<p>Does Stanford offer Biomedical Engineering? If not, then what are majors that are related to it and eventually help me get into the biomedical engineering field?</p>
<p><a href=“http://bioengineering.stanford.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://bioengineering.stanford.edu</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/engineering.html”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/engineering.html</a></p>
<p>The three most related majors would probably be:
-bioengineering
-biomechanical engineering
-biomedical computation</p>
<p>Biomedicine is highly interdisciplinary, and all three of the above contribute to the field. To my knowledge, bioengineering and biomedical computation are more concerned with the micro level (DNA, RNA, proteins, nanomaterials) with biomedical computation weighted more towards math and computer science and bioengineering more towards a broader survey. Biomechanical engineering (what I majored in) is more concerned with macro level (force distribution through bone/skeletal system, stress/strain properties of tissues, dynamic flow). </p>
<p>If you’re designing say a synthetic heart valve, you can probably find professors who teach/research in all three fields who could provide insights into the project. If you’re testing a synthetic DNA sequence, you probably wouldn’t integrate the biomechanical engineer. Likewise, if you’re manufacturing a screw to be used in bone surgeries, you probably wouldn’t integrate the biomedical computation expert. </p>
<p>Basically, if you like biomedicine but also like CS, look at biomedical computation. If you like biomedicine but also like MechE, look into biomechanical engineering. If neither, check out bioengineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>