<p>Do most of the people with this major plan on going to med school?
What about the ones who don't, what career options are there for them?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I want to be a doctor or engineer yet.</p>
<p>I’m also thinking about bioengineering… but I’m not sure if I want to be a doctor or engineer either. I think you can also do a lot of scientific research. Good luck!</p>
<p>I am working on getting my Master’s in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh. I am from a non-engineering undergrad, so I am taking some undergrad bioengineering courses right now as prereqs, so I have heard some of the talks about undergraduate career options. </p>
<p>With this major you have three options: Industry, Grad School, or Med school. From Pitt, about 40% of graduating seniors head to Industry while 30% apply to Med school. The other 30% head to Grad school. Med school is a real option for someone with a Bioengineering major, but it is not the majority.</p>
<p>When it comes to industry there is broad spectrum of career options. Computational modeling, medical devices, and instrumentation are areas that will benefit from ME, ECE, CS background and have a more hands-on feel to them (my opinion). Tissue and Cellular engineering industry are going to be lab jobs that incorporate more life science than engineering. There are even opportunites through consulting and sales. This was just a shallow definition of the industry lifted from a graduate planning presentation. If you really want to find out what jobs are out there, try search Careerbuilder.com for bioengineering jobs.</p>
<p>Also, here is a list of companies where Bioengineering graduates are working in:
Cook Vascular Inc.; Ension, Inc.; Rehab. Inst. of Chicago; ALung; ViconPeakVisible Genetics Inc.; Flexuspine; Medrad; Cellomics; Cardiac Assist; Presbyterian Hosp. (ECMO); Respironics; Membrane Systems, Inc; FDA; US Patents & Trademarks Office; Orthovita; NIOSH; Evaheart Medical, Inc; Icx‐Agentase; AD Instrument.</p>
<p>P.S. If you are interested in playing a major role in research after graduation, a thesis based master’s is minimum to function in this economy. For industry, a professional master’s is not mandatory but makes a big difference.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>@JohnIsaac
May I ask, since you’re majoring in Bioengineering, what are your courses like?
Do you have any idea what the working environment is like? Like what are bioengineers doing on a daily basis?</p>