There has been an enormous explosion of technology in medicine in the past four decades. While initially this was largely the application of existing technology to medical purposes, more recently medical applications have been a major driving force for the development of new technologies. Medical devices bionics, signal and image processing, informatics and telemedicine, as well as biocompatible materials and substrates are just a few of the numerous applications of engineering in medicine which comprise the field of biomedical engineering. Like computer engineering, this is a very young field which has experienced an explosion in its application and contributed significantly to the ongoing technological revolution in our society. The undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering provides the graduate for positions in industry related to human factors and interfacing with machines, as well as providing a solid foundation for graduate studies in biomedical and other engineering and applied science disciplines.

View the sample BME curriculum.

Also see the Undergraduate Bulletin

The Biomedical Engineering Society has a great resource on Careers in BME.