<p>Does anyone know umd's rank in terms of bioengineering?</p>
<p>Not sure about undergraduate but in the Message from the Dean of the Bioengineering Department, he says “And finally, in its first year of being featured in U.S. News and World Reports “Best Graduate Schools,” our young department was ranked in the top 40.” You can read his letter at [Department</a> Chair, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.bioe.umd.edu/facstaff/chair.html]Department”>http://www.bioe.umd.edu/facstaff/chair.html).</p>
<p>hey does anyone know how tough this is at college park??</p>
<p>Any info on the bioengineering department, or is it biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>Son is interested in interning at FDA or NIH, and loves the DC area.</p>
<p>Husband works in Bethesda often and we’re hoping for a transfer.</p>
<p>Also considering Catholic, just because it’s a Catholic college with BME, haven’t visited yet.</p>
<p>Coop/internships, a must.</p>
<p>Also, is it possible to do Gemstone Honors and BME, or is the curriculum too difficult for both? Son is a good student, but not a genius. Needs to work hard for his As.</p>
<p>Want to be in Honors program if choose state school, so won’t get lost there.</p>
<p>I just saw this article. Not specifically BioE, but reflects well on the University, and certainly shows Pres. Mote’s commitment!</p>
<p>[Mote</a> Elected to National Academy of Engineering Post :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=1894]Mote”>http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=1894)</p>
<p>I’m a rising junior civil/env engineering major (environmental and water resources track) at Maryland. I was a bioengineering major for my 1st semester but then switched to civil/env because I didn’t want to enter a medical career and I was much more interested in environmental issues.</p>
<p>Bioengineering is very new at Maryland - I think it started a few years ago here. We used to have something called Biological Resources Engineering but then we received a huge endowment from Fischell and thus, the department was born. Since I only took two classes (BIOE120/BIOE121) in the bioengineering department, I can’t say much about my experience, but I do have a few friends in the major and they seem to like it. (However, quite a few have switched to civil/env or chemical engineering within the engineering school). It is known throughout the school that internships/work for bioengineering students are generally limited to medical research or a pre-med track and there are far fewer opportunities for internships because it is such a limited field, as opposed to those in civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc.</p>
<p>Montegut - I am in Gemstone and Honors. (If you’re in Gemstone, you’re by default in Honors too) and there’s not really a curriculum, per se, for Gemstone. Your first year, you take GEMS100 (1 credit) which is equivalent to UNIV100 and helps to get students acclimated to the university in general. Then after that, you take GEMS102 and GEMS104 in your second semester. You choose your research teams in 102 and then do a bit of work in 104 on the implications of science and technology. After that, it’s research with your team and your mentor. So yes, it is possible to do Gemstone and bioengineering. You shouldn’t worry at all about Gemstone bringing your GPA down if that’s what you’re wondering.</p>