Biomedical Engineering

Since 1969, The University of Texas at Austin has prepared biomedical engineeris to take positions within academia, the health care field, government, and industry. The Department of Biomedical Engineering’s nationally recognized faculty are developing or have already attained leading positions in areas such as treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, orthopedic disorders, and eye diseases, as well as in the fields of tissue replacement, imaging and diagnostics, biomaterials, drug delivery, bioinformatics, and systems biology.

Courses:

• BME 381J.3 Biomedical Imaging: Signals and Systems
• BME 381J Fluorescence Micro/Spectroscopy
• BME 381J Lasers and Optics
• BME 381J Optical Design
• BME 381J Medical Imaging
• BME 381J Functional Imaging Laboratory
• BME 381J.7 Digital Image and Video Processing
• BME 382J Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics
• BME 382J Drug Delivery
• BME 381J Molecular Biophysics: Measurements and Methods
• BME 382J.1 Cell and Tissue Engineering
• BME 382J.4 Advanced Engineering Biomaterials
• BME 383J Geometric Modeling and Visualization
• BME 383J Computational Biomolecular Engineering
• BME 383J Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineers
• BME 383J.4 Biomechanics of Human Movement
• BME 383J.5 Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems
• BME 383J.7 Data Mining
• BME 384J.1 Biomedical Instrumentation
• BME 385J Biomedical Micro- and Nanotechnology
• BME 385J Fields Forces and Flows
• BME 385J Advanced Oral Communication for International Engineering Students
• BME 385J Approaches to Modeling Simulation of Cardiac Function
• BME 385J, Topic 36 Engineering Applications of Immunology and Disease Pathology
• BME 386 Product Realization/Technology Commercialization Seminar

A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a comparable degree from a foreign academic institution.. Letters of recommendationGPA/GRE ScorePersonal statement English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin generally support themselves in one of the following ways: departmental aid in the form of scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships; fellowships administered by the Office of Graduate Studies; need-based financial aid administered by the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS), and outside funding or employment.