In general, is proficiency in coding required by all engineering colleges, even for biomedical engineering?
You’ll get all of the “coding” you need as part of the program. And yes, all modern engineering curricula include programming.
In my experience studying engineering, I’d agree with @boneh3ad - most engineering programs will teach you how to code in at least 1 language. Some programs (like BME or ChemE) will have a smaller coding requirement than others, but modern Engineering programs all have at least 1 coding/programming requirement for the engineering major.
All of the engineering majors at my college (in 1980s / Fortran) had a freshman programming class. Then we used those schools a little bit in other required classes, sometimes more in electives.
Now of course there is even more need for programming skills, but I think often with things like Python (for problem modelling).
Sometimes, the computing for engineering course uses MATLAB.
My son really doesn’t like coding and he’s in Industrial engineering. He’s doing internships interviews and showed me his CV and things of note. In 3 years he has taken C++, Python, R, Sql, Java and a few others I am forgetting about
These are either just part of courses. They tend to intertwine the skill into classes. He’s not proficient in any of them per se but showed me what he knows with examples. If he got a job and had to use some of them I assume he can brush up and get extra education if needed.
For him using higher levels stats, Excell and some cool modeling and some simulation software is what he will need for now. I was watching a bit of some of his online classes for the fun of it. It’s truly amazing what engineers (students) learn.
Yep. You will need to code. My D hasn’t had to take a dedicated CS course but coding was integrated into her first year engineering design class. She’s proficient in C++ and python, but mostly they use MATLAB. She has also needed to code in some of her 300 level CHE courses.
Are you asking whether or not you need to know coding in order to be accepted into an engineering college? The answer to that is no.