<p>hmm.. I've been sniffing around the discussion board and most people are talking about either CIT-ECE or SCS (mostly)</p>
<p>So.. my question is how's CIT for double major in Mechanical engineering and Biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>I'm absolutely sure I want to pursue biomedical engineering, but since undergraduate education in biomedical engineering is only applicable as an additional major, I decided to apply for mechanical engineering since I'm kind of interested in that field too. So, I applied only to the mechanical engineering and got an acceptance. </p>
<p>Now that I have choices among Umich, UVa and CMU, I'd like to know how is CIT for Mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>If the money is not a problem since I'm an international student (all schools are expensive anyway), would CMU be a good choice?</p>
<p>Both departments are pretty strong, and if you're interested in robotics or something of that sorts in mechanical, I can't think of a better place to go.</p>
<p>A lot of people will recommend not getting a biomedical engineering BS because it's a very broad degree and doesn't have the same job opportunities that a "traditional" engineering degree does. If you get a MechE/Biomed double major and then go to grad school for Biomedical Engineering I think you'd be pretty set, though. Even without the grad school, the double in Mechanical will make you a lot more marketable than a biomed degree alone.</p>
<p>do u guys think just doing bioengineering and grad school will be ok? </p>
<p>also when appyling to grad school would it be better to be coming from ucla or ucsd or does it not really matter? </p>
<p>lastly how long do u guys think a double major would take? are there any majors that work well with bioeng so u can still finish ur bs in 4 years?</p>
<p>I know biomed goes well with Materials Science, as a bunch of my friends did it along with their materials major. I don't think it was a whole lot of extra work, and a lot of them found it to be useful in their senior capstone class as they were able to double count their MSE capstone and Biomed capstone projects together.</p>
<p>I don't know of anyone that had to delay their graduation to get their biomed double.</p>
<p>It would probably also work with ChemE and MechE, and probably won't have too much overlap with most ECE and CivE classes.</p>
<p>How would a double major work? Would it be extremely difficult to squeeze in the extra classes considering an already difficult major such as engineering?</p>
<p>Biomed is made to be a double major, so it shouldn't be difficult to work it in. I imagine the most trouble you'd have is some classes overlapping with a humanities requirement you want to take, so you'd have to choose what to take when.</p>
<p>It's much easier to double biomed than physics, math, CS, or probably most humanities due to the double-counting of credits and the number of people you'll know in your biomed classes.</p>