<p>I just wonder 'stuffs' as i'm waiting for decisions. well my stat isnt good enough for either school btw.</p>
<p>where would you go? which program(JHU BME or MIT BioEngineering) is 'better'??</p>
<p>p.s : Note that JHU's BME program is ranked as #1 in USNEWS</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that MIT doesn't offer an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering, although some of their students go on to become biomed engineers. I guess the bioengineering is an okay supplement. JHU is ranked #1 for it, but Biomedical engineering is still such a relatively new field. Out of those two, I'd say JHU (mainly because of it's reputation with medicine and life sciences). For an overall engineering school, MIT dominates Johns Hopkins. Personally, I'll be trying biomedical engineering at RPI, but I most likely will be doing another type of engineering. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>MIT doesn't have one as of yet...they may institute it for the class of '09 though...</p>
<p>to my understand MIT will offer bioengineering next year. and they have biomedical engineering minor too.</p>
<p>any other opinion??</p>
<p>p.s : maybe the title should have been something like.. "JHU's BME vs. MIT's BioEngineering".. anyway.</p>
<p>ah same deal... no need for nitpicking :)</p>
<p>uh? what are you saying , streetlight??</p>
<p>which program/major do you think is better??</p>
<p>p.s : i dont know, r u saying that MIT might not offer bioengineering next year(2005~2006 school year)?</p>
<p>bioengineering and biomedical engineering are very similar.</p>
<p>I contacted a professor...and he said they were trying but by no means do they mean it WILL be there. It has to get all the approval and stuff...</p>
<p>apparently bioengineering is one choice of majors in MIT's application.
and that application is MIT's words. in other words it seems like MIT says "we do offer all this majors... [including bioengineering]", then next yr mit's bioengineering-major-wannabes found that it wont be offered at mit ?! ?! uh??</p>
<p>i can not imagine mit would do that.. what do you thinkg streetlight??</p>
<p>I can forward you the e-mail if you wish...</p>
<p>sure, use my profile :)</p>
<p>in mean while, anyone plz gives me some insights between two institution/programs.</p>
<p>I quote the e-mail:</p>
<p>"There is one issue you should be aware of with regard to an
undergraduate major in Biological Engineering. We hope to offer a
major in the coming year but must first receive final approval from
the MIT administration. If approved, the major would be offered on a
limited basis due to the size of our faculty, with a lottery held to
admit students to the major degree program in Biological Engineering."
-10/17/04</p>
<p>Not the answer to your question but if you're interested in BioMed and don't have the stats to get into either of those school Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an excellent BioMed program with beautiful new facilities.</p>
<p>Duke also has an excellent program in biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>For years, many thought the consensus Big-4 of UNDERGRADUATE BME were Hopkins, Duke, and UCSD, and Case. Other traditional "powers" in the field included Penn, BU, Northwestern, and UWashington. This is a RAPIDLY emerging field. There is a lot of movement between programs; some programs are expanding rapidly, others are retrenching. Within the next few years, some think some of the top programs will include many of those listed above, plus M.I.T., Yale, Stanford (just now offering an UNDERGRAD BME program), UIUC (same as for Stanford), WUSTL, Michigan, and others. Also, any student starting in the field should keep in mind that some still believe the best preparation for GRADUATE level study in BME (probably necessary for ANY job in the field) is an undergraduate degree in a traditional engineering discipline (EE, ChemE, etc.), or in applied physics, then with GRADUATE level study in BME. Everybody has a different opinion about BME as a course of study and as a profession, so most believe it's best to stay flexible and multifaceted.</p>