<p>Hey, I'm going to be a freshman next year at University of Rochester as a BME major... And planning to go to med school afterwards</p>
<p>Also, how could BME majors not be wanted... if you do tissue and cell engineering, there are plenty of companies that will pay good money for you to find the cure to some genetic disorder... Also Watson & Crick were the first biomedical engineers... So many things have stemed off from their research...</p>
<p>Pick your major because you are interested in it not because it is the latest and greatest fad. Find a top ranked program that is accredited also, don't let someone else's dislike turn you away from a field this interesting. BME is one of the toughest programs to get into on the undergrad level, you must be competitive to get into the good programs. </p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Biomedical / Biomedical Engineering
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)<br></li>
<li>Duke University (NC)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego <br></li>
<li>Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)<br></li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>Boston University<br></li>
<li>University of Washington *<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX)<br></li>
<li>University of Virginia *<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br>
Vanderbilt University (TN)<br></li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley *<br>
University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br>
University of Utah *<br>
Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Columbia University (NY)<br>
Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br>
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)<br>
Tulane University (LA)<br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
</ol>
<p>ABET Accredited Programs -
Accredited Engineering Programs</p>
<p>School Program Title Location
Akron, The University of Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2003] Akron, OH<br>
Arizona State University Bioengineering (BS) [1986] Tempe, AZ<br>
Boston University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1983] Boston, MA<br>
California, San Diego, University of Bioengineering (Biotechnology) (BS) [2002] La Jolla, CA<br>
California, San Diego, University of Bioengineering (BS) [1987] La Jolla, CA<br>
Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1977] Cleveland, OH<br>
Catholic University of America, The Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1990] Washington, DC<br>
Drexel University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2002] Philadelphia, PA<br>
Duke University Biomedical Engineering (BSE) [1972] Durham, NC<br>
Hartford, University of Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2004] West Hartford, CT<br>
Illinois at Chicago, University of Bioengineering (BS) [1976] Chicago, IL<br>
Iowa, University of Biomedical Engineering (BSE) [1986] Iowa City, IA<br>
Johns Hopkins University, The Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1983] Baltimore, MD<br>
Louisiana Tech University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1978] Ruston, LA<br>
Marquette University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1983] Milwaukee, WI<br>
Miami, University of Biomedical Engineering (BSBE) [1997] Coral Gables, FL<br>
Milwaukee School of Engineering Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1990] Milwaukee, WI<br>
Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Biomedical Engineering (BBmE) [2004] Minnesota, MN<br>
Northwestern University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1982] Evanston, IL<br>
Pennsylvania, University of Bioengineering (BS) [1982] Philadelphia, PA<br>
Pittsburgh, University of Bioengineering (BS) [2001] Pittsburgh, PA<br>
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1972] Troy, NY<br>
Rochester, University of Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2004] Rochester, NY<br>
Syracuse University Bio-Engineering (BS) [1989] Syracuse, NY<br>
Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Biomedical Engineering (BSBME) [2003] Knoxville, TN<br>
Texas A & M University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1977] College Station, TX<br>
Toledo, The University of Bioengineering (BS) [2000] Toledo, OH<br>
Tulane University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1981] New Orleans, LA<br>
Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1992] Nashville, TN<br>
Virginia Commonwealth University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2004] Richmond, VA<br>
Wisconsin-Madison, University of Biomedical Engineering (BS) [2003] Madison, WI<br>
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering (BS) b [2003] Worcester, MA<br>
Wright State University Biomedical Engineering (BS) [1988] Dayton, OH</p>
<p>I would not agree with those rankings because for specific subjects, USNews's method is a real bad method that relies on the number of responses the specific university gets towards their program. Lets say for example that you have University X and on the survey 74 colleges rank it at 10. But then you have University Y and on the survey 73 colleges rank it at number 1... University X gets a higher ranking...</p>
<p>Update... Post 200!</p>
<p>I'm a Duke BME major. They say that about half the BME majors are pre-meds</p>
<p>Amused, what do you think about BME's future? Another user, jeffl, made it seem that there's no job opportunities for BME graduates...</p>
<p>i never said there is no job opportunity for BME graduates.</p>
<p>I think this is the post he is referring to:</p>
<p>jeffl
Junior Member</p>
<p>Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 118 don't do biomedical engineering, unless u want to do research as a living or teach in a college or unless u are really interested in the subject. the hype with BME has fooled so many of us. i did an internship in high school where we were told that BME is the future, like the computer industry of the 1980s. so all of us decided to become engineers and want to do BME, i'm a sophomore engineer in college, at a top 10 engineering school, the career outlook of an engineer is very sad, especially when u consider how hard we have to work in college. the starting salaries may seem high, but u don't really make much more than the starting salaries, unless u go into the management positions. there are postdocs in my lab that can't even get an 80k job. that is pretty sad.</p>
<p>I meant that you "made it seem" like there were no job opportunities. I didn't say you "said" there were no job opportunities. I'm inferring this because you said "there are postdocs in my lab that can't even get an 80k job"</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the job outlook really is?</p>
<p>i feel like there is a need to clear up my position on this matter. i believe if u are good at biomedical engineering, have a passion for the stuff, then u won't ever regret your career decision to be a biomedical engineer. the postdoc in my lab never said he's not happy, he genuinely enjoys the research he does. sometimes he's there until after midnight, doing research, all the SEM scheduling sheet from 9 pm to 12 am were filled with his name. i think if he keeps on doing this, he will be rich one day. However my warning is for the high school students out there who thinks anyone can go into biomedical engineering and think, that like the development of computer science of the 80s and 90s, they will make a huge amount of profit from BME. This will not happen. Career wise, engineers have no trouble finding a job. u might not always get what u want, but u will get a high middle class salary.</p>
<p>biomedical engineering is a specific branch of bioengineering.
bioengineering is not limited to only medically based learning and research.</p>
<p>To jeffl
Then what do you recomend for a high school student
who is interested in helping humans through medicince but also knows that
the stress of life and death situations which physician face is too taxing for their mental health?
thankz</p>
<p>It's funny how this thread has surfaced up. I am the original poster, then a high school senior, now about to complete my second year as a BME @ JHU. </p>
<p>If anyone has questions ask me :)</p>
<p>(Doing my concentration in BME with an emphasis in CS and robotics and Computer Integrated Surgery stuffs..)</p>
<p>Honestly, how is the life as a BME major at JHU? I got into the Precollege summer thing at JHU to check out the place, but I'd like to hear it from someone who has been there. I want to major in BME as well, so I'd like to know what you think of the program/people/environment. Sorry to be vague, but thanks.</p>
<p>People are awesome and are some of the most intelligent (and motivated!) students that I've run accross. Even if they sometimes some seem to be very career oriented.</p>
<p>The work load is sometimes overbearing and its hard to keep up with everything without losing hope. However it's not always that bad and often you have off weeks when there is some calm. They push hard because they try to make you into a real engineer as well as give you a medical and physiological basis. On the other hand it seems that they've been relaxing the difficulty of the program.</p>
<p>People are generally cool and cooperative although there are exceptions as anywhere. Professors, I've found, really enjoy teaching and if they get to teach take their position seriously and make it enjoyable if at times painful (which is more than what I can say for some of the other departments and schools that I've seen.) High marks for the professors!</p>
<p>The research opportunities here are everywhere (especially at the med school). And even though this is the part where people say "but you have to look for them," at hopkins they sometimes come to you. Everyonce in a while you get an email about a professor who wants an undergrad to join his lab. That shows that they take the undergrads seriously and give them serious work, and actually find them useful not a waste of space and time. I'd be hard pressed to find a BME that isn't doing some sort of lab work at the moment because they can't find a lab to take them. Plus as a freshman there is a course called "Design Group" where you work with <em>real</em> private individuals and corporations to build or improve a medical device -- amazing experience, highly recommended. At other programs you have to wait for your senior design project to get a feel for what you're doing. As an upperclassman you can even be a team leader.</p>
<p>What else? Campus is beautiful. The new quad (the decker quad) is like an engineers dream come true. It'll be dedicated to all kinds of cool things including (I think, could be wrong) some bionanotechnology stuff and computer integrated surgery.</p>