<p>I finally decided what I want to do with my life after high school, and biotechnology and genetic engineering interest me more than anything. I found a school in Bangladesh that offers a field of study called "Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering". I am a US high school graduate who only speaks English. Can someone provide some guidance in my search for the right school? Location (aside from possible language barriers), campus size, diversity, etc. don't matter. I just want to be able to study both at one school, even if it means I have to double major. </p>
<p>Biotechnology and genetic engineering are not really separate disciplines. Genetic engineering is a subset of biotechnology or a sub-discipline within the broader field of biotechnology. Any good biotechnology program will teach you all about genetic engineering whether it’s mentioned in the formal department name or not.</p>
<p>As for recommending schools, what are your stats and your financial limitations?</p>
<p>It’s likely that you’ll end up studying something more general (such as molecular biology or biological engineering) in your undergrad, then go to grad school for the more specific discipline of biotech/genetic engineering. You can also try to find an undergrad institution that specializes in biotech, but your set of courses won’t be that different from a general biology major until you get into higher-level electives.</p>
<p>A lot of your decision also comes down to what you want to do with your degree. Are you interested in lab research? Clinical research? Pharmaceuticals? Different schools may help you go different directions.</p>
<p>I’m not opposed to any tuition amount. Mainly, I want to engineer things that combat resistant strains, and aid in the cure of things that today are “incurable”. I want to impact the medical community in some way, plus have the skill set to engineer life!</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins and UC San Diego have been the top bioengieering/biomedical engineering universities in the nation. Both will cost almost the same if you do not like in California. </p>
<p>Also, there are a lot of biotech/medical companies in San Diego area.
I’ve also heard Duke’s program is really good too</p>
<p>What’s your plan for after undergrad? With what you want to do, you could get a straight PhD, or you could go for a MD/PhD program. These can be pricey, so you may want to think about saving money during undergrad.</p>
<p>If you can pay up to $250,000 over 4 years, top undergrad schools would be Duke, MIT, Hopkins, UCSD, Rice, Stanford, Penn, Berkeley, etc.</p>
<p>UCLA has a Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) major, and some students are attaching a Biomedical Research minor to it, as seen in this [youtube]( <a href=“UCLA MIMG Graduation 2012 - Part 4 - YouTube”>UCLA MIMG Graduation 2012 - Part 4 - YouTube) video. Perhaps you could attach a BioEngineering minor. Might be hard because it’s a completely different dept, housed under engineering. Bioeng is a fairly nascent offering at UCLA, within the last five years or so.</p>
<p>it is the only certified biomedical engineering program in the state</p>
<p>home of a top medical school… very high research money from nih etc…that allows undergrads lots of research opportunities, wonderful sci tech honors program (research honors program)</p>