<p>What kinds of things does the average Biological Engineering/Biomedical Engineering program cover? </p>
<p>Does it involve something like tissue engineering where you actually mess around with cells or is it more along the lines of ergonomics?</p>
<p>And which university has a good undergraduate bio(medical) engineering program?</p>
<p>anybody have any idea at all?</p>
<p>The first thread has all of the engineering ranking breakdowns for every discipline but here they are anyways:</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Biomedical / Biomedical Engineering
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)
Methodology
1 Johns Hopkins University (MD)
2 Duke University (NC)
3 Georgia Institute of Technology *
4 Univ. of California</p>
<p>To phrase his question differently: Is bioengineering more about engineering the body or about engineering the things that the body interacts with?</p>
<p>I think there are two different types of engineering in the bio field. Bioengineering and Biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>The bioengineering program here in my school has more emphasis on modeling/life systems/etc... not that interesting</p>
<p>I think there is another type of major which focuses on development of medical systems (MRI, Catscan stuff), etc.</p>
<p>this has been discussed before, do a search</p>
<p>Is biomedical engineering a good major to do if one is considering a career as a doctor?</p>
<p>For all those considering BioE: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/222845-avoid-bioengineering-if-you-can.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/222845-avoid-bioengineering-if-you-can.html</a></p>
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<p>No and yes. Medical schools do not care about your major. They care about your GPA. If you cannot get a good GPA in certain subjects, your major can only hurt you. While they recognize that engineering majors are graded on a tougher curve, so many BioEs apply to medical school that such consideration becomes meaningless. So major in BioE only if youre interested in the subject. It really doesn't matter otherwise. The best major to get you into medical school may be English.</p>
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<p>I guess things have changed. My grandfather used to be on the admissions committee of a med school, and they put the applications in two piles - bio majors in one, everyone else in the other. It was actually harder for the bio majors to get in.</p>
<p>But yeah, I don't think that majoring in BioE will help you.</p>
<p>I don't know about the average program, but at my alma mater, the curriculum included a solid grounding in molecular bio (genetics, biochem, cellular bio), organic chem, differential equations, protein and genomic engineering, biomaterials design, an instrumentation & measurement class, some computer science, and a huge amount of biophysics of various sorts.</p>
<p>If you want ergonomics, you're looking for human factors engineering, which tends to be in industrial, mechanical, or aero/astro engineering programs.</p>
<p>Wow, that was a definite eye-opener. Until I read that thread, I thought BioE majors would be an excellent choice, considering the demand and growth in the field. </p>
<p>What about a nanotechnology major, specializing/concentrating in bio/nano area?</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest on it. I would get a degree in EE/Phsyics before specializing in Nano.</p>
<p>Is it better to specialize earlier on, or later with a Masters/PhD? </p>
<p>University of Waterloo in Canada has an undergrad NanotechEng 5 year major with co-op (once every 2 terms or something). Is this choice worth it? Or do a core eng major (electrical/chemical etc) and then specialize into biotech/nanotech for masters?</p>