<p>If my ultimate career was to become a biomedical engineer, should I major in electrical or mechanical engineering at the university that does not offer undergraduate biomedical engineering major?
I was thinking about majoring in E/M engineering and a minor in biomedical (they only offer minor for undergrad) is that good if my goal is to become a biomedical engineer?
Or will it be harder for me to get jobs simply because there will be many other candidates which graduated with a biomedical engineer diploma in hand? </p>
<p>just go somewhere that has BME as a major since a BME minor isnt going to do you much good, especially with an unrelated major like Electrical or Mechanical. Another thing you could try is majoring in Biochem (i think that would the closest you could get to BME) and getting a B.S. in it then going to grad school for BME. I honestly think your best bet is go go somewhere with the BME major</p>
<p>I think an undergrad in mechanical or electrical followed by graduate studies in biomed will be a better bet because you will have a wider variety of career options (ie if you decide grad school isnt for you after all).</p>
<p>Mechanical and electrical would be appropriate, depending on which branch of biomed you are interested in.</p>
False. Nearly every “bme” job I’m looking into right now does NOT hire bme’s. They want either MechE’s, EE’s, or CS majors.</p>
<p>MechE/EE with a bme minor would be the way to go (the minor only so you take bio).</p>
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A biochem major would not have the necessary math background most likely (unless they went out of their way to take additional math classes). That, and they wouldn’t have any engineering classes, so they’d most likely have to remedial intro engineering classes before they could even start engineering grad school.<br>
Also, the op is talking about jobs. If the op has no desire to go to grad school, then a biochem degree is not going to cut it. Also also, there is so much in bme that has almost nothing to do with biochem.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that most school’s B.S. in biochem operated like mine where for the B.S. they have to take the engineering core and the math/physics/chem that the engineers take</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!!
JamesMadison, I was considering following the E/M engineering track and then maybe even go to graduate school for biomedical engineering, that would work for me and I think it’s also good to keep my options open…
I’m also not sure which specific area of biomedical engineering I would want to pursue, and I think I will only start really thinking about it in the future. (I haven’t started college, one semester to go).
Johnson181, I really appreciate your reply it actually made me feel a lot more confident about my future and my choices.
After a few research I think I am leaning more towards the electrical engineering track, and if I desire to change it I can do so until my sophomore year at college so hopefully it will all be alright, I was also thinking about having a double major in biology instead of the biomedical engineering minor but I’m still unsure…</p>
<p>Magneto- if true, I totally take that back about biochem. But at my school, the biochem majors don’t even have to take Calc 3 (they take up to calc 2, and then choose between calc 3 and statistics). And they don’t take a single engineering class.</p>
<p>You will gain essential fundamentals for BioEngineering with a Mechanical Engineering background. If you wish to direct your free electives to the biological sciences, that will get you prepared for BioEngineering work if your university does not have that concentration or specialty in the ME program. Furthermore, the EE idea is very appropriate. There are few bio-devices that does not have a component with electronics. Most academic programs in BioEngineering is in the graduate school. There are some schools that are offering BioEngineering undergraduate. E.g. Wayne State University, Kettering University to name two that are in the “Big Ten”.</p>
<p>Undergraduate in Biology or bio-sciences does not give you sufficient background to do bio-engineering.</p>