate student organization of approximately 30 members. The Society directly interacts with the Graduate Program and local biomedical companies. The goal of this organization is to bring together students, staff and faculty interested in biomedical engineering through monthly meetings, industry tours, publication of a quarterly newsletter and a resume book, and informal seminars. An annual event is the Fall Poster Symposium where students present their research.