Bioengineering

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The purpose of the Masters of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree is to prepare design and project engineers for careers in the medical and biological engineering industries. This program addresses both the technical and professional needs of today's engineers and is intended for students who are primarily interested in engineering design, development, manufacturing and management within an industrial or professional setting. This terminal professional degree is course-intensive and designed to be completed in one academic year of full-time study. The M.Eng. degree does not require a thesis and is designed for maximal flexibility to allow for a wide variety of professional career goals. Students who may be interested in continuing to the Ph.D. program should consider applying to the existing M.S. program and not the terminal M.Eng. degree. For more information regarding admission, coursework, and all other questions please contact the UCSD Bioengineering Student Affairs Office.

M.Eng. students participate in a M.Eng. Graduate Industrial Training Project. The individualized project serves to significantly enhance the professional development of M.Eng. students in preparation for leadership in the medical and biological engineering industries. It is the student's responsibility to secure the training position, develop a graduate level project, and complete a technical report that is satisfactory to industry official and faculty advisors. As M.Eng. student pursuits are individual, students must meet with the M.Eng. faculty advisor a minimum of one quarter prior to their desired start date to discuss their interests and possible projects. The Department of Bioengineering does not have projects lined up for M.Eng. students, but can assist once a student has declared an area of interest for a potential project. Once a student project is defined and academic credit is approved, the M.Eng. student will enroll in BENG 295,

Bioengineering Design Project and Industrial Training

At the completion of their project M.Eng. students will submit a paper which displays mastery of the principles acquired during the M.Eng. program. A presentation will be given to both the Faculty and Industry Advisor. All Intellectual Property (IP) remains the property of the Industry. For questions regarding the M.Eng. Graduate Industrial Training Project, please contact the UCSD Bioengineering Student Affairs Office.

1. Six Core courses from approved list
2. Three Technical Elective (TE) courses from approved list, one of which must be BENG 295, Bioengineering Design Project
3. Three General Elective (GE) courses from approved list
4. BENG 291, Professional Issues in Bioengineering seminar

All courses must be taken for letter grade (except BENG 291 & BENG 295 which are S/U grading only).
Students must maintain at least a B average in courses taken to fulfill the degree requirements.

  • BENG 291, Professional Issues in Bioengineering, is a 2-unit seminar offered in Winter Quarter only.
  • BENG 295, Bioengineering Design Project, is an independent industrial training project. Course requirements include a written technical report and oral presentation. This course may be taken for two quarters (4-units each quarter).

Core Courses for M.Eng. Degree (six required)
Engineering Physics

  • BENG 221, Mathematical Methods for Bioengineering
  • BENG 223, Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Interfacial Phenomena in Living Systems
  • BENG 226, Foundations of Biomechanics
  • BENG 227, Transport Phenomena in Living Systems

Life Science

  • BENG 230A, Biochemistry
  • BENG 230B, Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BENG 230C, Cardiovascular Physiology
  • BENG 230D, Respiratory and Renal Physiology
  • BENG 232, Musculoskeletal Health, Injury, and Disease
  • BENG 260, Neurodynamics

Tissue Engineering

  • BENG 241A, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Foundations
  • BENG 241B, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Cell Microenvironment
  • BENG 241C, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Development and Growth
  • BENG 242, Polymer Science and Engineering

Imaging

  • BENG 247A, Advanced Biophotonics
  • BENG 280A, Principles of Biomedical Imaging
  • BENG 280B, Comparative Biomedical Imaging

Technical Elective Courses for M.Eng. Degree (three required, one of which must be BENG 295)

  • BENG 202/CSE 282, Bioinformatics II: Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms
  • BENG203/CSE 283, Genomics, Proteomics, and Network Biology
  • BENG 209/MAE 209, Continuum Mechanics
  • BENG 211, Systems Biology and Bioengineering I: Biological Components
  • BENG 212, Systems Biology and Bioengineering II: Network Reconstruction
  • BENG 213, Systems Biology and Bioengineering III: Building and Simulating Large-Scale In Silico Models
  • BENG 238/MED 238, Molecular Biology of the Cardiovascular System
  • BENG 247B, Bioelectronics
  • BENG 247C, Bionanotechnology
  • BENG 267, Microcirculation in Health and Disease
  • BENG 276/CHEM 276/MATH 276, Numerical Analysis in Multi-Scale Biology
  • BENG 278/RAD 278, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • BENG 295, Bioengineering Design Project and Industrial Training
  • CSE 202, Algorithm Design and Analysis
  • CSE 210, Principles of Software Engineering
  • CSE 250A, Artificial Intelligence
  • ECE 235, Nanometer-Scale Probes and Devices

General Elective Courses for M.Eng. Degree (three required)

  • BENG 225, BioBusiness: Starting, Growing, and Harvesting a Biotech Company
  • ECE 254, Detection Theory
  • ENG 201, Venture Mechanics
  • ENG 202, Enterprise Dynamics
  • ENG 203, Applied Innovations
  • IR/PS Management: IRCO 420, 421, IRGN 420, 434, 438, 439, 442, 444
  • IR/PS International Issues: IRCO 401, IRGN 407, 411, 413, 418
  • MAE 290A, Efficient Numerical Methods for Simulation, Optimization, and Control
  • Technical Elective courses may be taken for General Elective credit

For other courses that address job-specific interests and professional skills such as economics, management, and business, consult with the Student Affairs Office.

Seminar Course (required)

  • BENG 291, Professional Issues in Bioengineering

Requirements

  • Please note that successful applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or the equivalent from an accredited institution in the United States or from a recognized university-level academic institution abroad and at least a B average (3.0 GPA) or its equivalent by the time they enroll.
  • A test of English language proficiency is required for international applicants whose native language is not English and who have not studied full-time for one uninterrupted academic year at a university-level institution in which English is the language of instruction and in a country where English is a dominant language.The university-wide minimum TOEFL score required for consideration for graduate admission is 550 for the paper based test (PBT), and 80 for the internet based test (iBT). The university-wide minimum IELTS Academic Training exam score required for consideration for graduate admission is Band Score 7.
  • GRE General Test is required.
  • Minimum of 3 recommendations required.
  • Statement of Purpose 200 word limit.
  • Resume/CV

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