Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Working at the cutting edge of technology — right at the intersection of engineering, robotics, biology and medicine — pushes the boundaries of what we can do to improve human health and the delivery of healthcare.
JWU’s Biomedical Engineering program allows you to apply engineering processes to tackle complex problems in biology and medicine. You’ll draw on your creativity and analytical skills to bring innovative ideas to life, all while working to discover new technologies, tools and therapies to advance human health.
Our interdisciplinary curriculum gives you an opportunity to work closely with faculty who have expertise in diverse disciplines. They’ll become your mentors and will help guide you as you explore a vast array of innovative topics ranging from robotics to physiology, biomechanics and the life sciences.
This Biomedical Engineering program encourages you to follow your passion for innovation. Industries, large and small, need leaders with the vision to apply modern technologies to today’s challenges in medicine and healthcare delivery. Your discoveries await.
The Biomedical Engineering degree program is an interdisciplinary degree program that combines the knowledge core of engineering disciplines with scientific inquiry to solve problems encountered in living systems. Through coursework in engineering, mathematics and the sciences, students focus on finding solutions to engineering problems. By applying the principles, analytical tools, and problem-solving techniques of engineering, integrated with knowledge of the life sciences, students utilize their skills to design innovative instruments, devices and/or software for a biomedical application. This program is for students who are interested in designing instruments, devices, new procedures and/or software to create diagnostic and therapeutic tools as well as students interested in working in research.
Students who are interested in designing instruments, devices, new procedures and/or software to create diagnostic and therapeutic tools, as well as students interested in working in research, find a wide range of career opportunities when they graduate. Graduates are uniquely prepared to influence and improve human health in a variety of ways, finding opportunities in manufacturing settings, health science companies, hospitals and research entities working in medical equipment design, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, biomechanics, scientific research, medical imaging and rehabilitation engineering.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are expected to:
- Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering and technology as required by the field of biomedical engineering.
- Use math, science and engineering processes to analyze problems, formulate solutions, conduct experiments and interpret data.
- Communicate engineering and scientific information using oral and written arguments and visual presentation.
- Recognize and evaluate ethical, global and social impacts of biomedical innovation.
Integrate scientific knowledge, problem-solving skills and engineering tools to design a model for a biomedical engineering application.
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