Hello everyone,
I had some questions about BU’s Biomedical Engineering Program.
1.) What unique features make it strong, and what are its weak spots?
2.) Is it more difficult to gain acceptance to?
3.) What is the work and course load like?
Thank You!
Hope all is well with everyone.
Hey man! BU has an excellent program. In the top 10 I believe in the US. The faculty, resources, and research you can do are cutting edge. In Boston there are a ton of universities, hospitals, renowned medical professionals and engineers that collaborate frequently. You would be in the midst of the cutting edge work in BME.
It is slightly more I believe- at the graduate level.
A lot of engineering (circuits, fluid dynamics) math (calc1,2,3, Diff EQ, probability and stats) and anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, etc.
Biomedical engineering has poor job prospects with only an undergraduate degree.
^^^ I keep hearing that repeated here in CC, but my spouse and I both have undergraduate degrees in biomedical engineering from BU and other than our 1st 2 years out of school, we have not had any issues finding employment. It’s not just us too - we have friends also with BS degrees in BME working in the industry. My spouse is a hiring manager for a medical device company and definitely hires BMEs with undergraduate degrees. He just hired one this week.
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@bodangles We graduated during a bad job market and there weren’t many entry level engineering jobs for anyone - didn’t matter what the major was. It took us 2 years to find engineering jobs. During that time we worked at lower level jobs (technicians, inspectors, and even as assembly line workers) and learned a lot - I still draw on that experience today and I’m very thankful for it.