<p>Best</a> Careers 2011: Biomedical Engineer - US News and World Report</p>
<p>I'm looking at biomedical engineering for my undergrad, but general consensus seems to be that a biomedical engineering degree is too specialized with limited job prospects, and that it's better to minor in BME while obtaining a traditional engineering degree, such as EE or EECS.</p>
<p>This article seems to say otherwise.</p>
<p>What does CC think about majoring in BME for undergrad?</p>
<p>BioMed seems really overrated. I don’t really trust media when it comes to what is the “hot” career right now.</p>
<p>I’ll half agree with Coolio- you can trust the media so much as it is the hot “career” - but you really don’t major in bme to work in bme.</p>
<p>Hence why I dropped bme and switched to ee since nearly every company I was looking at for bme industry positions/internships wanted either mechE’s or ee’s.</p>
<p>The FIELD is growing, yes, but the reality is that there is no real demand for BME majors.</p>
<p>What about ChemE?</p>
<p>I think ChemE would be best if you want to do more of the biology/chemistry stuff in BME such as tissue engineering.</p>
<p>^For what it’s worth, I’ve worked in tissue engineering labs and the main focus there was mechanics, not anything to do with chemE. But it depends on the labs work.</p>
<p>My main interest is neuroscience, but I’m interested in things like neurally-controlled prostheses, etc. I may even want to start up my own neurotech company.</p>
<p>While I do like neuroscience a lot, I’m thinking that a pure neuroscience major would be too focused and not really that applicable or desirable. I figured a BME degree would be a bit more practical. Yet, I’m not that interested in engineering (or anything) that completely lacks theory/application on humans, so I don’t see myself pursuing any other engineering major (unless possibly CS or CS/EE w/ computational neuroscience).</p>
<p>Hi guys,
Even I am thinking abt BME as my major. But these reports coming up even I am confused whether I should stay with BME or change my major?</p>
<p>I am sure there are plently of experts here… but no disrespect, LOL agree with CoolioC.</p>