Top 10 Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Universities in the U.S. 2015

Top 10 Universities with Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Programs

1. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD

As of 2011, Johns Hopkins University had the top undergraduate program in biomedical engineering, according to U.S. News & World Report. In the same year, the school also ranked 13th on the USN&WR list of national universities.

Through the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Whitaker Institute, undergraduates can pursue a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering program, which offers concentrations in computational biology and biological systems engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; tissue and cellular engineering; sensors or instrumentation. Required coursework includes studies in physics, calculus, chemistry and algebra. Students also learn about biosystems, models and simulation programs, and the use of statistics in thermodynamics; lab work in biomedical engineering is also part of the program.

2. Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA

The Georgia Institute of Technology ranked second on U.S. News & World Report's list of undergraduate biomedical engineering schools in 2011. Additionally, the university made The Princeton Reviews Best Southeastern College and Best Value Public College surveys for the same year.

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering is a combined effort between Georgia Tech's College of Engineering and Emory University's School of Medicine. Students can pursue a minor or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biomedical Engineering, as well as undergraduate research opportunities. Biomedical engineering majors can also participate in an international study option, approximately six months in length, which requires them to take courses, do independent research or work for a biomedical company.

3. University of California - San Diego

In 2011, the University of California in San Diego (UC San Diego) ranked in the top five on the U.S. News & World Report survey of undergraduate biomedical engineering programs, as well as among the top ten public universities. In the same year, the university also made The Princeton Review's Best Value Public College and Best Western College lists.

Located in the Jacobs School of Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering offers four majors, including general bioengineering, biotechnology and bioinformatics, as well as a pre-medical track. Students who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher might qualify for the 5-year combined B.S./Master of Science (M.S.) in Bioengineering program.

List of Ten Good Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Universities in the U.S.

School Name	Distinction	Location
Carnegie Mellon University	Undergraduate biomedical engineering program offers six tracks of study	Pittsburgh, PA
Columbia University	Undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum has a physical focus	New York, NY
Duke University	Elective course sequences in electrobiology or tissue engineering, among other areas	Durham, NC
Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Tech Lorraine program in Lorraine, France	Atlanta, GA
Johns Hopkins University	Biomedial Engineering Society	Baltimore, MD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Biomechanics Traineeship Program for students	Cambridge, MA
University of California - San Diego	Senior Design capstone project for biomedical engineering majors	San Diego, CA
University of Texas at Austin	Scholarships for biomedical engineering majors	Austin, TX
University of Virginia	Research-based biomedical engineering curriculum for undergraduates	Charlottesville, VA
Washington University in St. Louis	Undergraduate program in biomedical engineering includes a cooperative experience	Saint Louis, MO

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Bachelors of Science Degree requirements

The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering is recognized as a world leader in preparing students for careers in industry and business and for graduate education in engineering, medicine, and science.

The BME undergraduate program contains a set of "core knowledge," defined and taught by the faculty, that future biomedical engineers should possess. The core includes courses in molecular and cellular biology, linear systems, biological control systems, modeling and simulation, thermodynamic principles in biology, and engineering analysis of systems level biology and physiology. Building on these core subjects, each student then takes a cohesive sequence of advanced engineering courses appropriate to one of five focus areas: Biological Systems Engineering; Cellular/Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials; Computational Biology; Imaging; and Sensors, Microsystems and Instrumentation.

The BS degree in biomedical engineering requires 129 credits. For an in-depth look at our requirements, please refer to the Undergraduate Advising Manual.

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Basic Sciences (22 credits)

• General Physics I and II with Labs
• Introductory Chemistry I and II with Labs
• Organic Chemistry I

Mathematics (24 credits)

• Calculus I, II, III
• Linear algebra
• Differential equations
• At least one additional semester of statistics (300-level or higher)

Humanities and Social Sciences (18 credits)

These courses should form a coherent program, relevant to the student’s goals, with at least one course at the 300-level or higher.

Biomedical Core Knowledge (35 credits)

What do biomedical engineers do?

• 580.111 Biomedical Modeling and Design
• 580.202 BME in the Real World

Molecular and cellular biology

• 580.221 Molecules and Cells

Creating, analyzing, and simulating a linear or nonlinear system model from knowledge of the real biological system

• 580.222 Biomedical Systems and Controls — Analysis of biological control systems
• 580.223 Biomedical Models and Simulations — Analysis of systems described by linear and nonlinear ordinary differential equations

Fundamental thermodynamic principles in biology

• 580.321 Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Engineering analysis of systems-level biology and physiology

• 580.421 Systems Bioengineering I: Cells and Cardiovascular Systems
• 580.423 Systems Bioengineering Lab I
• 580.422 Systems Bioengineering II: Neural Systems
• 580.424 Systems Bioengineering Lab II
• 580.429 Systems Bioengineering III: Genes to Organs

Top Civil Engineering Schools in 2015

If you’re looking to study at one of the world’s top civil engineering schools, you’ll probably be interested in the results of the civil and structural engineering ranking, published as one of 30 subject areas covered in the 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject. The ranking is compiled based on the results of QS’s huge global surveys of academics and employers, combined with data on research citations – with the aim of identifying the universities with the strongest international reputation and research impact in each academic field.

The interactive ranking table can be sorted by each performance indicator, and also by location (available to logged-in users only). But for a quick overview of this year’s top civil engineering schools around the world, read on.

Top civil engineering schools in the US and Canada

The US claims 39 of the world’s top 200 civil engineering schools, including four within the global top 10 and eight more in the top 50. The highest performer is Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), currently ranked the world’s number one across all engineering disciplines – and also the overall leader in the 2013/14 QS World University Rankings®.

Other top civil engineering schools in the US include the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(ranked second in the world for civil engineering), University of California, Berkeley (third), University of Texas at Austin (sixth), Stanford University (11th), Purdue University (23rd), Georgia Institute of Technology (24=), Texas A&M University (26th) and the University of California, San Diego (27th).

Canada has 12 universities ranked among the 200 top civil engineering schools, led by the University of Toronto (33rd) and University of British Columbia (50=). Also within the upper half of the ranking are the University of Alberta, University of Calgary and University of Waterloo.

Top civil engineering schools in Europe

After the US, the next largest share of top civil engineering schools is claimed by the UK, which has 23 entries among the global top 200, including two within the top 10: the University of Cambridge (4=) andImperial College London (9th). The University of Oxford also makes the top 50, while Loughborough University, the University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, UCL (University College London) andUniversity of Bristol are all within the top 100.

Elsewhere in Europe, Germany claims nine entries among the world’s 200 best for civil engineering, while Italy has seven. Belgium, Greece, Spain and Sweden each have three top-200 entries, while two apiece are claimed by Austria, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey.

The highest ranked civil engineering schools in continental Europe are Switzerland’s ETH Zurich andEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (13th and 24=), the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology (14th), Italy’s Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino (17th and 41st), Greece’sNational Technical University of Athens (28th), Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (36th), Germany’s Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (40th), Sweden’s KTH, Royal Institute of Technology(46th) and Denmark’s Technical University of Denmark (48th).

Top civil engineering schools in Australia and New Zealand

Next after the US and UK in terms of might in numbers is Australia, which has 15 universities ranked among the world’s 200 top civil engineering schools. Seven of these make the global top 50: theUniversity of Sydney (15=), University of New South Wales (18th), Monash University (30th), University of Queensland (42=), University of Melbourne (44th), University of Newcastle (45th) and Queensland University of Technology (47th).

Neighboring New Zealand claims two entries in the civil engineering ranking, with the University of Canterbury within the global top 20 in this subject.

Top civil engineering schools in Asia

With 13 universities ranked among the world’s top 200 for civil engineering, China boasts the fourth largest presence in the ranking. Its leading civil engineering schools are Tsinghua University (20th) andTongji University (21=), while Harbin Institute of Technology, Peking University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University also make the top 100.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan has eight entries in the top 100, India and South Korea seven each, Malaysia five, Hong Kong and Taiwan four each, and Singapore and Thailand each have two.

Joining Tsinghua and Tongji among the world’s top 50 are the University of Tokyo (4=), National University of Singapore (7th), Kyoto University (8th), University of Hong Kong (10th), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (12th), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (15=), Nanyang Technological University (21=), Tokyo Institute of Technology (29th), City University of Hong Kong(31st), KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (32nd), National Taiwan University(35th), Seoul National University (38th), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (49th) and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (50=).

More top civil engineering schools

A total of 39 countries have at least one university ranked within the world’s top 200 for civil and structural engineering. Those not already named above include Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Israel, Hungary, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa.

civil engineering schools

Pursue a civil engineering degree and discover the extent to which civil engineers shape, build, maintain and expand societies. Whether it’s a bridge, space satellite, dam, road or tunnel, civil engineers are the people who design, construct and manage the entire process, from development to evaluation.

Civil engineering degree graduates are the brains behind all the largest and most essential structures that surround us – buildings, transport networks, energy and water supplies – and so their value within society is great. In recent years, the profession has seen a shortage of experienced graduates, meaning that now, more than ever, civil engineering graduates are highly sought after.

What is civil engineering?

So what is civil engineering? Civil engineering is the development of infrastructure projects. This can be on a huge scale, such as the development of nationwide transport systems or water supply networks, or on a smaller scale such as the development of individual roads or buildings.

All aspects of building a structure fall under the remit of a civil engineer. This can include planning, design, budgeting, surveying, construction management and analysis, and often civil engineering careers encompass a combination of all these elements.

Civil engineering skills are strongly rooted in mathematics and science, and a high level of proficiency in these subjects is required in order to predict the performance and capability of the structures they create. For this reason, students with strong backgrounds in physics and mathematics who are also interested in designing functional structures, from bridges to hydropower systems, are prime candidates to study civil engineering.

The great thing about civil engineering in the real world is that it’s an industry that perpetually adapts to the demands and desires of society. In recent years civil engineering has adapted to consider many contemporary environmental concerns, helping to address issues of pollution and scarce water supplies, while considering the potential of sustainable energy within the industry.

What to expect when you study civil engineering

If you decide to study civil engineering at undergraduate level, you’ll learn to apply mathematics and scientific knowledge (particularly physics) to real-life situations and problems that arise from creating and maintaining structures, taking into account environmental, financial, legal and ethical considerations.

At its core, civil engineering is a combination of many scientific specialisms, including mechanics, hydraulics, geotechnics (using knowledge of the earth’s crust to solve construction problems), materials science and statistical analysis. As such, study of these foundational elements will feature heavily in the early years of civil engineering degrees.

As well as the more scientific side, those who study civil engineering will get to develop their design skills, particularly computer-aided design. Project work is central to the subject, meaning that in the latter years of your degree you will be able to complete your own design projects individually or within a team.

Undergraduate civil engineering degrees will typically be three or four years in length and will feature a mixture of lectures and lab work. There will also be an emphasis on working within a team, as this is considered an integral skill for anyone pursuing civil engineering careers.

Those who study civil engineering may also have opportunities to participate in field trips and complete industry placements, either as a ‘year in industry’ or for shorter periods.

Entry requirements

Although entry requirements for those wishing to study civil engineering degrees vary between institutions, most universities ask for strong A-levels in both mathematics and science subjects. Due to the specialized nature of civil engineering, many courses are highly selective and competitive, meaning that top grades (in the UK, three As at A-level) are a common requirement among leading schools.

Master of Science in Engineering Management

Program Description

The M.S. in Engineering Management program (MSEMT) is designed for students with undergraduate degrees in engineering or related sciences to prepare them for management responsibilities. As an MSEMT student, you will learn how to lead technology projects as well as manage teams, engineering functions, and companies.

In addition, you will gain an understanding of the economic decision making processes. More than just theory, the MSEMT program offers real world examples provided by instructors who have years of relevant industry experience, covering topics such as technology creation, management of invention, information systems, managerial accounting, and quantitative methods.

This is also a suitable program to help prospective technical entrepreneurs understand the enterprise creation process.

Application Info

Application Criteria

An undergraduate degree in engineering from a regionally-accredited university with coursework in engineering economy. Familiarity with engineering probability and statistics is recommended, but not required.

Satisfactory cumulative undergraduate GPA (grade point average)

Satisfactory GRE test scores. All scores must be officially reported to the university directly by ETS.

Satisfactory performance in previous coursework related to the intended major.

Apply Online: www.usc.edu/admission/graduate/apply

Application Materials for All Applicants

USC Online Application: All applicants must complete and submit the USC Online Application.

Transcripts: Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, sealed by the institution.

By regular mail (ONLY): University of Southern California USC Office of Graduate Admission 3601 South Flower Street, Room 112 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0915

By courier service, such as DHL or FedEx: University of Southern California USC Office of Graduate Admission and Financial Aid 3601 South Flower Street, Tyler 1 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0915  (213) 740-1111

By electronic transcripts: USC also now accepts official electronic transcripts, provided they meet the following guidelines: The transcript originates from a secure site formally linked to the sending institution. The school is located in the United States. We do not accept electronic transcripts from any institution overseas. Please instruct the vendor to email the transcript to admscan@usc.edu. Do not send any materials or correspondence to this email address yourself. To avoid delays, do not provide vendor with any other email.

GRE General Test: Satisfactory scores less than five years old. Official scores must be reported from ETS directly to USC using ETS school code 4852. A department code is not required.

Letters of Recommendation (3 Highly Recommended): Letters of recommendation should be from faculty or others (supervisors, professional colleagues, etc.) qualified to evaluate your potential for graduate study.

Statement of Purpose (Required): The statement of purpose should describe succinctly your reasons for applying to the proposed program at the Viterbi School of Engineering, your preparation for this field of study, study interests, future career plans, and other aspects of your background and interests which may aid the admissions committee in evaluating your aptitude and motivation for graduate study.

Additional Application Materials for International Applicants

English Language Proficiency: In addition to the general admission criteria listed above, international students whose first language is not English are required to take the TOEFL or IELTS examination to be considered a candidate for admission.  There is no minimum TOEFL or IELTS score required for admission to the Viterbi School. For possible exemption from additional language requirements, you must achieve an Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 90, with no less than 20 on each section or an IELTS score of 6.5, with no less than 6 on each band score. For more details on English Proficiency Criteria for the University of Southern California, please visit USC Graduate Admission - Proficiency in English.

Program Details

Please Note: Requirements for graduation, course offerings, course availability, track offerings and any other degree requirements are subject to change.  Students should consult with an academic advisor prior to registering for any classes.

A minimum of 30 units is required for the general M.S. in Engineering Management degree.

Minimum number of units from ISE department: 18 units

Minimum number of units at the 500-level or above: 21 units

Elective courses from specialization tracks: 12 units (Consult and receive approval from an ISE graduate advisor before enrolling in elective courses).

A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required for graduation.

Available Online

This program is also available online to professional engineers through the Distance Education Network (DEN@Viterbi). Because the DEN@Viterbi program provides a fully equivalent academic experience, the degree a USC engineering student earns is the same whether they are on-campus or online.

If you are interested in beginning classes as a DEN@Viterbi student next semester, explore the requirements and steps to enrolling as a Limited Status Student.

Master of Engineering Management Program

With a core management curriculum and a wide variety of technical electives,Duke's Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Program offers early-career engineers a tech-savvy alternative to an MBA. Offered by the Pratt School of Engineering with the support of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and the Duke School of Law, the MEM program prepares engineering and science graduates to become future industry leaders. With Duke’s Master of Engineering Management degree, students

• Build a business foundation with core courses in management, marketing, finance, and intellectual property and business law

• Customize the degree with a wide variety of technical electives, with the flexibility to focus on technology management, innovation management, operations management, entrepreneurship, financial engineering or master’s courses in specific engineering disciplines

• Develop leadership, negotiation, and communication skills in our unique workshop series for campus students or residency weeks for distance students.

Our broad curriculum develops engineering professionals ready to address today’s complex business problems with innovative solutions.

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